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R -- COLLECTION OF THE ANNUAL VETS-100 REPORTING AND DISSEMINATION OF REPORT INFORMATION TO USDOL AND FEDERAL CONTRACTING OFFICERS SOL RFI TN 00-04 DUE 110599 POC Leonard L. Bednar, Contract Negotiator (202)219-6445, Phyllis R. McMeekin, Contracting Officer, (202)219-6554 This is a market survey to locate qualified sources to operate the VETS-100 Report System and to determine if there are any small businesses capable of performing the required activities. It is anticipated that the work will entail collecting the VETS-100 Report from approximately 185,000 employer hiring sites, maintaining a data base of Federal Contractors and sub-contractors, and providing VETS-100 information to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) and Federal Contracting Officers for the purpose of compliance with 38 U.S.C. 4212 9(c) and to comply with other requirements of 38 U.S.C. 4212. Data collection must satisfy legal requirements, including applicable OMB clearance processes, and serve to facilitate the awareness of covered Federal contract recipient employers regarding their obligations to consider hiring veterans, especially special disabled veterans, Vietnam-era veterans and other targeted veterans. It is also anticipated that the work would entail the provision of telephone and e-mail technical assistance to Federal contractors and sub-contractors relative to their VETS-100 reporting and affirmative action responsibilities under 38 U.S.C., Chapter 42. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) and size standard for the proposed work are 8741 and $5 million respectively. Vendors interested in performing this project must submit a Statement of Qualifications which identifies: (1) The vendor's experience in the performance of data collection and dissemination, (2) The vendor's experience generating reports based on the data collected, (3) The vendor's experience performing data base management, including oversight of storage and backup, (4) The vendor's experience maintaining an Internet site and, (5) The vendor's experience in assisting government and private sector entities on how to submit reports electronically and how to interpret governmental regulations. The statement of qualifications must be provided in triplicate and transmitted under a cover letter. The cover letter mustcite the number of the market survey (RFI TN 00-04), and it must state whether the respondent is a large or small business. Based on the aforementioned SIC code and size standard, respondents that are small business concerns must also state whether they are small disadvantaged business and/or small women-owned businesses. The closing date for the receipt of responses is November 5, 1999. Send your response (original and two copies) to the attention of Mr. Leonard Bednar at the U. S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Room N5416, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. The Government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this survey among small businesses or to make the award to an 8(a) firm, based on the responses received. This synopsis is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to pay for the information requested, issue a solicitation, or award a contract. No technical or solicitation documents exist at this time. All firms/organizations that submit responses will be included in the distribution of any subsequent solicitation. Posted 10/18/99 (W-SN392527). (0291)

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