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PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION INSTRUCTIONAL COVER SHEET

ISSUING OFFICE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION

SOLICITATION NO. 1231ME-18-Q-0006

OFFERS ARE SOLICITED FOR: FORECLOSURE LEGAL SERVICES & RELATED TECHNICAL SUPPORT for the

STATE OF IOWA

THIS PROJECT IS SET ASIDE 100% FOR SMALL BUSINESS

IMPORTANT – NOTICE TO OFFEROR: Quotation Packages due no later than February 20, 2018, 5:00pm ET (Eastern

Time). Cut-off time for questions is February 9, 2018, 11:59pm ET (Eastern Time).

AT A MINIMUM, OFFEROR SHALL SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS (IN ONE EMAIL WITH

THREE (3) SEPARATE VOLUMES) WITH THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION:

VOLUME I

-Statement of Qualification including capabilities and organizational experience providing foreclosure legal services (at a minimum provide information in accordance with Evaluation Factor 1);

o Include your company DUNS number o (please include the maximum number of open cases your firm can accommodate over a three-year period) o Include the average time to complete a foreclosure in this state.

-Key personnel qualifications including resume(s) of lead attorneys and paralegals;

-Copy of your current license to practice law in the State of Iowa and your certificate of good standing with the Iowa Bar Association.

VOLUME II

-Quote Schedule (ATTACHMENT 1) (Complete Unit Price for all years)

VOLUME III

-FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (ATTACHMENT 4);

-Relevant Past Performance. Submit past performance that clearly demonstrate where you successfully performed all the required efforts identified in the PWS and this solicitation. (Quoter shall submit no more than three (3) projects, during the past three years, or actively being performed and at least 50% complete, similar in size, content, complexity and which are of a nature similar to and required by the efforts identified in this solicitation. (at a minimum provide information in accordance with Evaluation Factor 2) (The Experience & Past Performance form found in (Exhibit B or similar form may be used);

- Form AD-3031, Assurance Regarding Felony Conviction or Tax Delinquent Status For Corporate Applicants (Attachment 5)

Return electronically via email to: Connie Williams, Contracting Officer connie.williams@stl.usda.gov Reference Solicitation No. 1231ME-18-Q-0006 mailto:Brian.Johnson@wdc.usda.gov

IT IS REQUIRED THAT ALL CONTRACTOR’S BE REGISTERED AND VALID IN THE SYSTEM

FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) DATABASE PRIOR TO AWARD OF A CONTRACT.

THE WEBSITE IS WWW.SAM.GOV.

IT IS ALSO REQUIRED THAT THE CONTRACTOR BE REGISTERED IN THE SAM

DATABASE UNDER THE NAICS CODE THAT THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED UNDER.

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION. FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) SUBPART 12.6, STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS AND 13.5, SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. IT IS THE QUOTERS RESPONSIBILITY TO WATCH FOR ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION, WHICH SHALL BE ISSUED ELECTRONICALLY

THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT POINT OF ENTRY WEBSITE (WWW.FBO.GOV).

http://www.sam.gov/

PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION INSTRUCTIONAL COVER SHEET