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70 -- ELECTRONIC TAX ADMINISTRATION SOL TIRNO97R00071 DUE 101697 POC Contract Specialist, Brett L. Blake, 202-283-1137 Draft ETA RFP CBD-2 INTENT The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a draft Request For Proposal (RFP) for Electronic Tax administration (ETA) for comment on September 15, 1997. The objectives of this RFP are twofold. First, the IRS plans to increase transmission volumes greatly beginning calendar year 1999 using the existing systems. Second, the IRS plans to promote and sustain increases in volumes further into the future through enhancements to electronic filing and related applications. For the purpose of this draft RFP, the Government will focus on the electronic filing of individual tax returns (1040 series), including related transactions, payments, correspondence, powers of attorney, and request for transcripts. Additional ETA programs (i.e., business and information returns) may be addressed in future acquisitions. APPROACH (Subject to Comment) This draft RFP includes three proposal approaches: Contracts for volume increases using current systems; Agreements for increased volumes using current systems; and Contracts for system enhancements/modifications. Offerors may propose on any or all of the approaches. The contracts/agreements may be awarded to one or more ETA partners. The IRS seeks partnerships that will result in the maximum return for its investment. HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE DRAFT RFP Parties having interest in providing feedback or comments on the draft RFP should access the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov, after getting onto Treasury s home page, click on the mailbox, this will take you to the Digital Daily, next scroll down to the bottom to What s Hot, click on that and the ETA Solicitation will come up. If a vendor cannot access the WWW, and would like to obtain a softcopy/diskette of the draft RFP, requests may be submitted to IRS, M:P:I:D, Brett Blake, Room 700 Constellation Centre, 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 or via e-mail:brett.l.blake@ccmail.irs.gov. Telefax request will be accepted at (202) 283-4829. The ETA Program Office will give a presentation to provide clarification on this draft RFP on September 22,, 1997 at 10:00 a.m. at the New Carrollton Federal Building Auditorium New Carrollton, MD. Interested parties should contact Brett (0261)

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