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R -- FIELD REVIEW OF APPRAISALS FOR SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES SOL B-HOU-00037 DUE 101597 POC Stephen Cuellar (713) 313-2274 WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities Web Page, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact Steve Cuellar, steve_cuellar@hud.gov. Field Review of Appraisal Services for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Single Family Housing Production Branch. HUD anticipates awarding two contracts in response to this solicitation. The contracts will be for properties located in and around the New Orleans, Louisiana area and the Lafayette Louisiana area. HUD posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on its Internet Home Page Contracting Opportunities site at http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. NOTE: THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING NO EARLIER THAN 16 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. Potential offerors who download copies of solicitations from HUD's Home Page will NOT automatically receive any amendments to those solicitations. You are advised to check back frequently to see if HUD has issued any amendments to solicitations you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on, and may be downloaded from, HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. (0237)

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