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To All Interested Parties:

The Internal Revenue Service is soliciting proposals for the provision of Internal Controls Support Services to the Treasury Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture. This acquisition is set aside for 8(a) businesses small business concerns only.

Please follow the instructions in the Proposal Instructions and Evaluation Methods Section when preparing Volume I – Technical Proposal, Volume II – Past Performance Proposal, and Volume III – Business Proposal. Your proposals should be submitted in separate loose-leaf binders. The binders should be marked to indicate which ones are copies and originals. The binders marked original should contain original documents.

A cover letter setting forth your firm rates for the Base Period and each Option Year (sliding scales, etc., not acceptable), and Standard Form 1449 (REV. 5/2011), the Pricing Section to include attachments, and all representations and certifications should comprise your Business Proposal.

The Technical Proposal must include a clear and concise explanation of how you propose to accomplish the procurement objective, describing in detail the approach, methods, techniques, and staff you intend to utilize in accordance with, Content of Technical Proposal.

Your Technical Proposal will be evaluated as an indication of your comprehension of the services to be provided and your ability to perform them.

The Government reserves the right to award the contract without discussions. Therefore, all proposals should be prepared as your organization’s final proposal revision.

Note: Effective January 1, 2005, the provision at FAR 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications, requires all prospective offerors to submit Annual Representations and Certifications via the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website at http://orca.bpn.gov. ORCA was developed to replace most of the paper based Representations and Certifications process known as Section K. By submission of an offer under this solicitation, the offeror acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via ORCA and verifies, by submission of the offer, that the representations and certifications currently posted in ORCA were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation. Changes to the ORCA representations and certifications may be provided by the offeror for this specific solicitation as indicated in the provision at FAR 52.204-8.

If you have any questions, please let me know via e-mail to Justin.C.DeWitt@irs.gov.

Sincerely, //s//

Justin DeWitt Contracting Specialist

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