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R -- CLOSING AGENT SERVICES SOL B-FTW-00106 DUE 081398 POC Billie R. Peters, Contract Specialist, or Sandra Carson, Contracting Officer, (817) 978-9301 WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Billie R. Peters, Billie_R._Peters@hud.gov. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires Closing Agent Services to close the sale of HUD-owned homes in the Midland/Odessa, Amarillo, and Lubbock, Texas areas, which include the counties of: Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Andrews, Martin, Howard, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Ward, Crane, Upton, Reeves, Pecos, Terrell, Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collinsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cottle, Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, King, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Kent, Stonewall, Scurry, Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan. Multiple Indefinite Quantity Contracts will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. Resultant contracts will consist of a one year base period and two (2) one-year option periods. This solicitation will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Invitationfor Bids (IFB) shall be issued on or about July 13, 1998. Bids will be due 30 days after date issued. Requests for solicitation my be written to the above address or faxed to (817) 978-9052. 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 ITS 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 admendments to solcitations you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on, and may be downloaded from, HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. SEE NUMBERED Note(s): 1. (0162)

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