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D -- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES SOL RFP L/A 97-08 POC Leonard L. Bednar, (202) 219-6445/Contracting Officer, Phyllis R. McMeekin, (202) 219-6445. The Contractor will be required to produce the data necessary for an accurate demographic and employment profile of crop farmworkers at a national and, for some variables, at a regional level. The period of performance is anticipated to be from the date of award through FY1998 and two one-year option periods. The current contract, J-9-M-3-0038, is scheduled to expire on September 27, 1997. The incumbent contractor is Aquirre International, a firm located in San Mateo, California. It is anticipated that a transition period will be necessary if the awardee of the new contract is a vendor other than the incumbent. Consequently, the Government will attempt to award a new contract several months prior to the current contract`s expiration date. Offerors must submit written requests for the solicitation and those requests must reference the solicitation number(RFP L/A 97-08). The Government will consider requests from all responsible vendors that are small businesses. The small business size standard is $18 million and the SIC code is 7375. Only one award is anticipated. See Numbered Notes 1 and 26. (0355)

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