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R -- AUDITING SUPPORT SERVICES SOL Task Order No. 16 POC Rosa M. Ortiz, Contracting Officer, 202-482-2187 WEB: oigaq, http://www.oig.doc.gove/acq. E-MAIL: oigaq, oigaq@doc.gov. The Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General (OIG), intends to solicit and negotiate new requirements as a direct result of implmentation 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 proposed Task Order No. 16 will be issued to either Gardiner, Kamya & Assoc. (small business) of Washington, DC under OIG contract 50-SDGG-4-00015 or to R. Navarro & Assoc. (small business) of San Diego, CA under OIG contract 50-SDGG-4-00020. CLIN 0001 of proposed Task Order No. 16 is for work within the original statement of work (previously announced and competed) whereas CLIN 0002 is for the new requirement as stated above. Task Order No. 16 will be issued no sooner than fifteen (15) days after the date of this notice. Interested parties should submit their interest, relative to CLIN 0002 only, to the contracting officer no later than 4:30pm, ET, 04 June 1998 to: Rosa M. Ortiz, Department of Commerce, OIG, Room 7095, 14th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, phone:202-482-2187; fax:202-501-7921. SIC:8721. See Note 26. (0139)

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