U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General, Room 7097, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230

R -- AUDITING SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 50SAGG400018 POC Rosa M. Ortiz, Contracting Officer, 202-482-2187 WEB: Rosa Ortiz, http://www.oig.doc.gov/acq. E-MAIL: Rosa Ortiz, oigaq@doc.gov. The Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General, intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis with Ernst and Young of Washington, DC for additional work under existing contract 50SAGG400018/Task Order No. 7. The new requirements are a direct result of implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin 97-01, OMB Bulletin 98-04, Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) of 1996, Federal Agencies' Centralized Trial-Balance System (FACTS) Data Verification and Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 92. These directives require contractors to audit additional financial statements and/or make modifications to existing statements. It is anticipated that modification number 32 will be issued under task order number 7 no sooner than fifteen (15) days after the date of this notice. Interested parties should submit their interest to the contracting officer no later than 4:30pm, ET, 01 June 1998 to: Rosa M. Ortiz, Department of Commerce, OIG, Room 7095, 14th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, phone:202-482-2187; fax:202-501-7921. SIC:8721. See Note 26. (0135)

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