Prospective_Offerors_ERS.doc

June 21, 2013 To All Prospective Offerors:

Subject: Request for Proposals (RFP) No. TIRNO-13-R-00007

Electronic Tax Research Services (ERS) The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeks businesess interested in submitting proposals for Electronic Tax Law Services to accomplish the work set forth in the Statement of Work (Section III).

Firms responding to this RFP are requested to submit written technical and price proposals no later than 12:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, July 26, 2013. LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Offerors shall submit their Technical and PRICE PROPOSALS via electronic mail. Offerors shall also submit an original of the Technical and Price Proposals to the address listed below:

Internal Revenue Service

Office of Procurement, OS:A:P:B:B:B

6009 Oxon Hill Road, 5th Floor

Oxon Hill, MD 20745

ATTN: Sherry F. Lutz All originals shall contain the Offeror’s signature. Technical quotations shall be clearly and concisely written as well as neat, indexed (cross-indexed as appropriate) and logically assembled. All material submitted should be directly pertinent to the requirements of this RFP. Extraneous narrative, elaborate brochures, uninformative “PR” material and so forth, should not be submitted. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with name of the proposal, date, and the solicitation number. The Technical Proposal shall be no more than 150 pages, excluding any attachments or appendices. The page limit assumes a 12 point font. Resumes should be submitted as attachments. Vendor shall include any unique business approach and shall respond to each requirement of the RFP and indicate whether it proposes to comply. This RFP does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the submission of any proposal or in performing any effort necessary for the preparation thereof. Nor does it commit the Government to procure or contract for any supplies or services. Your written proposals must include the following:

(a) Section 508 Compliance

(b) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

(c) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)

(d) Technical Proposal with all Attachments

(e) Price Proposal It is anticipated that multiple contracts will be awarded for each of the following award groups:

Award Group I -- Offline Tax Research Service

Award Group II – Tax Research Service

Award Group III – Comprehensive Research Service

The estimated value of this requirement is $48,765,349.88. The proposal requires offerors to obtain customer references.

IT IS STRONGLY REQUESTED OFFERORS SUBMIT THEIR LIST OF CUSTOMER REFERENCES NO LATER THAN CLOSE OF BUSINESS, July 1, 2013, TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER BY E-MAIL AT sherry.f.lutz@irs.gov, TO ALLOW THE SURVEY PROCESS TO GET UNDERWAY PRIOR TO THE RFP CLOSING.

Please remember that all communication concerning the solicitation, including any of a technical nature, must be made through the Contracting Officer. In order to ensure questions concerning any technical aspect of the solicitation receive a timely response, these questions must be received by the Contracting Officer by Noon Eastern Standard Time on July 7, 2013. The Government will make every effort, but cannot guarantee that questions submitted will be answered before the RFP closing date.

Data Documentation/Ownership: Ownership of any data the Government shares with the contractor shall remain with the Government.

DISPOSITION OF PROPOSALS. After evaluation, selection, and contract award, unsuccessful proposals will be disposed of as follows: one copy of each proposal will be retained by the Contracting Officer and the remainder will be destroyed.

Proposal in response to this solicitation are not invited from vendors on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non Procurement Programs, and will not be evaluated for award. Vendors are expected to examine all instructions. Failure to do so will be at the vendor’s risk.

If you have any questions regarding this solicitation, please contact me via e-mail at sherry.f.lutz@irs.gov.

Sincerely, Sherry F. Lutz

Contracting Officer

Studies and Analysis Section