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D -- IDENTIFY AND PERFORM NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR ADP SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN FORTHCOMING WELFARE REFORM LEGISLATION. POC Contact Point, Cheryl L. Howe, (202)690-5552 The Department of Health and Human Services intends to negotiate with Mitre Corporation (Mitre), 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 to award a contract to provide the assistance required by the DHHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to identify and take necessary actions preparatory to assuming responsibility for ADP support requirements included in the forthcoming welfare reform legislation. The contract would include a requirements analysis of welfare reform legislation automation requirements, alternative systems support architecture analysis with corresponding cost analysis and implementation steps. A key requirement in the pending legislation is for ACF to establish National registries of information that would be used by local entities in attempts to locate parents delinquent in their child support obligations or to take steps to recover unpaid obligations. One registry is the New Hire Registry that would identify nation-wide new hire information, but an unresolved problem in this system is how to minimize overall burden on employers in reporting new employment information. In a related action, Mitre currently is engaged in the Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System (STAWRS) project which explores new ways to allow employers to file wage and tax information and payments to one entity with this entity making the required distributions instead of having employers send the same information to multiple agencies. Under this project, Mitre has examined current operational problems, defined new approaches to process wage-related data and payments, quantified the costs and benefits of these approaches, and addressed legal legislative, institutional and regulatory issues. This work affords substantial insight into some the problems associated with welfare reform legislation. In order to enable ACF to assume responsibility for the ADP support requirements to be included in the welfare reform legislation in a timely manner, DHHS cannot allow the additional time that would be required to accumulate the vital background data and expertise Mitre already possesses as result of participating in the STAWRS project. It is believed that Mitre is the only organization qualified to successfully undertake and complete this project. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine whether there may be other sources with the requisite qualifications to perform the work described above. Any organization capable of performing a similar services without a costly and significant delay should submit a statement of capabilities with documentation supporting its ability to meet the Government's requirements as described above. No solicitation document is available. Capability statements should be submitted with 45 days of the publication of this synopsis to the contact point and address given above. See Note 22. (0170)

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