DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, Internal Revenue Service, (M:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

70 -- EWS SOL TIRNO98R00054 DUE 061898 POC Contract Specialist, Kelvin Davis, 202-283-1235 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to negotiate with Price Waterhouse LLP on a sole source basis under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-01, to acquire electronic workpaper software that will enhance the process of preparing, reviewing, storing, and researching internal audit documentation. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement will constitute the only solicitaion; a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request For Proposals (RFP) and the solicitation number is TIRNO-98-R-00054. This acquisition's standard industrial classification code is 3577 and the related size standard is 1000 employees. The IRS will acquire a license to the Price Waterhouse's TeamMate 97 for 450 users. This includes training, support upgrades, and scanning software. The software must be incorporated into the IRS's computer and business architecture. Specifically, it will be compatible with Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Office 97 (Word, Excel, Acess, PowerPoint, etc.). The software must be menu-driven, use an intuitive graphical user interface, and provide on-line help. The software must provide automated page numbering and indexing from summaries, cross referencing between applications, facilitate workpaper reviews and reviewer notes, multiple user access to files via local and wide area networks, automatic workpaper document numbering, and scanning capabilities. The software must allow reviewers to track progress by audit plan or audit test. It must ensure accountability by the electronic sign-off and dating of workpapers by preparer and reviewer, and by creating a complete edit history of each workpaper and summary. The software must provide built-in scanning that ensures the images have not been modified. The software must provide access level assignments and controls to prevent unathorizied document editing, encryption, file compression, and back-up capabilities. TeamMate 97 is compatible with the IRS Inspection Service's architecture and provides all of these capabilities. The term of the contract shall be a base year and two (2) one (1) year option periods for a total of three years. Oral and written inquiries without this essential information will not be accepted or considered. If no acceptable responses are received within 15 calendar days after publication of this notice, no subsequent notice will be provided prior to a contract award on a sole- source basis to Price Waterhouse LLP. Offerors shall submit a technical and price proposal in response to this notice. Offerors shall prepare their proposals in accordance with FAR provision No. 52.212-01 Instruction to Offerors-Commerical Items, and shall include the following information: (1) list and prices of the software to be provided; (2) acknowledgment of each requirement listed above, or a summaryof exceptions taken to specific requirements with alternative proposals for each exception for IRS approval; (3) three "past performance" references; and, (4) a complete copy of the FAR provision No. 52.212-03, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commerical Items. The proposals will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis under the following factors (1) ability to provide the software products and related requirements, (2) past performance evaluation, and (3) fairness and reasonableness of proposed price. Offerors are required to comply with FAR clause No. 52.212-04, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, in its entirety. Under FAR clause No. 52.212-05, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, the contractor shall comply under paragraph (b) with the following FAR clauses: (1) No. 52.203-06, (2) No. 52.203-10, (3) No. 52.219-08, (4) No. 52.219-14, (5) No. 52.222-26, (6) No. 52.222-35, (7) No. 52.222-36, (8) No. 52.222-37, and (9) No. 52.225-09. In addition, the proposed contract will include IRS's rights in data as set forth in FAR clause No. 52.227-14, Rights in Data General, with its alternates II, III, and IV and FAR clause No. 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights. Offerors shall submit an original proposal and one copy no later than 15 days from publication of this notice to the following address: Internal Revenue Service A/C Procurement Room 700 6009 Oxon Hill Road Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745 Attn: Kelvin Davis Any questions regarding this notice should be directed to Mr. (0154)

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