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R -- CONTRACT TO PROVIDE MANUFACTURED HOME MONITORING ACTIVITIES RELATING TO IPIA, DAPIA,AND SAA PRINCIPAL TASKS SOL RFP DU100C000018598 DUE 010598 POC Melvin W. Gunn,Contract Specialist (202) 708-1162, Ext. 150; C. Dianne Wright, Contracting Officer, (202) 708-1162, Ext. 150 WEB: Click here to download the solicitation from the HUD Contracting Opportunities Web Page, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Melvin W. Gunn, Melvin_W._Gunn@hud.gov.. The Department is seeking a contractor to provide monitoring duties for the Federal Manufactured Housing program.The Contractor will be responsible for monitoring the construction of manufactured homes nationwide and to review related design drawings annually. The Contractor will also assist the Department in providing consumer protection services in States not participating in the program. To administer the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Program, the Department is supported by agreements with 36 State Administrative Agencies (SAA) that handles consumer complaints and identify necessary corrective actions. As one of the principal tasks under this procurement, the contractor will be required to assist these States individually and collectively, to facilitate training, workshops, and administrative activities related to these functions. Two other principal tasks to be performed under the resultant contract relate to the activities of the Production Inspection Primary Inspection Agencies (IPIAs) and the Design Approval Primary Inspection Agencies (DAPIAs). The Contractor shall assure that the: IPIAs are carrying out the required number of inspections and all other functions specified in the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations; and,that the DAPIAs are approving manufactured home designs and quality in compliance with federal standards. The performance period of this procurement is anticipated to be three years with a 1 year base period and two additional 1 year option periods. The solicitation is expected to be available on or about October 7, 1997. Interested offerors may obtain a copy of the solicitation by submitting a written request along with two self-addressed mailing labels to the above address. No fax or telephone requests will be accepted. 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. 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. You are further advised that some attachments may be unique to a particular solicitation document and therefore cannot be downloaded from the internet site identified above. Such attachments can only be obtained through receipt of a hard copy of the RFP document. (0255)

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