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R -- DEVELOP TRAINING AND INFORMATION MATERIALS, CONFERENCE SUPPORT AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SOL 52-DKEX-9-90047 DUE 042699 POC Joel Perlroth, Contract Specialist 301-713-0829 x121 Diane C. Husereau, Contracting Officer 301-713-0829 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, Joel.L.Perlroth@agf.noaa.gov. The U. S. Department of Commerce/NOAA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Commonwealth Training Partners, Inc. (CTP) to support the Nonproliferation and Export Control Cooperation (NEC) team, Bureau of Export Administration, in its export control cooperation programs with 23 countries in the New Independent States, the Baltics, Central Europe and other countries. The contractor shall be required to use materials previously developed by CTP as well as develop additional courseware and computer-based training tools to support NEC's Model Country Programs. As such the contract will be required to provide technical matter expertise on International Standard export control practices to deliver training programs in the NEC Training Center and cooperating countries. The contractor shall organize and manage technical exchanges, work shops, seminars, and conferences on nonproliferation export control practices and procedures in the United States and in cooperating countries. The contractor shall develop, modify, and manage the deployment of specialized export control systems and tools in cooperation with foreign governments and foreign non-government organizations (NGO). The contractor shall support NEC country managers with its expertise in export controls, export licensing decision making, commodity classification, export license automation, and industry internal control programs. Assess the status of emerging export control functional areas in specific countries, and recommend optimum approaches aimed at strengthening deficiencies. The contractor shall customize and modify the Licensing Officer Instructional Simulation (LOIS) and Internal Control Program (ICP) software systems based on requirements set by cooperating countries and the NEC on an ongoing basis. LOIS and ICP were developed by CTP for NEC. LOIS is an interactive, automated licensing training tool for government licensing officers and other government export control officials. ICP is an interactive, automated internal control system toassist enterprises and exporters to comply with the country's export control laws and regulations. The contractor shall manage the deployment in cooperating countries of LOIS, ICP and other tools related to Commerce's cooperative export control efforts with specific foreign governments. It is expected that in 1999, a rapid series of deployments will take place in Russia, Ukraine, and certain Central European countries. The contractor shall also work with the State Department contractor to design development and deployment training materials for the State Department's Tracker 99 license tracking system. The development and deployment of training materials, tools, and export control software, engineered by CTP for NEC and cooperating country government requirements, must be continued. To this end, it is essential that the contractor maintain its existing contractual relationships with NGOs in cooperating countries and develop new relationships with NGOs in other countries to support the goals of the NEC mission. It is critical that work in progress be completed according to scheduled time frames and that continuity be maintained with prior phases of the NEC country programs. Interested contractors are requested to submit documentation that substantiates their ability to meet the stated requirement. No solicitation document exists, requests for such a document will be considered non-responsive. No telephonic requests will be honored, written responses only. If a solicitation is issued, a second synopsis will not be published. If no affirmative responses are received within 45 days of publication of this notice, the Government intends to proceed with negotiations with CTP on a sole source basis. Posted 03/11/99 (W-SN307548). (0070)

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