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U -- TRAINING MEMBERSHIP SOL TIRNO-00-Q-N4A05 DUE 042500 POC Sharlene Hagans, Contract Specialist, (202) 283-1139 The Internal Revenue Service intends to issue a purchase order on a sole source basis to the Council for Continuous Improvement (CCI), 1777 Barcelona Street, Livermore, CA 94550, for a one-year membership. CCI is a consortium of organizations sharing best practices and lessons learned with each other, and collectively developing training material and other resources for use by the entire membership. Benefits of Membership includes the following: (1) the right for any of their employees to attend and participate in CCI functions; (2) full rights of participation in CCI Special Interest Groups, Product Development Teams, and other networking groups; (3) invitations to their CEO/President to attend the CEO Forums; (4) the ability to order conference proceedings; (5) a unique license to use and customize all available CCI training materials; (6) a password to access secure portions of CCI's web site; including downloadable training materials and proceedings, and on-line discussion forums; (7) reduced ratesfor in-house training by CCI certified instructors; (8) a contact list of all CCI member organizations; (9) inclusion in and subscription to the CCI Networking Directory; (10) access to CCI staff members, who are available to assist you with your networking needs; (11) the right to issue Calls for Action, tapping the collective experience of the membership; and (12) Subscription to the bi-monthly bulletin, The CCI Networker. All responsible sources who can provide the above requirement shall submit written quotations no later than 15 days from published date of this announcement. Organizations submitting quotes shall address the cost of membership fee and a description of services/materials fee; listing of reference materials maintained by the organization (research or completed studies); description of corporate history, mission and organizational membership. Quote should include resume of the proposed on-site contract/research managers and at least three (3) corporate references, Federal Tax ID Number and DUNS Number if available. Evaluation/award will be based on the quality and quantity of services presently offered and fixed price for organizational membership. No solicitations will be issued, therefore such requests for solicitations will be considered non-responsive. Quotes over 10 pages in total will not be accepted by facsimile. All questions must be submitted in writing and received by facsimile at (202) 283-1511 or mail. Posted 04/11/00 (W-SN443888). (0102)

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