Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Division of Procurement, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg, WV, 26101

U -- XML QUICKSTART TRAINING SOL RFQ-00-059 DUE 060700 POC Sandy Slattery, Contract Specialist, Phone (304) 480-7622, Fax (304) 480-6632, Email procurement@bpd.treas.gov -- Susie Daugherty, Contracting Officer, Phone (304) 480-6951, Fax (304) 480-6632, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=RFQ-00-059&Lo cID=1743. E-MAIL: Sandy Slattery, procurement@bpd.treas.gov. The Bureau of the Public Debt intends to issue a commercial item Simplified Acquistion solicitation for three (3) 40-hour XML QuickStart technical training courses to be held at the Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101. Preferred dates for training are Session 1: June 26 _ 30, 2000; Session 2: July 24 _ 28, 2000; Session 3: August 28 _ September 1, 2000. The solicitation should be released on or about May 26, 2000. We will post the solicitation to EPS when it is released. Interested offerors may register at http://www.eps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the EPS Business Opportunities site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. If the Internet option is not available to you, you may receive a hard copy of the solicitation and any amendments (via U.S. Mail) by faxing your request to (304) 480-6632 or e-mailing your request to procurement@bpd.treas.gov. Posted 05/16/00 (D-SN455370). (0137)

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