7 folders of contracts arranged alphabetically by party name. Abstracts, letters of intent, invoices, and related correspondence and memoranda for SBS contracts with various companies for provision of goods and services. Includes contracts for administration of employee attitude survey; human resources, training and support services; technical, public relations and marketing consultant services; earth station site construction services; contracts with NEC America, Inc. for development of multi transponder access capability; network, facilities and systems analysis research and design; real estate acquisition; contract with Telecommunications Techniques Corp. for development of a Digital Satellite Communications Port Environment Simulator [DSCPES]; contract with Teledyne for production of TWTs; agreements for transponder use on Telesat Canada's ANIK and Western Union's TELSTAR satellites.

Asset lists and parts inventories with book and depreciation values, for SBS operational sites in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and other U.S. cities. Records were selected as representative of a larger group of similar records.

Reports, memoranda and correspondence related to choosing a vendor to provide electromagnetic interference studies to establish viability of placement of SBS satellite transmission equipment at customer premises. Includes Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. profiles on RFP bidders Spectrum Planning, Inc., Comsearch Inc., COMSAT General Corporation, and Compucon, Inc.; evaluation reports with summaries of bidder's services, facilities and price proposals; Comsearch Inc. proposal submission.

Statement of work, terms and conditions and cover letter to bidders. Includes summary of study objectives; schematics of Customer Premises Earth Station [CPES] and study specifications.

Includes response letters to other bidders; CPES installation schedule; purchase orders and records of payments to Comsearch; Comsearch brochure.

Includes cover letters from Comsearch reports; site descriptions and study scheduling; amendments to contract between SBS and Comsearch; Comsearch proposal for ongoing services to SBS.