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R -- PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING SERVICES SOL 102590-95-A-0051 POC PETER J. SCHWIND, CONTRACTING OFFICER (202) 268-4121. The Postal Service has a need for a professional accounting firm to conduct an independent audit of its fiunancial statements including balance sheet, statement of operations and changes in equiity, statement of cash flows and notes to financial statement; cost and revenue analysis including summary of revenue and costs of major service categories, detail of attributable costs for major service categories, summary of revenues, attributable costs, pieces and weight for major service categories, summary of accrued costs by segments and components detailing attributable costs and notes to financial statements' and statement of expenditures of the Board of Governors. Contract will be applicable for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996 through Fiscal Year 2000. Interested accounting firms must have the ability to staff and supervise simultaneous auditsd at San Mateo, CA; St. Louis, MO; Minneapolis, MN; Washington, DC; and selected field sites in order to have their proposals evaluated (or considered as acceptable). The Postal Service encourages the participation of small, minority and women-owned accounting firms in either prime or subcontract roles. To further this goal and to assist subcontracting opportunities, the solicitation mailing list containing the identity of firms to whom the solicitation was mailed will be available. Your request for the solicitation must be in writing. It may be faxed to FAX number (202) 268-2826. The solicitation is expected to be issued in early April with a pre-bid conference in Washington, DC in May and proposals due in June. Specific dates will be included in the solicitation document. Contract award is scheduled for October. (0062)

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