Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, ATTN: M:P, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

R -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES TO LOOK INTO ALLEGED EMPLOYEE ADMIN. VIOLATIONS SOL TIRNO-RFI-98-1001 DUE 073198 POC Paul Attorri, 202/283-1103 The IRS is conducting a search to assemble a potential bidders list of firms interested in competing in IRS's purchase of services to conduct investigations of alleged IRS employee administrative violations. The scope of these services would include investigations of administrative violations and the preparation of written, factual reports of investigative findings in a timely and cost-effective manner and IAW the "Quality Standards for Investigations" set forth by the President's Council on Integrity & Efficiency (PCIE). These investigations could require interviews of complainants, witnesses and subjects; reviews of records and documents; and other investigative techniques, the # and scope of which would be determined by the unique nature of each complaint. The reports of investigation would be used by the IRS agency officials responsible for enforcing IRS standards of conduct to determine whether an administrative violation has occured and if so whether the agency should take action as a result of the violation. The investigations would be conducted throughout the U.S. and its territories. The # of requests for investigations will be dependent upon the # of complainsts received by the IRS. As these investigations would potentially involve tax information protected under Section 6103 of Title 26, and various personal information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, it will be necessary to require a non-disclosure agreement be signed by any vendor personnel involved in providing this service. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND MARKET SURVEY ONLY. The Govt. will use the information obtained from this notice to understand the capabilities of the marketplace. All interested parties should provide, at no cost to the Govt., full descriptive literature demonstrating their capabilities to provide the above requirements, and should indicate the nature and level of background screening that is conducted on their personnel. Responses should be sent to Mr. Paul Attorri at the address above. Fax responses of 10 pages or less will be accepted at 202/283-1513/1514. All interested parties should specify if they are large or small business. The Govt. reserves the right to set-aside any follow-on solicitation for small businesses or (8)(a) firms. Posted 07/15/98 (W-SN223398). (0196)

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