The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, on behalf of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), intends to make an award on a sole source basis to Tax Talk Today, 10319 Westlake Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817, for a 12-month subscription to "Tax Talk Today" pursuant to FAR Part 6.302-1(b)(1)(i). Tax Talk Today is the only CPE subscription that offers the exact type of interactive programs that are needed for TIGTAs Audit Professionals. Since TIGTA has audit oversight over the IRS, it is the only vendor where the content for each Tax Talk Today program is provided by the IRS.

Fiscal Service will consider written responses received no later than 10:00a.m. EST on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the vendor is capable of providing an equivalent subscription services to the Tax Talk Today. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates the vendor's ability to meet all of the salient features of Tax Talk Today, then Fiscal Service shall proceed with an award on a sole source basis to Tax Talk Today.

NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will NOT be accepted.

Interested vendors shall provide the following:

1. The name and location of your company, contact information, DUNS number, and identify your business size (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, etc.) based on NAICS Code 611430, US SBA small business size standard $11 million. Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses.

2. Whether your services are available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market.

3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, as well as a list of customers your company currently provides these products/services for.

4. Complete details of your company's product that clearly and sufficiently demonstrates that it is an equivalent product to the one stated above without pricing at this time.

Responses to this request shall be submitted on or before 10:00 a.m. EST on January 3, 2017 by email to [email protected] , referencing SS-TGT-17-014, Attn: BGUINN/TAYERS in the subject line. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered:

.bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, and .zip files.

Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable.

No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time.

This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All vendors responding to this notice are advised that their response is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice if the Government determines there is clearly an equivalent product(s) to the Tax Talk Today.

 

 

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