General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service (FSS), Services Acquisition Center (FCX), Washington, DC, 20406

R -- LEGAL SERVICES SOL FCXB-T5-980001-N DUE 090799 POC Catherine Maloney, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-7014, Fax (703) 305-5094, Email catherine.maloney@gsa.gov -- Lottie Platter, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-6257, Fax (703) 305-5094, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&;ProjID=FCXB-T5-98000 1-N&LocID=11. E-MAIL: Catherine Maloney, catherine.maloney@gsa.gov. The General Services Administration is seeking to expand the Financial Asset Services Multiple Award Schedule Program by adding Professional Legal Services as a new Special Item Number (SIN). This new SIN will allow customer agencies to access outside legal services to be performed in conjunction with the services already provided for under this schedule. In this market research phase, GSA is seeking comment from legal professionals including small business concerning the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). Please note that the attached draft is broadly written as to cover the wide range of legal support that may be required by agencies worldwide. We have outlined a set of questions for which we seek responses via electronic mail only. The electronic mail address is: asset.fss@gsa.gov All comments are due not later than September 7, 1999. To learn more about the initial solicitation process for Financial Asset Services, and to see what contractors are on our schedule, please visit our web site at: http://pub.fss.gsa.gov/services/asset-svcs GSA has kept online all the documents from its initial release of the solicitation. Please remember that the solicitation has closed; GSA intends to refresh and reissue the solicitation within the next 60 days. The final version of this statement of work will be incorporated into a refreshed version of Solicitation FCXB-T5-980001-N. This solicitation will be posted to the Electronic Posting System web site at: www.eps.gov GSA anticipates that this procurement will proceed as follows: . Receive comments on draft statement of work . Complete review of comments, and post comments on web site . Issue revised solicitation . Revised solicitation will remain standing with no closing date . Receive industry offers; conduct evaluations; resolve offers Should you have any questions regarding this process or concerning any aspect of this procurement, please send your inquiry to asset.fss@gsa.gov as outlined above. Thank you for your consideration and support of our expanding program. The Financial Asset Services Team Catherine Maloney Bertha Gelhaus Lottie Plater Mona-Lisa Dunn. Posted 08/24/99 (D-SN371645). (0236)

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