USDA, Office of Operations, Procurement Operations Division, Room 1547-South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9850

D -- STORAGE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA PLUS COURIER SERVICE SOL RFO-OO-98-1030SD POC Sherri Davis, (202) 720-8309 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Chief Financial Offier, National Finance Center (NFC), located in New Orleans, LA plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to acquire offsite storage and retrieval service for cartridge tapes, cartridge tape carrying cases, cartridge tape racks, cardboard boxes, and other related materials. Requirement services are for the National Finance Center (NFC), facilities located at the 4432 Poche Court West, New Orleans, LA 70129. Services are for a base year and four one-year options. The SIC codes for this solicitation are 4224, 6519, and 7382. All interested parties are encouraged to request the solicitation in writing within 15 days of this notice. No telephone requests will be accepted. Request may be faxed. The fax number is 202-720-4529. Please send requests to the attention of Sherri Davis, referencing solicitation number RFP-OO-98-1030SD. Release date for the RFP will be approximately October 13, 1998. Posted 09/10/98 (W-SN247897). (0253)

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