Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21207 Attn:/Madeline Y. Tims

70 -- WESTLAW RETRIEVAL SERVICE POC Madeline Y. Tims tel: (410) 965-9488 The Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to issue a request for pricing to West Publishing Corporation of St. Paul MN to renew the on-line information retrieval service that provides access and data retrieved electronically effective October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996. FEDLINK shall provide administrative services to the SSA to facilitate procurement of library support and information services, and to provide technical guidance andf other services as mandated by the Federal Library and Information Center bylaws. The servifes provide ready and timely access to decision of all Federal and State courts, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Comptroller General and numerous sources. This service enables specialists to research complex issues concerning negotiability, unfair labor pracftices, contract interpretation disciplinary actions and many other related topics. West Publishing Corporation is the only known sources of htis service. However, any other vendors capable of providing this service are invited to submit complete information, pricing, descriptive literature (GSA Schedules if applicable) within 15 days after date of this publication. Any such qualified vendors will be considered when a request for pricing is issued. This is not a request for proposal or an announcemen tof a forthcoming solicitation. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response hereto will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this publication. (0275)

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