U.S. Department of HUD, New York Asc, Chicago Contracting Branch (5AAC), 77 West Jackson Boulevard -- Rm. 2517, Chicago, IL 60604-3507

R -- ELECTRONIC MARKETING SERVICES AND REIMBURSABLE SERVICES SOL R-CHI-00126 POC Mona Collins, Contract Specialist at (312) 886-2760, ext 2506 WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities Web Page, hht://www.hud.gov.cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Mona Collins, Mona _K._Collins@hud.gov. Provide Electronic and Telephonic Assistance in Marketing HUD Acquired properties for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Chicago, Illinois Office, Real Estate Owned (REO) Housing Management Branch. The contract period is for one year with no options to extend the term of the contract. The contractor shall furnish the necessary services, personnel, materials, equipment, insurance, and facilities necessary to accomplish the task. The contract will cover the geographic area of the State of Illinois. The contractor will distribute HUD property listings, sales results, and updates to the REO Branch and announcements to the Real Estate Industry. The information will be disseminated by fax, Internet, World Wide Web, Telephone and other methods necessary to keep the industry current on the status of the REO inventory. The contractor will maintain a customer service and interactive voice response system that will have access to current information about the REO Acquired Homes Program and status of current inventory of HUD homes for sale. These services will be accessible to the public and broker community via 800 numbers established by the contractor. The RFQ will be available on or about 15 days from the date of this notice and the RFQ will be on or about 10rom the date of this notice. The RFQ number is R-CHI-00126. The RFQ is being solicited using simplified acquisition procedures and its value shall not exceed $100,000. See Numbered Note 1. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 7331. The proposed contract is 100% small business set-aisde. Interested offerors may send a written request referencing the solicitation number for a copy of the solicitation to the above address or by E-Mail request to Mona_ Collins@hud.gov (use underscore key). Solicitations may be downloaded from the HUD Contracting Webpage at www.hud.gov.cts/ctsporty.html. (0262)

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