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U -- EDUCATION & TRAINING SERVICES DUE 040999 POC Ila Krause, Contract Specialist, (972) 308-1992 The IRS intends to issue a follow-on contract with three one-year options under FAR Subpart 13.5 -- Test Program for Certain Commercial Items to The University of Texas at Austin for the Development and Delivery of an Advanced Communications Course. The contractor has previously developed and presented the Basic and Intermediate courses and for the three-course offering to be successful (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced), there must be a continuum with tools and methodologies from the foundation course (Basic) carried in the Intermediate and culminating in the Advanced course. Therefore, this procurement is SOLE SOURCE and NO solicitation is available. Letters and telephone requests for a copy of a solicitation will not be accepted and are considered non responsive to this announcement. However, contractors with this capability may submit a PROPOSAL WITH PRICING to be considered by the Government no later than 7 days after the date of this announcement. Posted 03/31/99 (W-SN314780). (0090)

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