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U -- SPECIAL AMERICAN BUSINESS INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM SOL TAIP3450600632 DUE 092396 POC Tracey Miller The U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administrations, Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) has a requirement for developing a Standards Training Program to train approximately 75 technical and regulatory experts from Russia and the other New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (Interns) in the areas of U.S. Government and private sector processes and procedures for standards development, conformity assessment and quality management. The basic qualification requirements for the (SABIT) standards are as follows: knowledge of standards, certification/testing, and quality assurance issues in the United States; ability to coordinate and select private sector participant/trainers in a training program; ability to work in the SABIT office in Washington, D.C. for the duration of the contract; knowledge of history, government, demographics, and policies in the former Soviet Union; ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, in Russian; ability to perform liaison functions among various organizations involved in the SABIT Standardization program; and strong organizational, administrative and intercultural communications skills. The training program will consist of three groups: Telecommunications January/February 1997; Power Generation, June/July 1997 ; and Food Processing and Packaging September /October 1997. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will provide the first two weeks of orientation for each of the three training sessions, with SABIT overseeing all training and program development. The Contractor will provide the remaining weeks of training for each group. Period of Performance is estimated from October 1, 1997 through October 30, 1997. Your request for Request for Quotation (RFQ) can be made by faxing (301) 713-0806 and reference RFQ No. TAIP3450600632, Attn: Tracey Miller. Responses to the RFQ are required by 9/23/96 since this is a FY96 award. We anticipate award within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $50,000. No telephone requests will be honored. (0249)

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