[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4831-4832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2343]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
[Project No. TIRNO-97-R-00018]


Proposed Establishment of a Federally Funded Research and 
Development Center

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to sponsor a 
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to provide 
system engineering and technical assistance along with strategic advice 
and guidance. Also required will be technical management capabilities 
to facilitate the operation and modernization of Tax Systems. The FFRDC 
will be established under the authority of 48 CFR Subpart 35.017 and 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Letter 84-1. The FFRDC shall 
provide technical advice and assistance to the IRS and/or its 
contractors in the areas of program and project management. This will 
consist of expert advice/guidance focused on increasing the 
effectiveness and efficiency of strategic information management and 
technical activities. The FFRDC will be available for IRS's Chief 
Information Officer (CIO) or the CIO's designees or Department of the 
Treasury executive support. Examples of this support may include, but 
are not limited to the following:

--Information Systems (IS) input to business case development
--Business Process Analysis
--IS management and oversight of IRS contractors
--Evaluation of IRS contractors' performance and development of 
performance measures
--Development of recommendations regarding a prime integration 
contractor
--Evaluation of IRS effectiveness
--Ad hoc technical advice
--Acquisition Support as necessary.

This procurement will not involve a request for proposals. However, 
expressions of interest and qualification or capability statements 
should be submitted by interested entities who are capable of 
fulfilling this requirement. The qualification or capability statements 
received will be used to select potentially qualified entities, which 
may at a later date be requested to submit additional information and/
or provide an oral presentation as part of a final selection. This is 
the second of three announcements issued under the authority of 48 CFR 
5.205 (b).

DATES: Please submit comments on this proposed action no later than 
February 21, 1997. The IRS will appreciate receiving qualification or 
capability statements at your earliest convenience, however, this 
information must be received within 15 days after the third (3rd) 
publication of this announcement to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Responses to this notice must be mailed to the Internal 
Revenue Service, A/C Procurement, Office of End Users Systems Branch, 
6009 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 7th floor/Constellation 
Building M:P:I:E

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon request, a copy of a scope of work for 
the intended FFRDC will be mailed to any interested party or interested 
parties can download the information from the IRS Procurement Bulletin 
Board System (PBBS). Please follow these instructions to access the 
PBBS, dial the following number (202) 799-0943. Your system must be set 
at the following defaults: Baud Rate of 9600, No Parity, 8 Data Bits, 1 
Stop Bit. The system will prompt you for your name, business name and 
address, the kind of system you are using, user ID and a password of 
your choice. At the Main System Menu the following will appear ``Make 
your selection (T,F,E, etc. . . .):'' Type ``L'' and press the  
Key. Type ``S'' to select a library and press the  Key. Type 
``RFP'' and press the  Key. Type ``F'' and press the  Key 
to list files. Press the  Key to view the list of files. Type 
``C'' to view the file list. Download the file ``FFRDC.DOC''. The 
system operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Send a written request, 
for a copy of the statement of work, to the contracting officer at the 
address specified above. No oral communication will be accepted. 
Qualification or Capability

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Statement, should be submitted in written form to the Contracting 
Officer at the address specified above. Responses to this notice should 
make reference to Project No. TIRNO-97-R-00018.
Gregory D. Rothwell,
Assistant Commissioner (Procurement).
[FR Doc. 97-2343 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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