Solicitation_Cover_Letter_for_Legal_Services_BPA_FY18.pdf

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Rural Development

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USDA Rural Development State of Arkansas Instructional Cover Sheet

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 127A2218Q0004

DATE POSTED: January 19, 2018

Offers Are Solicited For: BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT: Foreclosure Legal Services (State of Arkansas)

DESCRIPTION:

Rural Development in Arkansas has a continuing need for single family housing foreclosure legal services for judicial foreclosures, bankruptcies, and/or actions to recover possessions related to Section 502 Single Family Housing debts. USDA Rural Development intends to award multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA’s). This project is set aside 100% for small business.

Important notice to offeror – quotation packages are due no later than February 9, 2018, 3:30 pm CT. The cut-off time for questions is February 2, 2018.

At a minimum, the offeror shall submit in a PDF format the following documents (in one email with three (3) separate volumes) with their response to this solicitation:

VOLUME I

-Statement of Qualification including technical capabilities and organizational experience providing foreclosure legal services (at a minimum provide information in accordance with Evaluation Factor 2);

-Key personnel qualifications including resumes; (at a minimum provide information in accordance with Evaluation Factor 3);

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

VOLUME II

-SF-1449 (Box 17a, 30a, 30b, and 30c) -Price Schedule (Section 5.A) (Complete Fixed-Fee) -DUNS Number and Tax ID (Note 1: Section 5.A) -Key Personnel (Section 6.E.h) p.14

VOLUME III

-FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Section E.5) p.52;

-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)

(Attachment A) The Past Performance form or similar form may be used);

- (Attachment B), Conditional Access to USDA Sensitive But Unclassified Information

Non-Disclosure Agreement (DM3550-02)

- (Attachment C) AGAR 452.209 – 70, Representation By Corporations Regarding An

Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability Or A Felony Conviction (Deviation 2012-01) (Feb 2012)

Return electronically via email to:

Robert Cortez Contract Program Manger Robert.cortez@ar.usda.gov Reference Solicitation No. 127A2218Q0004

A BPA is not a contract and creates no contractual obligation on either the Government or you as a Contractor. Therefore, the Government is not obligated to place any orders, nor is the contractor obligated to accept any orders. Foreclosure legal services will be requested by issuing a BPA call order for each work assignment required.

Please note: It is required that all contractor’s be registered and valid in the system for award management (SAM) database prior to the close date of this solicitation.

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.

PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT:

Robert Cortez, Contracting Officer robert.cortez@ar.usda.gov Phone: 501-301-3222 Fax: 855-747-7797 mailto:Robert.cortez@ar.usda.gov http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:robert.cortez@ar.usda.gov