[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8510-8511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4644]


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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

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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 third and final announcement issued under the 
authority of 48 CFR 5.205(b)

.DATES: Please submit your qualification or capability statements not 
later than March 27, 1997.

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. 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 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.
James A. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Procurement).
[FR Doc. 97-4644 Filed 2-25-97; 8:45 am]
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