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R -- PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES INFORMATION DUE 090999 POC ELIZABETH CLARK, 410-965-9465 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, ELIZABETH.CLARK@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate a sole-source simplified acquisition with Mobility International USA (MIUSA) for services required to inform young people with disabilities and their caretakers about opportunities to participate in international exchange programs. The services required include: (1)designing, publishing, and distributing an informational brochure, (2) writing and publishing journals on the subject matter in disability newsletters and magazines, (3) designing and posting a web page concerning the exchange programs, and (4) attending some disability conferences/meetings to discuss the programs and to disseminate program information. MIUSA is the only US based organization that has the full knowledge necessary to assist youth with disabilities in designing a suitable and effective exchange program in order to meet these requirements. Areas of unique expertise demonstrated by MIUSA include a thorough knowledge of the Social Security disability programs and work incentive provisions as well as a comprehensive knowledge of public disability policy; an extensive knowledge of national and international disability law and policies; an inclusive knowledge of state and local disability policy and programs that provide services to people with disabilities, i.e., State Rehabilitation Administration, Special Education, etc.; in depth knowledge of international, national, state and local educational and cultural exchange programs and policies; and MIUSA is the only National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange, sponsored by the US Information Agency. MISUA is the only organization known by SSA that has the depth and breadth of knowledge needed in these skill areas to plan and coordinate the types of services we require. The scope and extension of the work that MIUSA does with youth with disabilities in the international exchange process has not been duplicated in any other organization in the USA or aboard. In order to provide these services, it is essential that the contractor possess the kind of experience and knowledge reflected above. This is not a request for quotation or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. See Note 22. Posted 08/30/99 (D-SN374014). (0242)

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