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B -- RANDOM DIGIT DIALING (RDD) SURVEYS TO DETERMINE HUD FAIR MARKET RENTS (FMRS) DUE 011097 POC Alan Fox, HUD/PD&R, 202-708-9426 x328 or E-mail to alan_fox@hud.gov WEB: Click here to visit HUD's Contracting Home page for this and other announcements, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Alan Fox., alan_fox@hud.gov. This announcement is for the purpose of adding qualified firms to a guide which is used by Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) when they contract for professional Random Digit Dialing (RDD) surveys to assist them in commenting on Fair Market Rents (FMRs). The guide describes in detail how such surveys must be conducted. In brief, these are computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) or Mitofsky-Waksberg design. Firms which have already been deemed capable of providing such services to PHAs are listed in the guide and need not respond to this announcement; they will not be deleted from the guide unless they request deletion. New firms wishing to be added to the guide must obtain the guide, review the work requirements contained in it, and submit a capability statement by the required date. The capability statement must clearly demonstrate the firm's capacity to do the survey work as set forth in the guide, and must also include references and a list of previously completed RDD work. Most jobs will involve an RDD survey of a single area only. The guide is entitled: Random Digit Dialing Surveys: A Guide to Assist Larger Public Housing Agencies in Preparing Fair Market Rent Comments. The guide is available from, and capability statements are to be submitted to: Alan Fox, HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, Room 8224, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. The phone number is 202-708-9426 x328 or you may E-mail alan_fox@hud.gov. Capability statements are due on or before January 10, 1997 (this is an extension from January 3, 1997 in the previous announcement). This announcement is a clarification of an announcement that originally appeared in the CBD on December 5, 1996. Firms which have already responded to that announcement need not respond again. This is not a sources sought announcement for a future direct procurement by the Federal government. (0347)

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