76--CD-Rom of North American Flora, Version 1.0

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) anticipates awarding a contract on a sold soruce basis to The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). The contractor shall provide a interactive CD-ROM software product that in addition to those features found in the Synthesis of North American Flora, Version 1.0, provides the capacity for resource staff to query the conty-level distribution of all vascular plant species known to occur in various states. The softwarre will be capable of running on Windors 2000 and Windows NT operation systems. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY: NO COMPETITIVE RFQ WILL BE AVAILABLE. This award will be made on or about the 5th calendar day from the date this announcement appears. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541990. Interested vendors may identify their interest and capability to respond. However, all responsible sources may submit a bid within five days of the date of the publication of this announcement, which will be considered by the Government. A determination not to continue with the acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition.