R--PILT Guidance sold source award

This is a notification of the intent of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to award a sole source purchase order under simplified acquisition procedures for the purchase of services to develop guidance and operating manuals/handbooks for BLM's Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) computer payment system, payment data acquisition and verification, report generation/dissemination and website maintenance. The Contractor must be familiar with Department of Interior, OMB and Congressional policies and procedures for computing and distributing PILT payments. In addition, the Contractor must possess the knowledge and capability to develop a plan to provide for the expeditious computation and distribution of PILT payments on an annual basis. Interested parties should provide information to the Contracting Officer concerning their comprehensive knowledge of all the PILT services stated above. Period of performance is from April 22, 2004 to September 30, 2004. Interested parties must provide a statement of capabilities no later than April 21, 2004.