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The Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a requirement for a contractor(s) to provide an electronic payment product that allows taxpayers to make federal tax payments through convenient, safe and secure means and to collect the appropriate service fees from the taxpayer to cover all costs incurred to deliver the services requested by the U.S. Government.
As described in the Taxpayer Relief Act (TRA) of 1997, the Secretary of Treasury is authorized to receive internal revenue taxes through any commercially acceptable means. However, the Secretary may not pay any fee or provide any other consideration under any related contracts. No U.S. Government appropriated or non-appropriated funds will be made available or utilized in the performance of the resultant contracts. The taxpayer will be responsible for paying the contractor(s) directly for the services rendered.

This acquisition will be conducted as a full and open competition. The Government intends to award at least one, but no more than three, non-monetary, zero-dollar contracts. The anticipated award date is May 1, 2015. The resultant contracts will encompass a base period of twelve (12) months and four (4), 12-month option periods, that may extend the contract period of performance through tax filing season 2019.
The required services meet the definition of "commercial items" as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 2.101. When the RFP becomes available, the IRS will be seeking proposed solutions that are based upon commercial products, with proven approaches, that are currently offered in the market place as of the release date of the RFP.

The NAICS Code for this requirement is 522320. The corresponding Small Business Administration (SBA) Size Standard is $35.5 million. The closing date and time for submission of offers shall be contained in the solicitation package. The anticipated release date of the solicitation package is April 10, 2014. No unsolicited proposals will be accepted. No hard copies of the solicitation will be available. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. SAM is a Federal government owned and operated free website that consolidates the capabilities of CCR/FedReg, ORCA and EPLS. Offerors can register via the SAM website at https://sam/gov.

The solicitation document will be posted on the Internet at www.irs.gov under "Contracting Opportunities" approximately 15 days after the publication date of this synopsis. Please reference solicitation number TIRNO-14-R-00007. Copies of the solicitation can only be obtained from the Internet address listed above. All relevant information regarding proposal preparation and submission will be included in the solicitation document. No telephone or fax inquiries will be accepted.