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99 -- Seek Additions to Qualified Product List (QPL) Solar Photovoltaic Arrays

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212B8304-QPLFederal

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This notice concerns solicitation 212B8304-QPL, titled Seek Additions to Qualified Product List (QPL) Solar Photovoltaic Arrays, which was posted on May 1, 2003. The procurement is managed by the Department of Homeland Security through the Sflc Procurement Branch 3, located in Baltimore, Maryland. The primary purpose of this communication is to inform registered vendors that the organization responsible for this posting transitioned to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a larger federal restructuring that occurred on March 1, 2003. Consequently, this solicitation and all related records from the transitioning organization are now officially under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security and are accessible via the FedBizOpps system.

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DHS now manages solicitation 212B8304-QPL for Qualified Product List Solar Photovoltaic Arrays.

Agency

Department Of Homeland Security → Sflc Procurement Branch 3(00040)

NAICS

221114 - Solar Electric Power Generation

Place of Performance

MD

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NONE

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PostedApr 16

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AgencyDepartment Of Homeland Security → Sflc Procurement Branch 3(00040)

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OfficeBALTIMORE, MD, 21226, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Homeland Security → Sflc Procurement Branch 3(00040)

Office AddressBALTIMORE, MD, 21226, USA

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As you may be aware, approximately 22 federal organizations separated from their "parent" agencies on March 1, 2003, and joined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a result of that transition, following a period of DHS internal structuring, you are now receiving this generic modification or amendment to inform you that a posting for which you had registered on the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service belonged to an organization that has now transitioned to DHS. As of March 1, 2003, this posting and all others of this organization belong to DHS and may be found under it in FedBizOpps.

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