U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General, Room 7097, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230

R -- AUDITING SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 50SAGG400018 POC Rosa M. Ortiz, Contracting Officer, 202-482-2187 WEB: Rosa Ortiz, http://www.oig.doc.gov/acq. E-MAIL: Rosa Ortiz, oigaq@doc.gov. The Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General, intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis with Ernst and Young of Washington, DC for additional work under existing contract 50SAGG400018/Task Order No. 12. The new requirements are a direct result of implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin 97-01, OMB Bulletin 98-04, Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) of 1996, Federal Agencies' Centralized Trial-Balance System (FACTS) Data Verification and Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 92. These directives require contractors to audit additional financial statements and/or make modifications to existing statements. It is anticipated that modificaiton number 33 will be issued under task order number 12 no sooner than fifteen (15) days after the date of this notice. Interested parties should submit their interest to the contracting officer no later than 4:30pm, ET, 08 June 1998 to: Rosa M. Ortiz, Department of Commerce, OIG, Room 7095, 14th & Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20230, phone:202-482-2187; fax:202-501-7921. SIC:8721. See Note 26. (0141)

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