REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR PLANNING IDIQ CONTRACTS FOR A WIDE ARRAY OF EDUCATION SERVICES The IRS is requesting information from leading educational institutions concerning a future procurement for IDIQ contracts for a wide array of educational services to train IRS employees, including regular, tailored, and customized courses; distance learning; curricula design; training evaluation; training administration; etc. Draft specifications are being sent out to approximately 30 leading educational institutions, with an emphasis on those institutions with an established national reputation as leaders in the areas of accounting, management information services, business programs, entrepeneurship, finance, general management, marketing, quantitative analysis, and real estate and tax law. The draft specifications are also being placed on the IRS web site at http://www.procurement.irs.treas.gov for viewing, downloading, and input from other educational institutions considered leaders in these fields. WEB: click here to view and/or download Request for Information, www.procurement.irs.treas.gov (click on solicitations). Posted 07/20/99 (W-SN356700).

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