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R -- LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE COLLECTION OF DEBTS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (BUFFALO) SOL JRJMD-99-0002 POC Tim Spencer, Contracting Officer -- (202) 307-1956 NOTE: This procurement is open ONLY to LAW FIRMS or SOLO practitioners of LAW licensed to practice law in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. As a result of P.L. 104-134, which amended the Federal Debt Recovery Act, the Department of Justice intends to award contracts to private practitioners of law for debt collection services on behalf of the United States in the following federal judicial district: Western District of New York (Buffalo). The contractors will be required to pursue debt collection activities which parallel existing industry procedures that have proven to be effective and efficient; to interact with government representatives at defined stages of the collection process (i.e., settlement, compromise, etc.); to input relevant case data in a computer base maintained by the government. Payment will be made by a combination of contingency fees and firm, fixed prices. Law firms or solo practitioners who respond to this solicitation MUST be regularly engagedin the private practice of LAW within the Western Federal Judicial District of New York. "Regularly engaged in the private practice of law" is construed to mean that at least 20% of the debt collection cases handled by the offeror arise in the Western Federal Judicial District of New York. NOTE: The Act provides that the Department may contract ONLY with law firms or solo practitioners of law since contractors must represent the United States in court. The government anticipates awarding up to three contracts (or more or less at the discretion of the government). The period of performance for each contract will be one base year plus up to six optional years. Interested firms should request a copy of solicitation JRJMD-99-0002 to be issued on or about March 25, 1999. Paper copies of solicitations will be sent ONLY to law firms or solo practitioners of law that submit requests in writing to the issuing office on Law Firm or Solo Attorney letterhead. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the solicitation at the DOJ web page: http://www.usdoj.gov/07business/07_5.html after the issue date. Posted 03/08/99 (W-SN306056). (0067)

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