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R -- SECTION 8 FAIR MARKET RENT (FMR) TELEPHONE SURVEYS SOL R-OPC-21335 DUE 030899 POC Vickie Chesley (Contract Specialist, 202-708-1585, x7156 or Annette Hancock (Contracting Officer), 202-708-1585, x7148 WEB: Click here to download the solicitation from the HUD, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Constance V. Chesley, Constance_V._Chesley@hud.gov. The contractor is required to conduct (1) 50 to 60 annual area-specific FMR surveys that produce 40th percentile rent estimates, (2) 20 longitudinal annual adjustment factor (AAF) surveys, and (3) to conduct research, as requested by HUD, on ways to improve the FMR and AAF estimation process and in interpreting survey results. The collected data will be used to derive indices of annual changes in rents, already under contract in the nonmetropolitan and metropolitan parts of teh 10 HUD regions. The period of performance is 48 months. High levels of telephone and data processing technology and staffing are necessary for success. An offeror must demonstrate that it has the proven capacity for large-scale Random Digit Dialing and mail survey work described in the RFP's Statement of Work (Section C). The incumbent is Macro International (Contract DU100C000005974). A cost-reimbursement type contract is anticipated. The RFP will be available on or about February 5, 1999. Send requests to Contracting Officer, Attn: NCS/VC, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 451-7th St SW, Rm. 5258, Wash., DC 20410-3000. 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. Posted 01/12/99 (W-SN287406). (0012)

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