Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Contracts and Simplified Acquisition Branch, Room 3270, 650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20226.

R -- EXPERT WITNESS POC April Lowe, (202) 927-7718, Contracting Officer, Craig Segall (202) 927-8689. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) intends to negotiate with Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Dean of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Maryland for services necessary to provide assistance to the BATF in carrying out its obligations pursuant to the settlement agreement entered into by the parties in the class action lawsuit, Civil Action No. 90-2841-RCL. In an order dated November 21, 1996, the District Court for the District of Columbia approved the agreement entered into by the parties, thus obligating the Government to comply with the terms of the agreement. Dr. Goldstein will assist the agency in writing a work statement to be used in connection with procurement of a new promotion assessment system. Dr. Goldstein will serve as a technical advisor to the panel reviewing the proposals received by the BATF and finally, will serve as a member of a monitoring committee to oversee implementation of the new promotion assessment system. Because the agreement specifies that these tasks are to be performed by Dr. Goldstein and the agreement has been approved by the court, the agency has no discretion in this area; that is, the only source who can satisfy the needs of the agency and perform the tasks summarized above and detailed in the agreement is Dr. Goldstein. Therefore, as only one source can satisfy the needs of the agency. See Numbered Note 22. (0038)

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