Sources Sought - Northern Florida.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT

Document Type: Preliminary Market Research

Announcement Number: DU204SB-12-R-0004S

Posted: April 17, 2012

Response Date: April 25, 2012

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT

THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A

RESPONSE. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL/QUOTATION. THIS IS A

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/CAPABILITIES.

The Government will not reimburse any concern for information submitted in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT request. Any information submitted is voluntary.

Classification Code: R--Professional, Administrative, and Management Support Services

NAICS Code: 541191 – Title Abstract and Settlement Offices

This U.S. industry comprises establishments (except offices of lawyers and attorneys) primarily engaged in one or more of the following activities: (1) researching public land records to gather information relating to real estate titles; (2) preparing documents necessary for the transfer of the title, financing, and settlement; (3) conducting final real estate settlements and closings; and (4) filing legal and other documents relating to the sale of real estate. Real estate settlement offices, title abstract companies, and title search companies are included in this industry.

The small business standard is $7 million.

Agency:

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Southern Field Contracting

Operations, 40 Marietta Street, 14 th

Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303-2806.

Description:

This represents a market survey (preliminary market research) for the Southern Field Contracting

Operations Division which is seeking to identify qualified and responsible 8(a) business concerns with the technical competency to perform closing agent services for the sale of HUD-owned single family (1-4 units) properties in Northern Florida which comprised of Gainesville, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Tallahassee in which consist of the following counties: Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, Putnam, Santa Rosa, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor and

Union, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington under the jurisdiction of the HUD Atlanta

Homeownership Center, Real Estate Owned Branch located in Atlanta, Georgia.

The scope of this requirement includes all aspects of real estate property sales closing services.

The contractor shall provide property closing services, recordation services, title search services and third party closing services. The contractor shall provide professional staff and resources to accomplish specific task. The contractor must be able to provide a local office in the Northern

Florida area.

Background:

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), an agency of the United States Department of

Housing and Urban Development (HUD), administers the Single Family Mortgage Insurance

Program. Upon default and foreclosure of an FHA insured loan, the lender files a claim for insurance benefits. In exchange for payment of a claim, a lender conveys a foreclosed property to HUD. HUD, through a Management and Marketing (M&M) contractor, then manages and sells a sizable inventory of single family homes in a manner that promotes home ownership, preserves communities and maximizes return to the FHA insurance fund. To complete the sales of the properties, HUD requires the services of closing agent contractors (referred to as

“contractor” hereafter) to perform all necessary closing activities on its behalf.

Performance under this contract will involve interaction with homebuyers and their representatives in the real estate community, mortgage lenders, non-profit housing and advocacy organizations, staff from HUD’s Homeownership Center (HOC), and other service providers under contract to HUD such as the M&M contractors. Additionally, this contract may be impacted by changes in regulation or legislation, and housing policy initiatives identified by the

White House or the HUD Secretary.

This service was previously acquired through awarding contracts where HUD prescribed the processes the contractors would follow. This contract will follow a performance based contracting (PBC) approach, whereby HUD establishes the performance standards to be met in this PWS and the contractor is responsible for meeting or exceeding those standards.

Instructions:

Responses to this market survey must include the following information: Name and address of firm, size of business, average annual revenue for the past five (5) years and number of employees; ownership; business size/type; number of years in business; past performance documentation of same/similar work described above, dating back not more than five (5) years to include government and non-government contracts, highlight relevant (same/similar) work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact-address and phone number. The page limitation for this submission is ten (10) 8 ½ x 11 pages using not less than 12-pitch font. The page limitation includes cover letters/pages, graphics, charts, and pictures. The page limitation for past performance information is five (5)

8½ x 11 pages using not less than 12-pitch font.

The preliminary market research results gathered under this survey will be used for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents WILL NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation.

If a solicitation is issued, it will be posted on www.fedbizopps.gov. It is the respondent’s responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any synopsis or solicitation. The applicable

NAICS code is 541191.

All interested business concerns are required to respond in either Microsoft Word or PDF format via the following e-mail address: Shaina.s.washington@hud.gov no later than 12:00 noon EST

Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

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