US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1325 East West Highway - Station 4301, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3283

70 -- CARIS WINDOWS NT SOFTWARE PACKAGE POC Sandy Souders, Purchasing Agent; Lawrence B. Frazier, Contracting Officer 301/713/0854 The U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Universal Systems, Ltd., New Brunswick, Canada, for CARIS-SIPS UNIX IRIS license and CARIS Windows NT software package. Other offerors that have the ability to provide the above goods or services are invited to submit information as to their capabilities and any other pertinent data to the address above, to be received no later than 15 days of the date of this notice. No solicitation document exists; therefore, a request for such document will not be considered. Award will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Reference No. 6-4290 (0207)

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