SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Debt Collection Services - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - DJJK-16-RFI-DCM1 (Unsecured Debt)
- Notice Date
- 6/23/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541110
— Offices of Lawyers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Offices/Boards/Divisions, Procurement Services Staff (PSS), Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street, N.E., Suite 8E.300, Washington, District of Columbia, 20530, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20530
- Solicitation Number
- DJJK-16-RFI-DCM1
- Archive Date
- 7/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Timothy Whitaker, Phone: 2023071970
- E-Mail Address
-
timothy.a.whitaker@usdoj.gov
(timothy.a.whitaker@usdoj.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sample RFP - Unsecured Debt RFI - Unsecured Debt I. Introduction This exchange is being issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e) as a Request for Information (RFI). The purpose of this RFI is for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to identify qualified and interested business concerns for upcoming solicitations for debt collection services. The Government anticipates that separate solicitations will be issued for each Federal judicial district. This exchange is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this exchange is to obtain information for each Federal judicial district regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether set-asides are possible. II. Background The policy of the Federal Government is to make every effort to collect delinquent debts owed to the United States. In furtherance of this policy, Congress, in 1986, enacted the Federal Debt Recovery Act (FDRA), P.L. 99-578, 31 U.S.C. sec. 3718(b). The FDRA originally authorized a pilot project for three years, in which the Attorney General was to contract with private counsel to assist the U.S. Attorneys in collecting debts owed the United States, in not less than five nor more than ten Federal Judicial Districts. The FDRA has been amended three times: First in 1990 by P.L. 101-302, which extended the pilot through September 30, 1992; again in 1992 by P.L. 102-589, which extended the pilot through September 30, 1996 and authorized its expansion to "not more than 15" Federal Judicial Districts; and most recently, on April 26, 1996, by Sections 31001(cc) (1) and (2) of Public Law 104-134. This latest amendment eliminates any requirement that the Attorney General try to award four (4) contracts to private counsel in each district, and repeals Sections 3 and 5 of the FDRA, so that the Attorney General now has permanent authority to contract with as few or as many private counsel in as many judicial districts as deemed appropriate. Since the pilot project began, DOJ has awarded contracts to private counsel in 19 Federal judicial districts. The use of private counsel to collect delinquent debts represents a significant departure from the Federal Government's previous debt collection policy. The U.S. Attorneys have historically been responsible for the collection of most delinquent debts referred by client agencies to DOJ for litigation and collection. For the most part, these debts were the result of direct, guaranteed, or insured loans made, or benefits conferred, pursuant to a variety of Federal programs administered by any of several client agencies including, but not limited to, the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and the Small Business Administration. These agencies may not refer claims to DOJ for litigation until they have exhausted, without success, a series of administrative remedies to try to collect them. The procedures Federal agencies must follow in trying to collect, compromise, or settle their debts administratively, before they can refer them to DOJ for litigation, are set out in the Federal Claims Collection Standards 31 C.F.R., Parts 900 - 904. Many of the unsecured debts that will be referred to the Contractor for litigation will have been worked by the Federal agencies, and again by private collection agencies, before they are sent to DOJ for litigation. Many of these cases result in default or consent judgments against the debtors.
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