D -- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE

Notice Date

January 23, 2001

Contracting Office

USDA, Office of Operations , Procurement Operations Division, Stop 9850, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9850

ZIP Code

20250-9850

Response Due

February 6, 2001

Point of Contact

Geloria A. Dorsey, 202-690-4677

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Communications intends to renew its service with NewsEdge Corporation against its Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) Number 01CLFB70014-BOA for use and access to its database for real time newswire including access to NewsEdge, AP AG Alert, AP Washington Wire, and Knight-Ridder Business. Databases must be accessible by up to 10 users simultaneously not necessarily in the same location. Service must be available via a local phone number with access 24 hrs/day and an on-call help desk for troublshooting. Wire copies must be available within a short timeframe after being filed with the service. All interested parties capable of providing with same type of service are encouraged to respond to this notice by submitting sufficient technical and cost information which demonstrates that capability. Responses should be submitted within 10 days of the date of this notice. Timely responses shall be considered prior to award. If no sufficient, timely responses is received, award will made without further notice to NewsEdge Corporation.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010125/DSOL010.HTM (W-023 SN50B5M1)