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U -- MEMBERSHIP FEE SOL 53SBNB867119 DUE 083198 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6364, Anita K. Tolliver, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6308 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate with the IEEE Computer Society, 1730 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 on a sole-source basis for a one-year membership in the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) which is part of the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) project. The SWEBOK project's goal is to develop a guide to a well-defined body of knowledge in software engineering that will serve to advance software engineering as a profession. The project will include knowledge of traditional practices that are widely applied, as well as knowledge of innovative and advanced practices that have not yet been put into traditional practice. The IAB will bring together academia, industry and government experts in software engineering to facilitate a dialogue between these experts and those who are producing the SWEBOK. Membership will entitle NIST to: 1) participate in advisory meetings in which proposals by the IAB provide mandatory direction for the SWEBOK; and 2) to receive minutes, working documents and published reports of the SWEBOK working groups. Membership on the IAB will provide the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at NIST with a unique opportunity to satisfy part of the NIST/ITL charter to provide measurement and test reference material in information technology. Through this membership, NIST can influence the contents of a software engineering body of knowledge that may be used to advance software engineering as a profession, to develop undergraduate curricula, and to promote practices in software engineering. The period of performance for this membership will be September 1, 1998 through August 31, 1999. Authority for this non-competitive acquisition is 41 USC 253(c)(1) -- only one responsible source. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Requests for a solicitation package will be disregarded. A purchase order will be awarded on or about August 31, 1998. Posted 08/26/98 (W-SN242013). (0238)

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