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70 -- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR TWO (2) LOCAL AREA NETWORKS SOL 35-3615-99 DUE 092499 POC Lisa Botella, (215) 233-6551, fax (215) 233-6558, Contracting Officer and Point of Contact This requirement was initially synopsized and corrected in the CBD on September 1, 1999. Amendment No. 2 was synopsized in the CBD on September 2, 1999. This amendment answers a question received in response to the subject solicitation. QUESTION: Please advise if you are requesting Check Point FireWall software with Encryption or without. ANSWER: We do not require the software with encryption. THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 3:30 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1999. (NOTE: Contractors are required to acknowledge Amendment Numbers 01 through 03 in writing or provide the signed amendments with their offer.) Posted 09/21/99 (W-SN382631). (0264)

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