minerALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE, PROCUREMENT & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DIV, 381 ELDEN STREET MAIL STOP 2500, HERNDON, VA 20170-4817

99 -- 99-GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA SOL 7-8100-1002 1435-02-97-RQ-40287 DUE 021097 POC Contract Specialist, MARY A. HADEN, (303)275-7376 The Minerals Management Service intends to award a contract to ARCO Alaska, Inc., P.O. Box 100360, Anchorage, Alaska 99510-0360, utilizing other than full and open competition for the purchase of approximately 6.44 line miles of 2-D seismic reflection data. The subject data is within the State of Alaska jurisdiction and adjacent to Federal OCS jurisdiction waters. This data was acquired in conjunction with OCS data acquired under OCS Permit No. 93-02. No solicitation is available for this sole source acquisition. Authority for this non-competitive acquisition is found under 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and (5). (0354)

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