Department of the Treasury (DY), Financial Management Service, 401 14th St, SW, Washington, DC 20227

U -- GOVERNMENT LENDING PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES/MANAGING GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAMS POC Barbara Czerw, Contract Administrator, (202) 874-6795. The US Department of Treasury, Financial Management Service, intends to modify contract T-fms-96-25 with Thomas Stanton Associates, currently providing analytical and evaluation support of direct and/or guaranteed loan programs. FMS intends to modify this contract in order to utilize the contractor's technical expertise in risk management techniques and in federal direct and guaranteed lending to present information to the federal credit management community on improving the financial safety and soundness of federal lending programs. The contractor must be an authority on financial institutions, financial risk control, credit reform, federal lending program mechanics including origination and servicing, lender monitoring, accountability of private lenders participating in governmental lending, financial early warning signs, and approaches to reducing demands upon insitututional capacity in order to prduce materials and present seminars on Government Lending Principles and Policies and Managing Government Guaranteed Loan Programs. Interested parties capable of providing this expertise are invited to submit a detailed capabilitt statement detailing relevant experience and accomplishments, such as published materials, testimony given before congressional committees on related issues, and teaching experience. No solicitatioin document exists; no RFP will be issued. All submissions must be received within fifteen calendar days of the date of issue of this notice. (0143)

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