Amendment 1.docx

State of South Carolina

Request for Proposal Amendment 1 Solicitation:

Date Issued:

Procurement Officer:

Phone:

E-Mail Address:

Mailing Address:

5400020720 01/21/2021

MICHELE MAHON

803-896-9068 Michele.Mahon@schousing.com SC State Housing Authority Attn: Procurement Director 300-C Outlet Pointe Blvd.

Columbia SC 29210

DESCRIPTION: Underwriting Reviews for SC Housing Mortgages for Purchase

USING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: Housing, Finance & Development Authority

SUBMIT YOUR OFFER ON-LINE AT THE FOLLOWING URL: http://www.procurement.sc.gov

SUBMIT OFFER BY (Opening Date/Time): 02/18/2021 15:00:00 (See "Deadline For Submission Of Offer" provision)

QUESTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY: DEADLINE HAS PASSED (See "Questions From Offerors" provision)

NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: ONLINE SUBMISSION

CONFERENCE TYPE: Not Applicable

DATE & TIME:

(As appropriate, see "Conferences - Pre-Bid/Proposal" & "Site Visit" provisions) LOCATION: Not Applicable

You must submit a signed copy of this form with Your Offer. By signing, You agree to be bound by the terms of the Solicitation. You agree to hold Your Offer open for a minimum of thirty (30) calendar days after the Opening Date. (See "Signing Your Offer" provision.)

NAME OF OFFEROR

(full legal name of business submitting the offer) Any award issued will be issued to, and the contract will be formed with, the entity identified as the Offeror. The entity named as the offeror must be a single and distinct legal entity. Do not use the name of a branch office or a division of a larger entity if the branch or division is not a separate legal entity, i.e., a separate corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, etc.

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

(Person must be authorized to submit binding offer to contract on behalf of Offeror.)

DATE SIGNED

TITLE

(business title of person signing above)

STATE VENDOR NO.

(Register to Obtain S.C. Vendor No. at www.procurement.sc.gov)

PRINTED NAME

(printed name of person signing above)

STATE OF INCORPORATION

(If you are a corporation, identify the state of incorporation.)

OFFEROR'S TYPE OF ENTITY: (Check one) (See "Signing Your Offer" provision.)

___ Sole Proprietorship ___ Partnership ___ Other_____________________________

___ Corporate entity (not tax-exempt) ___ Corporation (tax-exempt) ___ Government entity (federal, state, or local)

COVER PAGE - ON-LINE ONLY (MAR. 2015)

AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION (JAN 2004)

(a) The Solicitation may be amended at any time prior to opening. All actual and prospective Offerors should monitor the following web site for the issuance of Amendments: www.procurement.sc.gov (b) Offerors shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment to this solicitation (1) by signing and returning the amendment, (2) by identifying the amendment number and date in the space provided for this purpose on Page Two,(3) by letter, or (4) by submitting a bid that indicates in some way that the bidder received the amendment. (c) If this solicitation is amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged.[02-2A005-1]

QUESTIONS FROM OFFERORS - AMENDMENT (JUN 2017)

The solicitation is amended as provided herein. Information or changes resulting from questions will be shown in a question-and-answer format. All questions received have been reprinted below. The “state’s response” should be read without reference to the questions. The questions are included solely to provide a cross-reference to the potential Offeror that submitted the question. Questions do not form a part of the contract; the “state’s response” does. Any restatement of part or all of an existing provision of the solicitation in an answer does not modify the original provision except as follows: underlined text is added to the original provision. Stricken text is deleted. [02-2A097-1]

RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS

Q1. Please identify specific compliance underwriting tasks outside of the recalculation of household income and sales price that would be under the responsibility of the vendor. In the alternative, please provide reference to what provisions of the manuals would fall under the compliance underwriter responsibilities?

A.1 Vendor is responsible for determining program eligibility to include (a) qualifying as a first time homebuyer or meeting one of the acceptable exceptions, (b) review of overall credit quality, (c) borrowers assets, and (d) employment documentation.

All provisions of the manual would fall under the compliance underwriter responsibilities.

Q2. Can you please describe in detail the award dates after the initial award as listed on page 21 of the Solicitation Document? It says that “awards will be made to all responsive and responsible bidders.”

A2. This solicitation is a Fixed Price Bid. This means anyone who wants to submit my the next submission date, is deemed to be responsive and responsible to the requirements in the solicitation, will be Awarded to the Contract and allowed to provide services should they be asked.

Q3. What firm is currently doing this work and what is their pricing structure?

A3. This information is not available.

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