Department of the Treasury (DY) Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20227

B -- RISK MANAGEMENT POC Jim Harden, Contract Specialist, 202-874-0238. The Department of Treasury, Financial Management Service, intends to award a sole source contract to Thomas H. Stanton, ESQ., 1000 Potomac Street, Suite 500, Washington, DC for continuation of work in evaluation of Direct/Guaranteed Loan Programs, Insurance Programs, Grant Programs, Privatization Studies, and Asset Disposition within the Federal Government to determine if improved risk management can strengthen and control program risk. This requirement necessitates extensive hands-on experience in evaluating risk management within the Federal Government. Highly technical expertise is relevant to assessing the Government's exposure to losses under Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) status versus other alternative organizational structures for delivering required program services to the public. The tasks may extend to any Federal Program. Firms who believe they have the capability to provide these services should be a recognized apolitical authority and published author on risk control theory, financial institutions and financial risk controls and should have testified before the United States Congress in the role of expert witness on these subjects. This status is necessary to give credibility to any recommendations for policy and/or organizational changes. Interested parties shall submit technical capability statements including detailed technical information and other technical literature which demonstrates the ability to meet the above requirement within 15 days from the date of this notice. FMS intends to award a contract with the performance period beginning with contract award and ending on September 30, 1997 with two one-year option renewals. (0035)

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