Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 1997 / Notices 4831

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Penalties)—5 minutes

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Penalties)—5 minutes

Focus Group Interviews—2 hours

Travel Time—1 hour

Frequency of Response: Other.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

280 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–2399 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

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Fiscal Service

[Dept. Circ. 570, 1996 Rev., Supp. No. 5]

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds; Greenwich Insurance

Company

A Certificate of Authority as an

acceptable surety on Federal Bonds is

hereby issued to the following company

under Sections 9304 to 9308, Title 31,

of the United States Code. Federal bondapproving officers should annotate their

reference copies of the Treasury Circular

570, 1996 Revision, on page 34294 to

reflect this addition:

Greenwich Insurance Company. One

Greenwich Plaza, P.O. Box 2568,

Greenwich, Connecticut 06836–2568.

Phone: (203) 622–5200. Underwriting

Limitation b: $2,842,000. Surety

Licenses c: AL, AK, AS, AZ, AR, CA, CO,

CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, IN,

IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN,

MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY,

NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC,

SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, VI, WA, WV,

WI, WY. Incorporated in: California.

Certificates of Authority expire on

June 30 each year, unless revoked prior

to that date. The Certificates are subject

to subsequent annual renewal as long as

the companies remain qualified (31 CFR

part 223). A list of qualified companies

is published annually as of July 1 in

Treasury Department Circular 570, with

details as to underwriting limitations,

areas in which licensed to transact

surety business and other information.

The Circular may be viewed and

downloaded through the Internet (http:/

/www.fms.treas.gov/c570.html) or

through our computerized public

bulletin board system (FMS Inside Line)

at (202) 874–6887. A hard copy may be

purchased from the Government

Printing Office (GPO), Subscription

Service Washington, DC, telephone

(202) 512–1800. When ordering the

Circular from GPO, use the following

stock number: 048–000–00499–7.

Questions concerning this Notice may

be directed to the U.S. Department of

the Treasury, Financial Management

Service, Funds Management Division,

Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East-West

Highway, Room 6F04, Hyattsville, MD

20782, telephone (202) 874–6765.

Dated: January 13, 1997.

Charles F. Schwan III,

Director, Funds Management Division,

Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–2346 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

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Internal Revenue Service

[Project No. TIRNO–97–R–00018]

Proposed Establishment of a Federally

Funded Research and Development

Center

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) intends to sponsor a Federally

Funded Research and Development

Center (FFRDC) to provide system

engineering and technical assistance

along with strategic advice and

guidance. Also required will be

technical management capabilities to

facilitate the operation and

modernization of Tax Systems. The

FFRDC will be established under the

authority of 48 CFR Subpart 35.017 and

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Letter 84–1. The FFRDC shall provide

technical advice and assistance to the

IRS and/or its contractors in the areas of

program and project management. This

will consist of expert advice/guidance

focused on increasing the effectiveness

and efficiency of strategic information

management and technical activities.

The FFRDC will be available for IRS’s

Chief Information Officer (CIO) or the

CIO’s designees or Department of the

Treasury executive support. Examples

of this support may include, but are not

limited to the following:

—Information Systems (IS) input to

business case development

—Business Process Analysis

—IS management and oversight of IRS

contractors

—Evaluation of IRS contractors’

performance and development of

performance measures

—Development of recommendations

regarding a prime integration

contractor

—Evaluation of IRS effectiveness

—Ad hoc technical advice

—Acquisition Support as necessary.

This procurement will not involve a

request for proposals. However,

expressions of interest and qualification

or capability statements should be

submitted by interested entities who are

capable of fulfilling this requirement.

The qualification or capability

statements received will be used to

select potentially qualified entities,

which may at a later date be requested

to submit additional information and/or

provide an oral presentation as part of

a final selection. This is the second of

three announcements issued under the

authority of 48 CFR 5.205 (b).

DATES: Please submit comments on this

proposed action no later than February

21, 1997. The IRS will appreciate

receiving qualification or capability

statements at your earliest convenience,

however, this information must be

received within 15 days after the third

(3rd) publication of this announcement

to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Responses to this notice

must be mailed to the Internal Revenue

Service, A/C Procurement, Office of End

Users Systems Branch, 6009 Oxon Hill

Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 7th floor/

Constellation Building M:P:I:E

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

request, a copy of a scope of work for

the intended FFRDC will be mailed to

any interested party or interested parties

can download the information from the

IRS Procurement Bulletin Board System

(PBBS). Please follow these instructions

to access the PBBS, dial the following

number (202) 799–0943. Your system

must be set at the following defaults:

Baud Rate of 9600, No Parity, 8 Data

Bits, 1 Stop Bit. The system will prompt

you for your name, business name and

address, the kind of system you are

using, user ID and a password of your

choice. At the Main System Menu the

following will appear ‘‘Make your

selection (T,F,E, etc. . . .):’’ Type ‘‘L’’

and press the <ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘S’’

to select a library and press the

<ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘RFP’’ and press

the <ENTER> Key. Type ‘‘F’’ and press

the <Enter> Key to list files. Press the

<ENTER> Key to view the list of files.

Type ‘‘C’’ to view the file list. Download

the file ‘‘FFRDC.DOC’’. The system

operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Send a written request, for a copy of the

statement of work, to the contracting

officer at the address specified above.

No oral communication will be

accepted. Qualification or Capability
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Statement, should be submitted in

written form to the Contracting Officer

at the address specified above.

Responses to this notice should make

reference to Project No. TIRNO–97-R–

00018.

Gregory D. Rothwell,

Assistant Commissioner (Procurement).

[FR Doc. 97–2343 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

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