Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20310-5200

R -- QUALITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION, FACILITATION AND TRAINING POC Diane Taylor (703) 614-6823, Contract Specialist, Joyce Rose, Contracting Officer, (703) 695-2564 The Defense Supply Service-Washington intends to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with William W. Scherkenbach, WWS, Inc., PO Box 40057, Sarasota, FL 34242-0057, for the purchase of quality management training and facilitation services to instruct the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) staff members in the continual improvement of the Office of the Secretary Defense processes in accordance with Dr. Deming's management theory. The theory used by the OSD staff to implement quality management is that of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Therefore, this requirement must be filled by someone who is an expert in the Deming theory of management. This is not a request for competitive proposals. A solicitation document does not exist. See Note 22. (0124)

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