S -- - NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. Notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract to develop a client-side graphical user interface for the Ferret program. Term of contract will be for approximately nine months for period 1/97 -- 9/97. Place of performance is Seattle, WA. Ferret program written in collaboration with University of Washington/Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO). Suggested sole source contractor was principal programmer of Ferret. Sources responding to this request must identify qualifications in writing source code for Ferret program for the World Wide Web. Simple requests for the solicitation will not be honored. Request solictation WASC-8-560 by contacting Randall Brown at 206-526-6226 or fax 206-526-6025. This is a 100% small business set-aside and simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $100,000.

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