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D -- MODELING SERVICES FOR ECONOMETRIC FORECASTING;; FOR 1-YEAR WITH OPTIONS SOL DE-RP01-96EI26390 DUE 080596 POC Leonard J. Pastore, Contracting Officer (202) 634-4525. The U.S. Department of Energy intends to award a sole source contract to WEFA, Inc. for Econometric and Modeling services for a 1-Year period with options for an additional four 1-Year periods. The forecasting services include Macroeconomic service, Centrally Planned Economies service, Latin American service, Asia service, Canadian National service, Middle East service, and African service. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the descretion of the Government. (0193)

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