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B -- CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED STUDY OF RACIAL/ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING RENTAL AND SALES SOL R-OPC-21304 DUE 021599 POC Annette Hancock, 202-708-1585 x7148 WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to E-mail Annette Hancock, annette_e._hancock@hud.gov. Conduct a Congressionally-mandated paired-testing audit study of racial/ethnic discrimination in housing rental and sales. The study, the third on this topic sponsored by HUD, will be conducted in 20 communities, nationwide. This study is expected to update and expand on one performed in 1989. The report resulting from that study, entitled "Housing Discrimination Study" is available through HUDUSER (1-800-245-2691, or http://www.huduser.org. The RFP will be released approximately December 7, 1998. The due date for proposals is anticipated to be on or about February 15, 1999. A pre-proprosal conference is anticipated. It will be held on or about January 6, 1999 in Washington, DC. Interested offerors will register for the conferecne by calling a hotline or by E-mail. The hotline number and directions for E-mail will be provided in the RFP. In addition to answering offeror's questions, the conference will address the diverse types of expertise required to conduct a national study of this kind. The transcript from the conference will be made available by posting on the Internet, on HUD's Contracting Home Page, as an amendment to the RFP. National Survey or ogther research organizations without prior HUD or specific housing discrimination experience are encouraged to participate. 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 CBD announcement. 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, HUDs' Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. This includes the amendment which will contain the transcript from the pre-proposal conference. Posted 11/16/98 (W-SN271619). (0320)

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