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R -- ELECTRONIC LOCATOR SERVICES SOL TIRNO-98-MPOS-00001 DUE 011698 POC Helen D. Carmona (202)283-1514 (FAX #) The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is developing requirements and a strategy for a cost effective electronic research system for locator services for the Compliance and Taxpayer Service program areas. The system must be compatible with multiple platforms (DOS, WIN3.1/NT, web based) and various connectivity methods currently used within IRS. The IRS requests interested vendors to submit a capability statement that describes their ability to search various historical (at least two to three years) and current data bases to locate a taxpayer or a taxpayer s assets on a nationwide (or regional) basis and provide on-line, real time, as well as batch processing in easy-to-read reports containing entity and asset information. In general, the data bases would include but not be limited to: financial data bases (such as SEC filings); company and industry reports; financial holdings; findings from bankruptcy courts; asset data bases (such as real property records); FAA aircraft registration; Coast Guard boat registration; state DMV records; finder data bases (such as personal locator files from credit bureaus, white page companies, US census data and levy sources); vital records (such as birth, marriage and divorce records, SSA master death files, and professional licenses); public records (such as Secretary of State filings and doing business as business name associations, liens, Court Dockets, judgements and settlement information). Currently, the IRS compliance program areas, Collection, Examination, Employee Plans/Exempt Organizations and Criminal Investigation, are engaged in multiple local contracts where there is an apparent duplication of effort and of data being provided. These contracts are with local locator services and credit bureaus as well as national organizations. The IRS seeks to streamline and consolidate these services on a nationwide basis to provide instantaneous access to this extensive data by possibly entering into national contracts. The number of contracts which may be awarded depends onthe ability of vendors to provide comprehensive data on a regional or nationwide basis. The IRS has four (4) regions and four (4) territories. The Regions are: MIDSTATES (Arkansas; Illinois; Iowa; Kansas; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; North Dakota; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; Wisconsin); NORTHEAST (Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont); SOUTHEAST REGION (Alabama; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia); and WESTERN REGION (Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Hawaii; Idaho; Montana; Nevada; New Mexico; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wyoming). The Territories are: Guam; the Virgin Islands; American Samoa and Puerto Rico. If this research indicates that contracts are warranted, it is anticipated that there would be at least 2 and not more than 5 contracts awarded as a result of a competitive solicitation. Contract award could happen as early as FY '98. These contracts would have the typical 12 month base period with 4 one-year option periods. Please annotate whether your firm is a large, small, or disadvantaged business under SIC 7375; size standard of $18 million in annual receipts. NOTE: This 'sources-sought' notice is for the purpose of gathering information and planning purposes ONLY. There is no Requests for Proposals at this time. No oral communications shall be accepted. Questions and/or comments concerning this notice may be faxed or addressed to the above named individual at the address or fax number shown in the heading. It is requested that your capability statements be provided to the address shown in the heading by January 16, 1998. Following the review of the capability statements, selected vendors may be asked to demonstrate their system to the IRS to familiarize the IRS with the features of their system during February -- March, 1998. (0351)

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