Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, ATTN: M:P, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DUE 021500 POC Delphine Bryant (202)283-1351 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to issue a purchase order, in accordance to FAR 13.5, to Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute (IITRI) for the acquisition of an information technology engineering laboratory with IRS security certification and accreditation. This laboratory will host electronic commerce application-level pilots and prototypes, provide secure external interfaces to taxpayers and trading partners, provide secure internal interfaces to legacy systems, and provide the environment in which to conduct intergration, interoperability, standards-compliance, performance, and cost assessments, technologies, and products being considered for insertion into the IRS infrastructure. The IRS requires long-term access to a laboratory facility with the capabilities and capacity to support all these activities and with sufficient surge capacity to meet peak demand for laboratory resources. Integral to the requirement for access to such a laboratory facility is the need for an experienced, well trained laboratory operations staff. The IRS requires technical engineering support to design, develop, deploy, maintain, operate, and assess application-level pilots and prototypes. The laboratory also must provide sufficient facilities for demonstration and presentation of advanced technologies to IRS audiences of 25 or more people. The laboratory must have independence from market and commercial bias. All responsible sources who can provide the above requirement at prices, terms and conditions equal to or better than those which can be provided by Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, should submit clear and convincing data in writing substantiating an ability to furnish the entire requirement. Responses to this notice must be received by this office within 5 days of the date of publication of this synopsis. Any responses should be sent to: Internal Revenue Service, A/C Procurement, 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Room 700, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, Attn: Delphine Bryant, A:P:I:CS. Responses will be accepted by facsimile at (202)283-1533). Facsimile responses must contain signatures, arrive at the place and by the time specified in the synopsis and may not exceed 10 pages. The Government will not be responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of any facsimile information. No solicitation will be issued; therefore, such request for solicitation will be considered non-responsive. If no compelling responses are received, award will be made to Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute by April 1, 2000. Posted 02/11/00 (W-SN424574). (0042)

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