THE INVITATION TO VENDORS

In accordance with your wishes, a public Invitation to Tender notice
was published in The Columbian newspaper on January 16, 1982. Twenty~
one copies of the Request for Proposal document were picked up by the
following interested parties:

Canadian Data

Cole & Company Limited
Computers Plus

Data General (Canada) Inc.
Deita Data Ltd.

Heart Software Ltd.

IBM Canada Ltd.

ICL. Computers Canada Ltd.
ISS Ltd.

MAI Canada, Ltd.
Murdoch, Blair

Olivetti Canada Ltd.
Sperry Univac

Sulcs, P.M. & Associates
Syrja & Marler Associates Ltd.
Systematics Consultants Ltd.
Systemhouse Ltd.

Tandem Computers
Tri-Data Services Inc.
TRW Canada Limited

Wang Canada Ltd.

Two of the above are located in the Province of Alberta.

By the advertised deadline of 3:00 p.m. local time on February 12,
1982, the following ten vendors submitted proposals. :

ICL Computers Canada. Lid.
IBM Canada Ltd.

ISS Ltd.

MAL Canada, Ltd.

Olivetti Canada Ltd.

Sperry Univac .

Syrja & Marler Associates Ltd.
Systematics Consultants Ltd.
Tri-Data Services Ltd.

TRW Canada Ltd.

Thorne Stevenson & Kellogg

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