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70 -- BUSINESS CHART SOFTWARE AND SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL PLOTTING SOFTWARE SOL 7030 DUE 111497 POC Susan Pimble (CO) 703-648-7358 or Karen Phillips 703-648-7372 Request for Information. The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a market search for firms that can provide basic business chart software including but not limited to line-plots, pie and bar/column charts. Also searching for firms that can provide scientific and statistical plot software including but not limited to time-series, log, semi-log, scatter and box plots. The software must run on a Personal Computer using Windows 3.1 or later to include Windows 95 and NT and ideally run on multiple platforms to include UNIX and Macintosh. Firms that can provide the software described in this announcement are invited to submit literature describing available commercial software. Any commercially available pricing information is also requested. Information should be submitted to this office within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of this announcement to the above address. This is not an RFP. This announcement is only for the purpose of verifying available sources. Any questions should be addressed in writing to Ms. Susan Pimble at the address specified in this announcement or email to spimble@usgs.gov (0283)

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