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D -- VALIDATION OF AN ELECTRONIC FILING PROGRAM TEST PACKAGE (PATS II) FOR THE PARTICIPANTS ACCEPTABILITY TEST PACKAGE (PATS I). SOL TIRNO97Q00121 DUE 071097 POC Contracting Officer, Margaret M. Hunt, 202-283-1232 The Internal Revenue Service requires a Contractor to validate an Electronic Filing Program Test Package (PATS II) for the Participants Acceptability Test Package (PATS I). This contract is to be a multiple award for two vendors. This contract will consist of one base year with three option years. The year of issue will include the validation of the Participants Acceptability Test Package for the 1997 tax year. Option years will include each of the three subsequent tax years (1998, 1999 and 2000). In order to receive an award, an Offeror must have passed both the Electronic Filing Participants Acceptance Test (by December 27, 1996) and the Electronic Tax Document Test (by January 10, 1997), and have been an accepted electronic filer as a software developer, preparer, and transmitter during the 1996 tax year. All interested vendors must request a copy of the Request for Quotations in writing at the address listed above. No oral communications will be accepted. (0141)

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