Department of the Treasury (dy), Office of Thrift Supervision, Procurement Management Branch, 1700 G. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20552

B -- THRIFT EXAMINATION SERVICES SOL TOT-99-0001/C99001 DUE 040599 POC Jim Harden E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist by E-Mail, thrift.examiners@ots.treas.gov. The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), U. S. Department of the Treasury, is the primary regulator of all federal and many state-chartered thrift institutions. The OTS was established as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury on August 9, 1989 and has 5 Regional Offices located in Jersey City, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco. The OTS wishes to contract for thrift examination services throughout the United States with multiple individuals and small business firms with the specific knowledge, experience, and skills required for the examination of financial institutions. Such examinations include, but are not limited to, aspects of safety and soundness, compliance with law and regulation, thrift accounting practices, and financial institution information systems. It is OTS' strong desire to obtain the services and expertise of retired or former examiners from financial regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), OTS, or services and expertise that are technically equivalent. Award of multiple, Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ), task-order type contracts to individuals and small firms is envisioned. A contract period of one base year, plus four option years, is anticipated. Only individuals and small firms capable of performing all aspects of thrift examinations, or critical, core segments of thrift examinations involving expertise in such areas as credit risk, capital markets, and financial institutions' information systems, should plan to participate in this competitive solicitation. Proposals from individuals and small business firms will be evaluated on federal financial regulatory examination skills and experience, past performance, and price reasonableness. OTS will also evaluate potential conflicts of interest, financial disclosure information, and other background information that may be part of the Request for Proposal (RFP). The OTS will select awardees using a "best value" approach inaccordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Contracts will be awarded to individuals and small firms offering the best combination of technical expertise and price as delineated in the RFP. This is a small-business set-aside procurement under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 8748. Individuals and small firms may download the solicitation from OTS' web site at http://www.ots.treas.gov/public-info.html. The RFP should be available for downloading on or about March 5, 1999. Interested parties will be responsible for checking the web site for availability. No additional notice in the CBD is anticipated. OTS prefers that all interested parties download the RFP from the OTS web site. Hard copies of the RFP will be issued on a select, case-by-case basis. Proposal due date will be included in the RFP. The Contract Specialist for this project is Jim Harden. All questions regarding this solicitation must be e-mailed to thrift.examiners@ots.treas.gov or be faxed to Jim Harden's attention at202-906-5648. Answers, as well as any solicitation amendments, will be posted on OTS' web site. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 02/24/99 (W-SN302095). (0055)

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