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70 -- UPGRADE COMMUNICATIONS LINK SOL 52SBNB5C8655 DUE 033095 POC Marsha Rodgers (301) 975-6339/Contracting Officer: Ruth Ann Maris The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with SURAnet, College Park, Maryland, for a one-time installation charge and a Switch Megabit Digital Service (SMDS) fee which includes a SMDS Digital Service Unit/Channel Service Unit at the customer site with full hardware/software support and maintenance--F.O.B. Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland--Required Period of Performance - May 1, 1995 through September 30, 1995--This is a sole source because SURAnet is the only company around the Washington Metropolitan area that could provide us the high speed A0Mbps) data rate internet access which is the SMDS service. This is an upgrade to our current SURAnet T1 A.544Mbps) data rate internet connection. This SMDS service is vital to Gaithersburg NIST's Internet community, since it will allow NIST researchers and internet users to execute and run high speed network applications that travel over the internet. See Note 22. (0054)

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