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Solicitation Number: TIRWR-10-Q-00023 Agency: Department of the Treasury
Office: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Location: Field Operations Branch Western (OS:A:P:B:W)

Quotes are solicited under Request For Quotation (RFQ) number TIRWR-10-Q-00023. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written RFQ will not be issued. If your company can provide the product listed in the RFQ and comply with all of the RFQ instructions, please respond to this notice.

This requirement is a Small Business Set-Aside and only qualified sellers may submit quotes. NACIS code for this requirement is 332994. The RFQ opens on the date this announcement is posted and closes Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 2:00:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. Response should be emailed or mailed by the closing date to Marc.Feinberg@irs.gov or IRS, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612. FOB Destination shall be Washington DC.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to purchase sixty Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division. The Remington parkerized shotguns, with fourteen inch barrel, modified choke, Wilson Combat Ghost Ring rear sight and XS4 Contour Bead front sight, Knoxx Reduced Recoil Adjustable Stock, and Speedfeed ribbed black forend, are designated as the only shotguns authorized for IRS duty based on compatibility with IRS existing shotgun inventory, certified armorer and combat training and protocol, maintenance, and parts.

Submit quotes including 11% Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax (FAET) and shipping to Washington DC.

The following provisions and clauses in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) apply to this acquisition and include any addenda to the provisions. This solicitation incorporates one or more provisions and clauses by reference with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text: Provisions FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items (June 2008); 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (August 2009); Clauses 52.212-4; Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (March 2009); and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (December 2009). The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov.

New equipment only; no remanufactured products. No partial shipments

Offer must be good for 30 calendar days after submission

Offerors must have current Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the time offer is submitted. Information can be found at www.ccr.gov.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The government will award a commercial item purchase order to the offeror with the most advantageous offer to the government. All offerors must submit their best price and delivery capabilities.

Contracting Office Address:

Internal Revenue Service OS:A:P:B:W

Office of Business Operations

1301 Clay Street, Suite 810S

Oakland, CA 94612 -5217

Place of Delivery:

IRS-CI

SE:CI:OPS:STO, attn. S/A Staggs, Room 2003

1111 Constitution Avenue NW

Washington DC 20224

202/622-5114

Primary Point of Contact:

Marc A Feinberg

marc.feinberg@irs.gov

Phone: 510/637-2152

Fax: 519/637-2110

Secondary Point of Contact:

Kyong H Watson

kyong.h.watson@irs.gov

Phone: 510/637-2142

Fax: 510/637-2110

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By Quin Hillyer on 12.18.09 @ 6:09AM

If the consequences for this great nation of ours weren’t so serious and the policies preferred by the left weren’t so dangerous, one would really laugh, almost uncontrollably, at the beliefs and (il)logic of American liberals. Based on things they have actually said or done, here are some of the things they really, truly seem to believe.

read more here

from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell

Thursday, December 17, 2009

‘And here’s the most outrageous part: at the end of this rush, they want us to vote on a bill that no one outside the Majority Leader’s conference room has even seen. That’s right. The final bill we’ll vote on isn’t even the one we’ve had on the floor. It’s the deal Democrat leaders have been trying to work out in private’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor Thursday regarding the importance of getting it right on health care reform:

“Senators on both sides acknowledge that the health care bill we’re considering is among the most significant pieces of legislation any of us will ever consider.

“So it stands to reason that we’d devote significant time and attention to it.

“Indeed, some would argue that we should spend more time and attention on this bill than most — if not every — previous bill we’ve considered.

“The Majority disagrees.

“Why? Because this bill has become a political nightmare for them.

“They know Americans overwhelmingly oppose it, so they want to get it over with.

“Americans are already outraged at the fact that Democrat leaders took their eyes off the ball. Rushing the process on a partisan line makes the situation even worse.

“Americans were told the purpose of reform was to reduce the cost of health care.

“Instead, Democrat leaders produced a $2.5 trillion, 2,074-page monstrosity that vastly expands government, raises taxes, raises premiums, and wrecks Medicare.

“And they want to rush this bill through by Christmas — one of the most significant, far-reaching pieces of legislation in U.S. history. They want to rush it.

“And here’s the most outrageous part: at the end of this rush, they want us to vote on a bill that no one outside the Majority Leader’s conference room has even seen.

“That’s right. The final bill we’ll vote on isn’t even the one we’ve had on the floor. It’s the deal Democrat leaders have been trying to work out in private.

“That’s what they intend to bring to the floor and force a vote on before Christmas.

“So this entire process is essentially a charade.

“But let’s just compare the process so far with previous legislation for some perspective. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve done and where we stand:

• The Majority Leader intends to bring this debate to a close as early as this weekend — four days from now, on this $2.5 trillion dollar mistake

• No American who hasn’t been invited into the Majority Leader’s conference room knows what will be in that bill

• This bill has been the pending business of the Senate since the last week of November — less than four weeks ago.

• We started the amendment process two weeks ago.

• We’ve had 21 amendments and motions — less than two a day.

“Now let’s look at how the Senate has dealt with previous legislation.

“No Child Left Behind (2001):

• 21 session days or 7 weeks.

• Roll Call votes: 44

• Number of Amendments offered: 157

“9/11 Commission/Homeland Security Act (2002):

• 19 session days over 7 weeks.

• Roll Call votes: 20

• Number of Amendments offered: 30

“Energy Bill (2002):

• 21 session days over 8 weeks

• Number of Roll Call votes: 36

• Number of Amendments offered: 158

“This isn’t an energy bill. This is an attempt by a majority to take over one sixth of the U.S. economy — to vastly expand the reach and the role of government into the health care decisions of every single American — and they want to be done after one substantive amendment. This is absolutely inexcusable.

“I think Senator Snowe put it best on Tuesday:

‘Given the enormity and complexity,’ she said, ‘I don’t see anything magical about the Christmas deadline if this bill is going to become law in 2014.’

“And I think Senator Snowe’s comments on a lack of bipartisanship at the outset of this debate are also right on point.

“Here’s what she said in late November:

‘I am truly disappointed we are commencing our historic debate on one of the most significant and pressing domestic issues of our time with a process that has forestalled our ability to arrive at broader agreement on some of the most crucial elements of health care reform. The bottom line is, the most consequential health care legislation in the history of our country and the reordering of $33 trillion in health care spending over the coming decade shouldn’t be determined by one vote-margin strategies – surely we can and must do better.’

“The only conceivable justification for rushing this bill is the overwhelming opposition of the American people. Democrats know that the longer Americans see this bill the less they like it. Here’s the latest from Pew. It came out just yesterday.

“A majority (58 percent) of those who have heard a lot about the bills oppose them while only 32 percent favor them.”

“There is no justification for this blind rush — except a political one, and that’s not good enough for the American people.

“And there’s no justification for forcing the Senate to vote on a bill none of us has seen.

“Americans already oppose this bill. The process is just as bad.

“It’s completely reckless, completely irresponsible.”

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Who am I?

Read the description, then click on the question mark at

the right to see if you guessed right!

I was born in one country, raised in another.

My father was born in another country.

I was not his only child.

He fathered several children with numerous women.

I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in

me.

My mother died at an early age from cancer.

Although my father deserted me and my mother raised me, I later

wrote a book idolizing my father not my mother.

Later in life, questions arose over my real name.

My birth records were sketchy.

No one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.

I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was

widely accepted in my new country, but I practiced non-traditional

beliefs and didn’t follow Christianity, except in the public eye under

scrutiny.

I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult,

disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.

That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and

I embarked on a new career.

I wrote a book about my struggles growing up.

It was clear to those who read my memoirs, that I had difficulties

accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.

I became active in local politics in my 30’s then, with help behind the

scenes,

I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for national office in my

40s.

They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything.

I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history, and no

experience in leading a single organization.

Yet I was a powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me, as

though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks.

I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances.

This bolstered my ego.

At first, my political campaign focused on my country’s foreign policy…

I was very critical of my country in the last war, and seized every

opportunity to bash my country.

But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on

the country’s economy.

I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better,

and every poor person would be fed and housed for free.

I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess.

It was the free market, banks and corporations.

I decided to start making citizens hate them and, if they became

envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.

I called mine “A People’s Campaign”.

That sounded good to all people.

I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the

traditional path of politics and was able to gain widespread popular

support.

I knew that, if I merely offered the people ‘hope’,together we could

change our country and the world.

So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of

the downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include “persecuted minorities”.

My true views were not widely known and I kept them unknown, until

after I became my nation’s leader.

I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found

out what I really believed, if they had simply read my writings and

examined those people I associated with.

I’m glad they didn’t.

Then I became the most powerful man in the world.

And the world learned the truth.

Who am I?

Find out here

December 9, 2009, 8:12 am

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

Detroit’s school system is disintegrating by the week.
Detroit has sunk to robbing its own teachers to scrape payroll funds together. Public School teachers are being extorted by their City with the full cooperation of their own union.
Under a proposal submitted for membership ratification each INDIVIDUAL teacher will be forced to “loan” the City of Detroit $10,000 in $250.00 increments ripped out of their bi-monthly checks for 40 weeks starting in January. These “loans” are repayable upon retirement or resignation WITHOUT interest.
If this story was happening under George Bush in a Republican state instead of in liberal Democrat Detroit Michigan it would be the lead story across America.

Bad choice; worse choice

The alternative plan, in case the victims turn this one down, is for the school system to cut teacher salaries by $36,000!
How extorting $10,000 “voluntarily” from the teachers would solve the problem, but $36,000 involuntarily extorted from these teacher victims is required to solve the crisis wasn’t explained.

Maybe it’s time to just shut Detroit down

The National Assessment of Educational Progress that measures the mathematics abilities of grade school children released a report this week showing Detroit’s 4th and 8th graders had the worst scores in the country and the history of these tests.
Just 31% of 4th graders and 23% of 8th graders scored at or above grade level.
Fifty years of corrupt Democrat governance has finally crushed the last flickers of life out of Detroit’s schools.
Keep in mind Detroit is the city that recently saw its Council President (John Conyers’ wife Monica) sent to federal prison for SELLING her vote to a contractor.
A City without a functioning public school system can’t survive no matter how the media lies about the situation. People can’t live where their children can’t get educated.

It’s everybody’s fault so it’s NOBODY’S fault

Naturally all the liberal Democrats concerned blamed everybody else.
“The principals were to blame.”

“The curriculum was at fault.”

Of course the crooks in the City government WERE NOT to blame nor were the Democrat Governor Jennifer Granholm or the parents of the school kids who don’t do their job of seeing to their own child’s progress or attending parent/teacher nights. PTA meetings? Please.

The worst part of this story is that it can and very well might happen in your Democrat controlled city. The problem is liberal Democrats not school kids. Where liberal Democrats govern our towns cities and now even our nation; failures follow.
We can stop this creeping decay of our cities but not by sitting around and watching. Get educated. Vote in local school board elections. Help register all of your friends and family and get them to the polls on Election Day. Write letters and make phone calls. Make sure your Congressman’s staff comes to know your name.

Make saving America your part time job.
If you personally don’t step up and fight to save America we will lose our beloved country and all the blood sweat and tears shed to create this, the greatest country, the brightest light, ever known to mankind will be extinguished by the Chicago thugs running our government.

What have you done to save American freedoms today?

Sources:

http://gateway.andohs.net/player/?sid=826&nid=2920

http://detnews.com/article/20091208/SCHOOLS/912080403

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/19867343/detail.html

This day in history December 9

1835 The Republic of Texas captures San Antonio Texas during the Texas war for independence. Eventually Texas and Hawaii become the only two sovereign nations to join the union and become states.

Comments on this or any other Collins Report essay can be sent to kcoachc “at” gmail.com

November 14, 2009 |  3:38 am

Los Angeles Times, 202 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012

Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP

How low will the new American president go for the world’s royalty?

This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference to a superior.

To some in the United States, however, an upright handshake might have looked better. RememberMichelle Obama casually patting Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on the back during their Buckingham Palace visit? America’s royalty tends to make movies and get bad reviews and lots of money as a sign of respect.

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As you know, Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032-page, $1.3 trillion government takeover of health care will radically increase government spending, raise taxes, destroy millions of jobs, cut Medicare for seniors, and make health care more expensive for every American.

By contrast, the GOP alternative will lower costs for families and small businesses, expand coverage, and promote healthy lifestyles.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says our bill will lower premiums by up to 10 percent and reduce the deficit by $68 billion – without raising taxes or adding to the debt. Here’s how:

> ENDING JUNK LAWSUITS: The GOP alternative rein in the junk lawsuits and limit the defensive medicine that drives up costs on everyone.

> COVERING AMERICANS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. Under the GOP bill, all Americans, regardless of pre-existing conditions or past illness, will have access to affordable health care. By contrast with the Pelosi plan, the GOP bill achieves this goal in a ways that lowers health care premiums for American families rather than raising them.

> ALLOWING SMALL BUSINESSES TO POOL TOGETHER: The Republican bill will allow small businesses to band together and buy insurance at a lower cost, the same way large corporations and labor unions do.

> ENCOURAGING STATE INNOVATION: The Republican bill gives states the tools they need to lower health care costs and the number of residents without insurance.

> ALLOW AMERICANS TO BUY INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES: The GOP alternative let’s Americans buy health insurance across state lines and shop around for the coverage that best suits them.

>> READ ALL ABOUT THE GOP ALTERNATIVE BY CLICKING HERE < <

I know you’re as opposed to Speaker Pelosi’s health care takeover as I am, and that’s why I also want to invite you to a special, online webcast today starting at 1:00 p.m. to expose the costs and consequences of the Democrats’ reckless bill and discuss the GOP alternative.

>> CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND WATCH THE WEBCAST < <

The webcast will run for 12 hours so feel free to jump in at any time. Throughout the day, Republican lawmakers – including myself – will examine Pelosi’s bill, highlight the GOP alternative, and take questions from Americans via email, Twitter, and Facebook. I hope you can join us for this special event!

Sincerely,

John Boehner

Dear ,

The status quo in American health care is unacceptable. Prices are already too high (and rising) for families and small businesses, and too many people go without coverage. We can fix it. And we can fix it with common sense reforms. We don’t need a massive, complex, costly government-run system and we don’t need to raise taxes on small businesses.

Democratic Health Care Proposal Would Perpetuate “Status Quo.”

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Democrats want to do. According to Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson, their proposal would only perpetuate the “status quo” of rising health care costs and increased government spending. “While denouncing skyrocketing health spending,” Samuelson writes, the Democrats’ plan would increase spending and add to the deficit.

A new Quinnipiac survey found that a wide margin of voters believes the Democratic proposal “should be dropped if it adds ’significantly’ to the deficit.” Their health care takeover will do just that. Analysis by the Wall Street Journal shows the “real price tag” of a government-run system is a “blowout” that “will overwhelm even the House Democrats’ huge tax increases, Medicare spending cuts and other ‘pay fors.’”

Top Democrats Call Health Care Opponents “Un-American.”

In a sharply worded series of press releases and an op-ed in USA Today, Washington Democrats have labeled those who oppose their government takeover of health care “un-American,” “rapid right wing extremists,” and other outrageous euphemisms. Not only is this reprehensible, it begs the question: why would anyone want people running their health care who think it is “un-American” to question them? And it’s more proof that we don’t need politicians getting between doctors and patients.

American Workers, Not Government Spending, Will Boost the Economy.

Another 247,000 Americans lost their jobs in July. President Obama promised the unemployment rate wouldn’t rise past 8 percent if Congress quickly passed a trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill. Today it’s 9.4 percent nationally and more than 11 percent here in Ohio. The Democratic health care proposal would destroy even more jobs. Only the hard work and ingenuity of the American people will bring our economy back – not big government spending.

News You Can Use.

• Washington Post: Championing the Status Quo
• The Hill: Boehner calls Pelosi & Hoyer op-ed ‘reprehensible’
• Politico: Deficit hits record $1.3 trillion for July
• WSJ: ObamaCare’s Real Price Tag

What Do You Think?

With the federal deficit reaching a once-unthinkable $1.3 trillion (and it’s only August), we have a lot of work ahead of us to pull the country out of the red ink. That’s why I want to thank you again for your continued support. Enjoy the rest of your week and please keep me informed of the issues on your radar.

Sincerely,

John Boehner