U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: OARMSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

D -- ELECTRONIC DESKTOP SUBSCRIPTION DUE 071599 POC Natalia Fisher-Jackson @ (919) 541-3564 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting specialist via, fisher-jackson.natalia@epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to negotiate sole source with Elsevier Science Direct, P.O. Box 7247, Philadelphia, PA 19170-8455 for continued electronic desktop subscription. Elsevier will provide access to Science Direct via the Internet to four umbrella EPA Internet Protocol (IP) addressess to everyone. The support service for the subscription is as follows: usage rights, enhancements, automatic updates, and technical support hotline services. The Agency's requirement for this electronic version subscription provides convenient acccess to approximately 16,000 connected staff at EPA. EPA believes that Elsevier Science Direct is the only vendor capable of satisfying the desktop electronic version subscription stated above. The circumstance permitting Other than Full and Open Competition Justification is FAR 6.301-2, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy Agency requirements." The period of performance is expected to be from Jul 01, 1999 to June 31, 2000. All interested parties who believe they can provide the required services should fully explain their capabilities and qualifications in writing within 15 days from the date of this announcement. The intent of this synopsis is to determine if any sources(s) exist and, therefore, no RFP is available. Consequently, any response(s) failing to provide the aforementioned data but instead choosing to merely submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the RFP will be ignored. Submit response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Attention: Natalia Fisher-Jackson (MD-33), Contracts Management Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. No telephonic or faxed requests will be honored. Posted 06/29/99 (W-SN348421). (0180)

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