U.S. Office Of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 1342, Washington, DC 20415

R -- EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP) SUPPORT SERVICES SOL OPM-98-RFP-00322 DUE 052598 POC Ray Hesson, 202-606-1045 WEB: OPM Procurement Home Page, http://www.opm.gov/procure. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist's E-Mail, rdhesson@opm.gov. R -- The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to solicit proposals for Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Services. The resultant indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity contract will be for a base period of one year with four one-year options. OPM provides each of its employees with EAP services. In the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (DC), these services are provided by the Director of Employee Assistance Services (EAS) as a function of the internal Employee Assistance Program. Employees in this Metropolitan Area span the full range of socioeconomic categories and are culturally diverse. In addition, OPM has offices in several states. These offices provide contract EAP services under the policy direction of the Agency's EAS Director. This contract calls for the provision of a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for approximately 1,600 employees (including approximately 600 full time equivalents) of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in its service center locations, and offices in the field. In addition, the contract would cover EAP services in DC for counseling and consultation only when the Director of EAS is on vacation, attending conferences, or otherwise is unable to cover the day-to-day office duties. There are approximately 1,750 OPM employees in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The solicitation is scheduled for release on or about April 24, 1998. Requests for solicitation packages must be in writing and must be received by April 17, 1998. The solicitation will also be available for downloading from the OPM Procurement Home Page on the day of official release. The address of the home page is http://www.opm.gov/procure. All requests for copies of the solicitation must be in writing. You may request copies of the solicitation from the contract specialist by contacting Raymond D. Hesson at 1900 E Street, NW, Room 1342, Washington, D.C. 20415. The fax number is 202-606-1464. The e-mail address is rdhesson@opm.gov. (0078)

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