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R -- EXPERT TRAINING CONSULTANTS SERVICES SOL OIG-149798 DUE 051998 POC Jim Hairfield, Contract Specialist, (202) 708-8529 or Rebecca Haynes, (202) 708-7777 Interested offerors should fax a written request to Jim Hairfield at (202) 708-9964 to receive a copy of the work statement in order to submit a proposal. The issue date of the work statement will be May 5, 1998 and the closing date for proposals will be 2:00;m on Tuesday, May 19, 1998. Certified small business concerns will be given preference in accordance with FAR 13.105(a). See numbered note (1). The purpose of this acquisition is to secure the services of an expert training consultant to provide professional services in support of the Department's Office of the Inspector General(OIG) report writing and presentation efforts. These professional services include providing expert training services on writing OIG reports and on new, innovative techniques and approaches that can be used in the development, presentation and issuance of timely reports which satisfy the reporting requirements as outlined in Government Auditing Standards. Other aspects of the training include: 1) development of finding attributes,i.e. condition, criteria, cause, effect, and recommendation; 2)report presentation and content i.e. format-report cover and framework of material, and substance-factual information which is objective and related to the scope of the assignment; and 3) report information that is persuasive to convince management to act on OIG's recommendations to address the conditions found. In providing this expert training service, the contractor will have to provide two (2)training sessions at OIG Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and at a training session at each of OIG's field office locations in Atlanta, GA, Philadelphia, PA, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, and Sacramento, CA. The anticipated length of each training session is expected to be 3 to 5 days at each location. (0107)

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