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R -- RELABELING OF TAPE CARTRIDGES SOL TBD POC Marjorie Powell -- 703-305-8218 WEB: USPTO Home Page, www.uspto.gov. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, marjorie.powell@uspto.gov. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) intends to issue a sole source purchase order, for a 10 day period of performance. This purchase order will provide for relabeling of 30,000 existing 3480 tape cartridges in the Boyers, PA facility. This work is necessary as the final step prior to the implementation of an Automated Tape Library in Boyers, PA. The vendor is the only known manufacturer of the hardware, and also is the supplier of the needed labels. PTO will award this action on a sole source basis to Storage Technology Corp. This notice is not a RFP nor is one available. See Note 22. Posted 09/04/98 (W-SN246255). (0247)

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