Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, FOB #3, Room 1541, Washington,(Suitland, MD) DC 20233

R -- DATA COLLECTION SOL 67-9-8975 POC Linda Catterton (301)457-1840 The purpose of this announcement is to provide notification of the Census Bureau intent to award a sole source simplified acquisition to Statistics Canada, Room 1506-N, Main Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for reconciliation of Canadian marine trade statistics for arrivals from the United States for the months of January to December 1999. Statistics Canada will produce the database and provide quarterly manifest data from the Canadian Marine International database and provide files to the Census Bureau. This information is only available from the government of Canada. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this requirement no greater than 15 days from the published date of this announcement to the above address. As provided above, the Census Bureau anticipates awarding a sole source simplified acquisition for these services; therefore, solicitation documents are not available. Posted 08/18/99 (W-SN369424). (0230)

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