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R -- AUDITING SUPPORT SERVICES SOL Task Order No. 17 DUE 073198 POC Rosa M. Ortiz, Contracting Officer, 202-482-2187 WEB: ERROR --, http://www.oig.doc.gov/acq. E-MAIL: ERROR --, oigaq@doc.gov. The Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General (OIG), intends to solicit and negotiate new requirements as a direct result of implmentation 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 proposed task order number 17 will be issued to one of the below listed contractors: Gardiner, Kamya & Assoc. (small business)of Washington, DC under their contract 50-SAGG-4-00015; Urbach, Kahn, & Werlin (large business) of Washington, DC under their contract 50-SAGG-4-00016; Price Waterhouse (large business) of Arlington, VA under their contract 50-SAGG-4-00017; Ernst & Young (large business) of Washington, DC under their contract 50-SAGG-4-00018; KPMG Peat Marwick (large business) of Washington, DC under their contract 50-SAGG-4-00019; R. Navarro & Assoc. (small business) of San Diego, CA under their contract 50-SAGG-4-00020; or Arthur Anderson (large business) of Washington, DC under their contract 50-SAGG-4-00021. CLIN 0001 of proposed task order no. 16 is for work within the original statement work (previously announced and competed)whereas CLIN 0002 is for the new task requirements as stated above. Task order no. 17 will be issued no sooner than fifteen days (15) days after the date of this notice. Parties who are interested in sub-contracting possibilities should submit their interest to the contracting officer no later than 4:30pm, ET, 13 JULY 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. Posted 06/26/98 (0177)

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