U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Office Of Procurement And Contracts, Program Support Division (ARCS), 451 7th Street, Sw, Room 5256, Washington, DC 20410

R -- ASSISTANCE SERVICES REQUIRED FOR THE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE MANUFACTURED HOUSING PROGRAM, IPIA/SAA (PRODUCTION INSPECTION PRIMARY INSPECTION AGENCY/STATE ADMINISTRATION AGENCIES) SOL R-OPC-21608 POC Daryl Shall, Contracting Officer, (202) 708-3856 ext. 3773 WEB: Click here to see other HUD solicitations from the, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty/html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Daryl Shall, Daryl_Shall@hud.gov. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) plans to issue a Request for Proposals for contractor services to assist the Department in performing monitoring and enforcement of the Federally Preemptive Manufactured Housing Program and to provide monitoring of the Production Inspection Primary Inspection Agency (IPIA) and the 36 participating State Administrative Agencies (SAAs). The IPIA monitoring task will require a contractor to observe the performance of third party inspection agencies that perform in-plant inspections of each manufactured home under construction as well as assisting HUD in evaluating an IPIA's performance in order to allow it to remain certified to participate in this program as a third party inspection entity. It also evaluates the manufacturing facilities quality control procedures to assure that the IPIA is performing at a satisfactory level. The SAA task involves the monitoring and evaluation of the 36 participating SAAs. The period of performance is two years with two (2) one-year option periods. This Procurement Action will be solicited as an unrestricted, full and open competition. The Request for Proposal release date will be on or about January 28, 2000. Offerors may obtain a copy of the solicitation from the HUD Internet Contracting Opportunities Home Page or by submitting a written request to the Contracting Officer. No telephone requests will be accepted. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. It is anticipated that an award will be made on or about May 10, 2000, based on the Best Value to the Government. HUD posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on the HUD Internet Contracting Opportunities Home Page site as indicated at the end of this notice. Potential Offerors who download copies of the solicitation from HUD's Home Page will NOT automatically receive any amendments to the solicitation. Offerors are advised to check frequently to see if HUD has issued any amendments to the solicitation. All amendments will be posted on, and may be downloaded from, HUD's Home Page for Contracting Opportunities site. Please notify the Contracting Officer if you are interested in participating in this procurement. See Numbered Note 26. Posted 01/06/00 (W-SN413885). (0006)

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