USDA, Rural Development, 4440 NW 25th Place, P O Box 147010, Gainesville, Florida 32614-7010

R -- EXCLUSIVE BROKER SERVICES Sol RFP 09-00-6-084P, Due 082896, Contact Betty C. McMurtry, 352-338-3426, Contracting Officer. USDA, Rural Development requires a contractor to provide exclusive broker services for the sale of Government single-family inventory properties as well as the active identification of potential eligible applicants to assume loans that are in the process of being foreclosed or have been flagged for this servicing action. The properties are located in the State of Florida in the counties of DeSoto, Hardee, and Polk. The award will be an indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery contract covering the period FY 97 subject to the appropriation of funds for this program mission. The Government's estimate is over $100,000 and under $200,000. The Go, No-Go evaluation factor is proof of licensed real estate broker in the State of Florida at time of technical evaluation. Failure of an offeror to meet the minimum evaluation criteria in any of the seven (7) factors shall be the basis for declaring the offeror to b e non-responsive to the solicitation. Proposal shall be evaluated on a competitive basis with the proposal that is the best value to the Government becoming the proposal to be considered for the award. Evaluation Criteria in descending order of importance are: (1) Past experience with the Rural Development loan procedures governing eligibility for a loan to purchase a Rural Development inventory property as well as past experience with the marketing of properties where the owner is a Rural Development borrower currently serviced for pending foreclosure or actual foreclosure action, and assumption by another eligible applicant would end the foreclosure. (Minimum: Within the past 3-year period sold 5 or more properties for Rural Development, Veterans Administration or HUD as broker or co-broker, and processed one or more assumptions of properties financed by Rural Development; evaluation factor is equal in consideration to price; 35 points. (2) Documentation of specific outreach efforts in marketing of properties to those defined minority and disadvantaged members of the trade area including the identification of potential candidates in these define groups for assumption to forestall foreclosure actions. (Minimum: Detailed HUD Form 935.2 ``Fair Marketing Housing Plan,'' along with narrative statement of process of matching eligible applicant with Rural Development borrower whose loan is flagged for foreclosure.); evaluation factor is considered to be greater than price; 30 points. (3) Knowledge of local real estate market (Minimum: At least 2 years selling experience in local area for sales of single family dwellings); evaluation factor is considered greater than price; 20 points. (4) Office facilities and parking facilities (Minimum: Official office established as a real estate brokerage service at the time that the proposal is submitted with the official office located within 50 miles of the Community Development Office to be served.); evaluation factor is considered less than price; 10 points. (5) Availability of broker and/or agents (Minimum: A full-time sales agent available Monday-Friday at the official office site identified in the proposal with coverage on weekends by a broker or sales agent who may provide this service via an answering service and/or paging service); evaluation factor is equal in consideration to price; 10 points. (6) Advertising Plan and Innovations to be utilized in marketing (Minimum: A weekly ad in publication identified in HUD Form 935.2); evaluation factor is considered equal to price; 10 points. (7) Member of the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for each trade area to be serviced under the scope of the contract statement of work (Minimum: Member of MLS for each county to be serviced or documentation of an established process for immediate notification of co-brokers on available listings); evaluation factor is less in consideration than price; 5 points. No telephone requests accepted. Contemplated closing date for receipt of offers/technical proposals is August 28, 1996 at 1:00 P.M., local time. See Notes 1 and 26. (198)

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