USDA, Rural Economic & Community Development (formerly Farmers Home Administration), 4440 NW 25th Place, PO Box 147010, Gainesville, Florida 32614-7010

R -- LEGAL SERVICES FOR FORECLOSURES AND DEFENSE OF BANKRUPTCY SOL RFP 09-00-6-054P. Due 101095. Contact Betty C McMurtry, 904-338-3426, Contracting Officer. USDA, Rural Economic & Community Development (RECD) requirement for contractors to provide legal services for uncontested and contested foreclosures and bankruptcy proceedings for 502 single family properties located in the State of Florida is amended as follows. Services are to be provided for RECD County Offices located in Leesburg, Ocala, Deland and Lake City, and covers the counties of Lake, Sumter, Hernando, Marion, Citrus, Volusia, Columbia, Baker and Union. To be eligible, the contractor must be a member of the Florida Bar and be licensed to practice law in Florida State Courts. The solicitation is a total small business set-aside. The solicitation is advertised under FAR Part 15, Negotiated Procedures, with the requirement for Technical Proposals to be evaluated to establish technically acceptable offerors whose price proposal will be considered for an award. The contract award will cover a base year and two option years subject to availability of funding after 9/30/95. Level of effort is based upon foreclosure cases which is established as an estimated 55 cases for base year and an estimated 45 cases for option year one and 40 cases for option year two. The Government's estimated dollar value is $250,000 to $500,000. All responsible small business firms or individuals may submit a technical proposal provided the pass/fail requirement can be met. No telephone or FAX requests for solicitation packages will be accepted. Only written requests for solicitation packages will be accepted. Electronic transmission of proposals will not be accepted. Notice is given in accordance with FAR 5.102, that 25 copies of the solicitation package will be available for distribution on a ``first-come-first-served'' basis. Evaluation factors and subfactors are as follows: I. Understanding of Statement of Work (25 points) - (A) Approach to handling contested and uncontested foreclosures. (B) Approach to handling Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. (C) Approach to handling Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. (D) Approach for Representing RECD in Recovery of Possession including Evictions. Minimum: Topical outline of Process. Evaluation Factor is equal in consideration to price. II. Experience and Past Performance for Legal Services incorporated into Statement of Work (25 points). (A) Key personnel identified with resumes. (B) Experience with foreclosures, contested and uncontested filed in Circuit Courts in Florida and with Bankruptcy. (C) References to establish level and currency of experience. Minimum: Experience in handling contested foreclosures. Evaluation Factor is equal in consideration to price. III. Management Scheme (25 points). (A) Resource Management. (B) Quality Control related to scheduling cases and timely compliance with terms and conditions of contract. (C) Methodology for Tracking and Reporting to avoid/eliminate delays that result from lack of due diligence. Identifying and reporting challenges to Federal Law. Minimum: Demonstrate Commitment of Resources and Methodology to expedite completion of foreclosure within 6-month period where lack of due diligence, alone, is not the basis for failure to meet timetable. Evaluation factor is considered greater than price. IV. Past Performance for legal service contracts for RECD or for similar Commercial Contracts (25 points). Minimum: For offerors with contracts awarded within past 5-year period, list contracts; for those who have not been awarded federal contracts, list a commercial source such as a lending institution for whom performance is documented. Evaluation Factor is considered greater than price. Contemplated closing date is extended to 1:00 pm, local time, November 1, 1995. See Note 1. (275)

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