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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 19,1999 PSA#2286Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 6009 Oxon Hill
Road, Suite 700, ATTN: M:P, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 R -- ELECTRONIC LOCATOR SERVICES SOL TIRNO-99-H-00004 DUE 040509 POC
Helen D. Carmona (202)283-1514 (FAX) This notice is a follow-up' to the
notice posted on December 17, 1997 (submission number 151813),
classification code -- R; subject -- ELECTRONIC LOCATOR SERVICES, from
the Commerce Business Daily Online via GPO Access
(cbdnet.access.gpo.gov). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to
issue a Request for Comments (RFC), TIRNO-99-H-00004, on or about
March 5, 1999, for assistance with IRS' electronic locator services
activities. The IRS is soliciting comments on the entire RFC from the
business community, with particular emphasis on the statement of work
(Section C), method of payment (Section B), security requirements
(Section H), and technical evaluation criteria (Section M). Following
the review of the RFC, interested parties should submit their
questions/comments concerning all aspects of the document via INTERNET
to Helen Carmona@ccmail.irs.gov or by facsimile to Helen D. Carmona,
Contract Specialist, at 202-283-1514 within fifteen (15) calendar days
of the issuance date of the RFC. IRS project and procurement teams
intend to hold discussions (interviews) with entities whose
questions/comments display an overall basic understanding of the
requirement and are aimed at improving the final solicitation.
Individual meetings will be held as frequently as necessary, beginning
the 15th day after issuance of the RFC until the closing date stated
in the RFC. The IRS reserves the right to not consider
questions/comments received after the RFC closing date. Such meetings
will be limited in time and the IRS reserves the right to limit
discussions with any individual vendor. It is anticipated that this
phase will occur from approximately March 22, 1999 to April 5, 1999.
Written responses to questions or concerns will not be provided on an
individual basis, but will be reflected as appropriate in the final
Request For Proposals (RFP) to be issued on or about May 7, 1999. The
actual submission date for proposals will be specified in the final
RFP. The IRS has a need to provide a cost effective electronic research
system for locator services -- various historical (at least two to
three years) and current data bases to locate a taxpayer or a
taxpayer's assets on a regional or nationwide basis and provide
on-line, real time, as well as batch processing in easy-to-read reports
containing entity and asset information -- for the Compliance and
Taxpayer Service program areas. The system must be compatible with
multiple platforms (DOS, WIN3.1/NT, web based) and various connectivity
methods currently used within IRS. In general, the data bases would
include but not be limited to: financial data bases (such as Securities
and Exchange Commission filings); company and industry reports;
financial holdings; findings from bankruptcy courts; asset data bases
(such as real property records); Federal Aviation Administration
aircraft registration; Coast Guard boat registration; state Dept. of
Motor Vehicle records; finder data bases (such as personal locator
files from credit bureaus, white page companies, US census data and
levy sources); vital records (such as birth, marriage and divorce
records, Social Security Administration master death files, and
professional licenses); public records (such as Secretary of State
filings and doing business as business name associations, liens, Court
Dockets, judgements and settlement information). Currently, the IRS
compliance program areas, Collection, Examination, Employee
Plans/Exempt Organizations and Criminal Investigation, are engaged in
multiple local contracts where there is an apparent duplication of
effort and of data being provided. These contracts are with local
locator services and credit bureaus as well as national organizations.
The IRS seeks to streamline and consolidate these services on a
nationwide basis to provide instantaneous access to this extensive data
by possibly entering into national contracts. The number of contracts
which may be awarded depends on the ability of vendors to provide
comprehensive data on a regional or nationwide basis. The IRS has four
(4) regions and four (4) territories. The Regions are: MIDSTATES
(Arkansas; Illinois; Iowa; Kansas; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; North
Dakota; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; Wisconsin); NORTHEAST
(Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Hampshire; New
Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont); SOUTHEAST
REGION (Alabama; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Indiana; Kentucky;
Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina;
Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia); and WESTERN REGION (Alaska;
Arizona; California; Colorado; Hawaii; Idaho; Montana; Nevada; New
Mexico; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wyoming). The Territories are: Guam;
the Virgin Islands; American Samoa and Puerto Rico. It is anticipated
that there will be at least 2 and not more than 5 contracts awarded as
a result of a competitive solicitation. Contract award(s) will occur in
FY 99. These contracts will have a 12 month base period with 4 one-
year option periods. Those parties interested in receiving the RFC,
TIRNO-99-H-00004, may obtain it electronically via the IRS Procurement
Webpage (http://Procurement.irs.gov). The National ELECTRONIC LOCATOR
SERVICES Procurement document will be prepared using WORDPERFECT 6.0.
The RFC document will contain mixed text and data. Therefore, much of
the RFC document contents have been converted into the Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) for easy display with your browser software. To
view these PDF files, your PC requires the ADOBE ACROBAT software.
Without it, your PC will return an error message when attempting to
read the RFC. This software is available on this server for you to
download and install yourself or you may have your help desk install it
for you. If interested parties do not have the capability to access the
IRS Procurement webpage, they can obtain a copy on floppy disk in
Wordperfect 6.0 or in hard copy by submitting a written request via
facsimile to Helen D. Carmona, Contract Specialist, at 202-283-1514 or
by writing to the above listed address. Copies of the RFC will not be
provided in more than one medium. In order to minimize reproduction
costs, electronic transmissions are preferred. The IRS takes no
responsibility for undeliverable mail. No further preliminary
information or status updates will be provided to respondents unless
requested in writing. Interested parties who have previously responded
to the sources-sought request for electronic locator services will be
furnished this synopsis announcement, but, must specifically request
a copy of the RFC. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. This will
be an unrestricted acquisition; the Standard Industrial Classification
code is 7323 and the small business size standard is $5 million
dollars of average annual receipts. Posted 02/11/99 (W-SN297622).
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