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70 -- DATA FOR METALLIC AND RELATED CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCES FOR THE CRYSTAMET DATABASE SOL 53SBNB960059 DUE 040799 POC Daniel Mullins, contract Specialist, (301)975-6337; Sandra Febach, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6326. WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.Nist.gov/admin/od/Contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. Solicitation 53SBNB960059 previously published in the CBD on March 26, 1999 has been amended. Amendment 0001 is issued to the above combined synopsis/solicitation for the procurement of Data for Metallic and Related Crystalline Substances for the Crystamet Database for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland. This amendment is issued in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only amendment of the above solicitation. A written amendment will not be issued. This amendment 1) adds Contract Line Item (CLIN) 0009. CLIN 0009 will read as follows; Toth Information Systems, Inc. shall provide NIST a non-exclusive, royalty free worldwide license to use, market, sell, publish and distribute, Toth supplied data subject to the following conditions: a) If this agreement is terminated before the completion of Option Period 2, the NIST license will be in perpetuity for data provided under the first year of the agreement. The NIST license for data provided after that period will be terminated. b) If this agreement is terminated after the completion of Option Period 2 and before the completion of Option Period 4, the NIST license will be in perpetuity for all data provided through Option Period 2. c) If Option Period 4 is completed, the NIST license is in perpetuity for all data supplied under this agreement. 2) In various sections of the solicitation, remove reference to Toth Instruments, Inc. and replace with Toth Information Systems, Inc. 3) All offerors shall submit three copies of quotation which addresses CLINs 0001 through 0009. Posted 04/02/99 (W-SN315789). (0092)

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