U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Management and Counsel, Room S5508, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210

R -- AUDIT SERVICES SOL L/IG 97-02 DUE 051697 POC Kathleen T. Young, Contracting Officer, 202/219-7869 Ext. 195 WEB: OIG Procurements, http://www.dol.gov/dol/oig/welcome.html. E-MAIL: E-Mail address, ktyoung@mindspring.com. The Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor, is seeking certified public accounting firms to conduct audits for the DOL and other Offices of Inspector General. This notice is intended for competitive proposals from Small Business concerns. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this requirement is 8721, and small business size standard for this SIC Code is $6M average per year. This will be an Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contract. Services will be requested via a Task Order. This contract would include audits of financial statements, program audits, and to perform other audit related services, including internal audits. Offerors must be capable of performing audits of Federal agency programs. Offerors must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of accounting practices and procedures, generally accepted accounting and auditing standards, and generally accepted government auditing standards and regulations. Offerors must be prepared to perform these audit and related services in Washington D.C. and other nationwide locations. Because of the complexity of these programs, technical qualifications of the offeror will weigh more heavily than price in making an award of this contract. This will be a multiple award contract for one year, renewable each successive year at the option of the DOL Office of Inspector General for the next four years. To receive a copy of this solicitation, offeror shall submit a written request on company letterhead, address: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor, Attention: Cheryl D. Wells, Administrative Services Specialist, 200 Constitution Ave. N.W., Room S-5508, Washington, D.C. 20210, faxed to (202) 219-9013, or requested through the internet at ktyoung@mindspring.com. All requests shall reference RFP L/IG 97-02. No telephone requests will be honored. All responsible offerors may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the DOL Office of Inspector General. All requests for the RFP must be in writing on/or before the closing date. Please make requests for the RFP by close of business April 16, 1997. Anticipated issuance date of the RFP is on or about April 17,1997, with proposals due May 16, 1997. The RFP, once issued, can be downloaded from the internet at the following site http:/www.dol.gov/dol/oig/welcome.html. From there, choose the heading OIG PROCUREMENTS and then download RFP L/IG 97-02. Receipt of this RFP through the internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. Failure to do so will result in non-receipt of subsequent amendments. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from the internet in its entirety and DOL/OIG bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. The publication of this notice and/or the issuance of an RFP do not obligate the U.S. Government to award a contract. (0091)

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