RFI_Questions_Final_1_27_2016.docx

QUESTIONS EXHIBIT A

Your responses should provide: Existing demonstrated capability, demonstrated capacity, demonstrated knowledge, and demonstrated past experience. (For the purposes of this Capability Statement, capacity shall refer to matters such as the magnitude of the tasking, the amount of equipment or facilities involved, and the size of the staff needed).

1. Is your company\organization currently licensed in the States of North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and/or Georgia to provide the specific legal services listed? These services include:

a. Non-Judicial Foreclosures;

b. Evictions/Possessions;

c. Prior/Junior lien Foreclosures including real estate tax;

d. Relief of Stay Orders in bankruptcy including Chapter 7, 11 and 13; and

e. Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure

If you are not licensed in all four states, please list the states that you are licensed in to perform these services.

2. Is your company/organization able to provide these services to all counties in the specified states? If not, please explain.

3. What percentage of the work would you do with your company\organization existing employees and what percentage of the work would you be interested in subcontracting? If subcontracting opportunities are available, do you anticipate any difficulties in subcontracting with 8(a), small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled, or women-owned small businesses?

4. Is your company\organization able to contract with other firms such as realtors, appraisers, etc. to provide a “turnkey” solution to the Agency on all foreclosure accounts in these specified States?

5. Does your company\organization have the ability or experience interfacing through the MortgageServ/FiServ/Fasteller system or some other Mortgage Servicing System? If so, please list the systems with which you have experience.

6. Initially, companies may be asked to provide services for 150-200 foreclosures per month. Please provide existing capabilities of your company to manage, as prime contractor, the types and magnitude of tasking associated with a four-state service contract. (You may cite and describe the same or similar relevant current and past performance of a task of this magnitude; however, this does not limit the interested contractor’s approach to demonstrate capability).

7. Does your company\organization have the capability of providing reports and legal documents electronically? If so, please briefly explain your system.

8. What type of security procedures does your company\organization have in place to protect Personal Identifying Information and all documents?

9. Does your company\organization possess the capability to represent the Agency in State ordered mediation meetings, if applicable?

10. Does your company\organization possess the capability to represent the Agency in State Courts in the event foreclosures are contested?

11. Does your company\organization currently have existing personnel that would allow you to be present at all Agency foreclosure sales? If not, please provide an explanation.

12. What steps would your company\organization put in place to separate out financial transactions and accounting specific to USDA Rural Development transactions?

13. Would your company\organization anticipate any issues with USDA Rural Development completing inspections (due diligence) on the accounts you would be handling for the Agency?

Have you participated in any cost performance, schedule or delivery performance or quality performance measurement incentive programs that were results-oriented and structured to encourage and reward superior performance? If so, briefly explain the program(s) that you found were particularly effective?