U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Purchasing Division, Room 1230, 844 North Rush St., Chicago, IL 60611-2092

D -- INFORMATION DATA ENTRY AND CONVERSION SERVICES SOL 98-A-01 DUE 061798 POC Mr. Paul T. Ahern -- Voice (312) 751-7130, Fax (312) 751-4923 The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) intends to acquire, by Invitation for Bid (IFB), data entry and magnetic key/disk/tape conversion services for a period beginning September 1, 1998 and not to exceed three years. The contractor would receive source documents from the RRB on a job-by-job basis for conversion of selected data to magnetic tape. The contractor would be required to pick up the source documents from the RRB headquarters (HQ) in Chicago, Illinois. The contractor would also be required to produce machine readable records in accordance with keying instructions furnished by the RRB, and deliver the source documents and resulting magnetic records back to the RRB HQ facility within twenty-four (24) hours of each source document pickup. An accuracy rate of 100% is required as determined by RRB's surveillance plan. The place of performance for data conversion services is immaterial. The contracting officer has requested U.S. Department of Labor wage determinations for the following possible placesof performance -- Chicago, IL and Janesville, WI. The contracting officer shall request wage determinations for additional possible places of performance upon receipt of written requests from prospective bidders. Such requests must be received by the contracting officer at the RRB's HQ facility in Chicago, Illinois before 10:00 a.m. local time on March 31, 1998 to be considered timely. However, late receipt of a prospective bidder's request for a wage determination for additional places of performance does not preclude the bidder from submitting a bid for the proposed acquisition of data entry and conversion services. The RRB plans to issue the solicitation on or about May 13, 1998. Firms desiring to obtain a copy of the solicitation must submit their request in writing on company letterhead, including the RRB's solicitation number in the written request. Such a request must be sent to the above address. Any questions regarding the above solicitation must be submitted in writing to the above address as well. No telephonic inquiries or requests for documents shall be accepted. This solicitation is a 100% small-business set-aside. See Note 1. (0061)

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