U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Acquisition Management Branch, STOP 0567, 1400 & INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-0567

D -- STATE AND COUNTY OFFICE IT MAINTENANCE POC Scott Wolz, 202-720-3736 CNT Contract Number: 53-3151-7-00114; Solicitation Number FSA-R-0001-97DC AMT $37,422,647, estimated amount includes base period and four option periods LINE All contract lines were awarded DTD 092497 TO International Business Machines Corporation; 6710 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20817 WEB: FSA AMB Contracting Web Page, http://www.fsa.usda.gov/amb. E-MAIL: Scott C. Wolz, swolz@wdc.fsa.usda.gov. (0272)

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