SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Special Enrollment Exam
- Notice Date
- 9/19/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, MD, 20745
- ZIP Code
- 20745
- Solicitation Number
- TIRNO05R0001amendment0003
- Response Due
- 9/28/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/13/2005
- Description
- The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions that have been raised in response to the solicitation. A full copy of this amendment, including the SF30 cover sheet can be found at the IRS Procurment website: http://www.irs.gov/opportunities/procurement. A signed copy of the SF30 acknowledging the amendment is required to be submitted along with proposals. The proposal due date is NOT extended as a result of this amendment. All terms and conditions remain unchanged. (Note: Numbering is continued from Amendment 0002). Question # 27: How are the changes to the tax laws summarized each year? Are they explicitly stated against the old tax laws (e.g., old tax law and new tax law side-by-side so as to easily identify where changes were made)? Answer # 27: The Service does not maintain an all-inclusive list of changes in the tax law and the nature of those changes. However, major/significant tax law changes are generally highlighted in applicable publications/instructions with an explanation of the nature of changes. More centralized and complete information may be available through private vendors such as CCH. Question # 28: What materials (e.g., books, notes, calculators) are applicants allowed to bring into the testing sites? Answer # 28: Unless related to a reasonable accommodation request, no books, notes, or calculators are permitted. Question # 29: What percentage of items (on average) each year do you believe were outdated the following year due to changes in tax laws? Are the majority of the items typically based upon tax laws that are revised the following year, or do the changes in the tax laws not really impact the items that have been included in previous administrations of the test? Answer # 29: Typically, a very small percentage of items have been outdated from one year to the next. However, this is completely dependent upon the extent of rewrite of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and could vary at any time. Question # 30: One requirement is to develop test preparation materials and make them available to applicants. Please be kind enough to specify the type and nature of test preparation materials that are envisioned. Answer # 30: This evaluation factor relates to the Statement Of Objectives paragraph 6.0.e "Public notice and other outreach in order to sufficiently inform the public regarding the exam and its requirements, including how to take the exam, as well as the contents and format of the exam". The offeror's solution to this should be part of their proposals. Question # 31: Inquiry regarding Question 20 (a) in Amendment 1 of TIRNO-05-R-00011 It is not possible for our organization to provide a comparable examination from any of our clients. The examinations that we produce are high stakes, secure examinations. It would be improper to disclose the examinations under any conditions, regardless of the security offered, to any entity. We will protect the SEE with same diligence and never make it available to other entities. We will provide references that can speak to the complexity and quality of the examinations that we develop. Additionally, it will be possible to judge based on the professions for which we develop examinations the high standards required for our examination programs. We should not be disadvantaged because our examination programs are secure. Answer # 31: Please revise the answer to Question # 20(a), given in Amendment 0001, to read: "If a vendor is unable to provide a sample of a previously prepared exam or a prototype example of the proposed examination, please provide a brief narrative describing the proposed type and format of the examination.
- Record
- SN00898783-W 20050921/050919212455 (fbodaily.com)
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