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THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE AWARDEE OF USDA RD BPA GSTFMGBPA090016 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON The Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), intends to issue a Task Order GSTFMGBPA090016C0018 to Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). This task order will be issued under Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) GSTFMGBPA090016 competitively awarded to BAH in April 2009 under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program.The purpose of this task order is to provide consulting support services to Rural Development to assist in strategically positioning the Chief Information Officer (CIO) organization to effectively support the existing Rural Development Information Technology (IT) portfolio as well as the Comprehensive Loan Platform (CLP). Work associated with this task order will help provide the CIO organization with a solid framework and improved processes which will directly lead to improvements in efficiency, quality and cost effectiveness. The task order issued under this BPA will utilize American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. The Government anticipates awarding this BPA task order with a twelve month period of performance. It is anticipated that the Task Order will be awarded to BAH on or about 29 September 2010. This notice does not obligate the Government to award the task order. It is provided for information purposes only.