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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 19,1996 PSA#1619USDA, Rural Development, 4440 NW 25th Place, P.O. Box 147010,
Gainesville, Florida 32614-7010 R -- LEGAL SERVICES FOR FORECLOSURES AND DEFENSE OF BANKRUPTCY Sol RFP
09-00-6-057P. Due 072696. Contact Betty C. McMurtry, 352-338-3426,
Administrative Contracting Officer. USDA, Rural Development requires
contractors to provide legal services for uncontested and contested
foreclosures and bankruptcy proceedings for 502 single family
properties located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Services are to
be provided for the areas of Mayaguez, Yauco, San Sebastian, Lares,
Camuy, and Juana Dias and within each of the six areas, the
municipalities incorporated therein. To be eligible, the contractor
must be licensed to practice law before the Superior Courts of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The solicitation is a total small business
set-aside. The solicitation is advertised under FAR Part 14, Two Step
Sealed Bidding Procedures, with the requirement for Technical Proposals
to be submitted by an offeror. Proposals will be evaluated to establish
technically acceptable offerors who will be invited to submit sealed
bid. The contract award will cover a base year and two option years
subject to availability of funding after 9/30/96. Level of effort is
estimated based upon servicing records; it is as an estimated 200 to
250 5 cases for base year and an estimated 175 to 200 cases each for
option years one and two. The Government's estimated dollar value is
$1,000,000 to $1,500,000. All responsible small business firms or
individuals may submit a technical proposal. Proposals must be
submitted in English language, only. No telephone 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 200 copies of the solicitation package will be available
for distribution on a ``first-come-first-served''basis. Evaluation
factors and subfactors are described as follows and are listed in the
order of importance: I. Experience in handling foreclosure cases.
Minimum experience is documentation of two years of practice since the
passage of the 1979 ``Mortgage and Property Registry Act of Puerto
Rico.'' II. Experience in practice of law in Federal Bankruptcy Court.
Minimum experience is two years of practice with documentation of
volume of petitions filed for Chapter 7 and for Chapter 13 bankruptcies
within the past 12-month period. This experience may be documented for
affiliates or joint-venture partners. III. Demonstrated management of
cases as relates to due diligence in the filing and answering phases
of the prosecution of a case to its completion; management of the
tracking of status of each case and the accounting for reimbursable
expenses; the timeliness of monthly reports to capture current stages
for each case assigned. Minimum is system of calendar monitoring for
deadlines for filings and answers; minimum is a structure of accounting
to ensure the correct matching of incidental expenses; minimum is the
historical tracking of a case from assignment to completion. IV.
Understanding of the various impacts of action in filing foreclosure,
recovery of possession and in defense of bankruptcy petition. Minimum
is the construction of a hypothetical situation wherein a contractor
attorney would seek advice of the Contracting Officer's Representative
for instructions were actions to be taken in the natural progression
of the legal system but where public relations and societal needs could
alter the actual progression. V. From the perspective of understanding
how the payment process in the awarded contract will operate versus
the traditional retainer system in private law practice, documentation
of understanding of how this could impact an individual or a firm.
Minimum is to contrast a financial agreement with a private client with
that of the United States of America using a situation wherein
incidental expenditures were at the $1500 level and legal fees at the
$1000 level but two (2) years had passed and the Registry had not
recorded title. Contemplated closing date for receipt of technical
proposal is 1:00 P.M., local time, July 26, 1996. See Note 1. (163) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0049 19960618\R-0001.SOL)
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