SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Enrolled Agents (EA) Testing - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 4/7/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, Maryland, 20745
- ZIP Code
- 20745
- Solicitation Number
- TIRNO-15-R-00013
- Archive Date
- 5/19/2015
- Point of Contact
- Summer P. Griddine, Phone: 2406138445
- E-Mail Address
-
Summer.P.Griddine@irs.gov
(Summer.P.Griddine@irs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation ***This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) for commercial items in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking Full and Open Competition under NAICS code 611710, Educational Support Services. Size Standard is 15 million dollars. The solicitation number is TIRNO-15-R-00013. This solicitation is issued as a request for proposal (RFP) only. 1. General Overview: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury and one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. The Return Preparer Office (RPO)' mission is to improve taxpayer compliance by providing comprehensive oversight and support of tax professionals. The RPO oversees registration, testing, and suitability of Enrolled Agents (EA) and EA candidates. EAs, like attorneys and Certified Public Accountants (CPA), have unlimited practice rights to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Learn more about EAs at: http://www.irs.gov/Tax-Professionals/Enrolled-Agents. In 2006 the IRS launched a comprehensive revision of the EA-SEE Program by contracting test development and administration services. The contracted services included the development of an examination that effectively measured the competence of applicants desiring to become EAs, the effective administration and delivery of the examination, and annual updates to the examination in response to changes in tax law. Purpose and Objectives The RPO has a need to procure Contractor support for the continued development and administration of a testing program that enables candidates to earn the EA designation. The Contractor shall be responsible for test development and administration, including: hosting and maintaining a system to capture candidate data and secure examination fee payments, delivering testing in both computer-based and paper-based formats, providing customer service to candidates, and recording and transferring test results to the IRS and/or its designee. An easy, quick, and secure means to schedule examinations must be provided. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing controlled, professional, and accessible facilities for test administration. This notice will be posted on FBO from Monday April 6, 2015 to Monday May 5, 2015 at 10AM EST. The requested cutoff date and time for questions is Friday April 10, 2015, at 10AM EST. Additional information regarding this requirement will be detailed in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). 1. Minimum Specifications: In order to be eligible for award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), www.sam.gov, with completed Representations & Certifications (Reps & Certs). Offerors not registered in SAM with completed Reps & Certs will not be eligible for award. Interested offerors must state all the supplies/ services that are included in the proposed pricing. 2. Period of Performance (PoP): The anticipated period of performance is: I. Base Period: Date of Award through February 28, 2017) II. Option Period 1: 12 consecutive months from the ending of the Base Period (March 1, 2017 - February 28, 2018) III. Option Period 2: 12 consecutive months from the ending of Option Period 1 (March 1, 2018 - February 28, 2019) IV. Option Period 3: 12 consecutive months from the ending of Option Period 2 (March 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020) 3. Place of Performance Work will take place at the Contractor's business location and such off-site locations (to include any of the 50 states within the USA) as needed to accomplish work objectives and meet IRS's stated goal. 4. Questions - The requested cutoff date and time for questions is Friday April 10, 2015, at 10AM EST. Offerors are requested to email questions to Summer Griddine at summer.p.griddine@irs.gov. Questions may not be submitted via telephone. Responses to all questions will be posted electronically to all Offerors via the FBO website and email address questions were submitted from. 5. Submission Deadline: Offerors shall submit their proposals before the due date and time for this solicitation. The due date and time for proposals is Monday May 4, 2015 at 10AM EST. Internal Revenue Service Office of Business Operations/ Support Contracts Branch ATTN: Summer Griddine 6009 Oxon Hill Rd. 5th Floor Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Phone: (P) 240-613-8445
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/IRS/NOPAP/TIRNO-15-R-00013/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Various Locations, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Record
- SN03691341-W 20150409/150407234910-868b8342a194d9a9b950f7f214afe2e7 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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