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R -- FINANCIAL SERVICES SURVEY SOL A-99-0036 DUE 092399 POC James Burleson, Contract Specialist, 202-622-0792; Harry Shank, Contracting Officer, 202-622-9392 <DESC>Reference CBDNet submission No. 378266 released on 090999. The Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, Procurement Services Division, Room 1310G, Suite 400E, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20220, is issuing this modification to Solicitation A-99-0036. Following is additional technical information: 1) EFT 99 -- EFT 99 is a government-wide effort to make federal government payments electronically, pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. ETA Product -- The ETA is a new low-cost account for receiving federal benefits that was designed by the Treasury Department and is being offered at participating federally insured depository institutions. FMS -- Treasury's Financial Management Service. TBARR -- Treasury Building and Annex Renovation and Restoration. 2) Is there a bidder's list available? No. 3) What specific information would the Department of the Treasury make available to the contractor? "All relevant documents will be available at the Kickoff Meeting." Could Treasury be more specific? Treasury will provide the contractor with copies of research it has previously conducted on the non-bank financial industry, and research conducted in conjunction with the EFT 99 effort generally. 4) Would Treasury provide data on NBFIs? Treasury does not collect, and will not be able to provide data on NBFIs. The purpose of the survey described in the Statement of Work is to collect such data for representative geographic areas. 5) Does the Treasury have lists of the "traditional financial institutions" in a particular geographic area? It may be possible to work with federal banking regulators to construct a list of federally insured financial institutions in a particular geographic area. 6) Does the Treasury have lists of the ATM sites in particular geographic areas? It does not. The proposal due date is extended from 4:00 PM, EDT, September 22, 1999 to 4:00 PM, EDT, September 23, 1999. Award of this contract shall be subject to the availability of funds. Submit proposals to the Department of the Treasury, Procurement Services Division, Rm 1310 G, Suite 400E, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20220, ATTN: James Burleson (202) 622-0792. All proposals must be received by 4:00 P.M., EDT, 9/23/99. Posted 09/17/99 (W-SN381521). (0260)

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