U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts, Attn: Donald A. King, Mail Stop TWFN-7I2, Washington, D.C. 20555

U -- RETIREMENT BENEFITS PROGRAM SOL RS-PER-96-281 DUE 061896 POC Contact: Call Distribution Room 301/415-7427 with any concerns about distribution of the RFP and any amendments. Only written or faxed request for the RFP are accepted. Fax number, 301/415-8157. Contract Specialist, Donald A. King, 301/415-6731 The contractor shall provide course materials and present four different seminars on planning for retirement to NRC employees: a one-day course for employees with less than one year's Federal service entitled ''Beginning Federal Service''; a two-day course for employees with between 10-15 years of Federal service entitled ''Mid-Career Retirement Planning''; a three-day course for employees with 5 to 10 years before being eligible to retire entitled ''Planning for Retirement''; and a half day course for employees within six months of retirement entitled ''Retirement Planning Review''. The period of performance is 36 months and the estimated number of seminars presented are 48. The proposed action is a 100% small business set-aside. The SIC Code for this solicitation is 8299. The size standard for this solicitation is average annual receipts not to exceed 5 million dollars over the past three years. Copies of RFP RS-PER-96-281 will be issued on or about May 30, 1996. All interested firms should submit written requests for RFP-PER-96-281 to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the address as shown above. Telephone requests will not be honored. Closing date for proposals is 15 days after issue date of solicitation. (0134)

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