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U -- SPECIAL AMERICAN BUSINESS INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM (SABIT) SOL TAIP3450700419 DUE 081597 POC ERROR -- Tracey Miller (301) 713-0829 U -- The U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration's Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT), has a requirement for developing several programs to train approximately one hundred (100) technical and regulatory experts from Russia and the Other New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (Interns) in the areas of U.S. Government and private sector processes for standard development, conformity assessment and quality management, food and beverage processing and packaging. The basic qualification requirements for the SABIT standards are as follows: Knowledge of history, government, demographics, and policies in the former Soviet Union; Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, in Russian; Ability to perform liaison functions among various organizations involved in the programs; Strong organizational skills, in particular ability to organize, plan and coordinate logistics associated with a group of 20 interns, including arranging ground transportation, lodging, and domestic air travel if necessary; strong administrative skills; strong intercultural communication skills; strong public speaking ability. The training program will consist of six, training sessions with approximately twenty (20) interns each. The Department of Commerce will provide the first two weeks of orientation and training for each of the five training sessions. The contractor will provide the remaining six weeks or four weeks for each group. Period of performance is estimated from August 1997 through August 1998 with one 12 month option period. Your Request for Quotation (RFQ) can be made by faxing (301) 713-0809 and reference RFQ TAIP3450700419, Attn: Tracey Miller. Responses to the RFQ are required by August 15, 1997. We anticipate award within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $100,000. No telephone requests will be honored. (SEE Note 1) (0211)

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