NJ_Auctioneer_Coverletter.doc

October 28, 2013 Dear Auctioneer:

Enclosed you will find SF-1449, Request for Quotation (RFQ), Number NJ-VT-53-2014-0001 and attachments. We invite you to quote on the Real Estate Auctioneer services outlined in this RFP.

To ensure you submit a complete package:

1. Please read through the entire solicitation. Pay special attention to the registration requirements at the end of the solicitation concerning SAM (System for Award Management) program.

2. Prepare a written narrative of your firm’s past experience with auctions of single family homes and your planned promotion of these auctions as outlined in Item 26, 452.215-71 Instructions for the Preparation of Technical and Business Proposals (SEP 1999).

3. Provide a copy of your New Jersey Real Estate License.

4. On form SF-1449 (page 1), fill in your company information in block 17a, and your commission rate in block 24. Then sign and fill out blocks 30a. – 30c.

5. Fill out clause FAR 52.212.3 (pages 19-26).

6. Mail you narrative, completed form SF-1449 with entire solicitation to this office to arrive on or before 4:00 pm EST, Friday, December 6, 2013 For additional information regarding this RFP, please contact me at 802-828-6045.

Sincerely, KAREN A. GAGNON

Contracting Officer

VT/NH/MA/CT/RI/NJ

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