U.S. Marshals Service, Business Services Division, 600 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202

R -- NATIONWIDE REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL SERVICES SOL MS-00-Q-0032 DUE 071100 POC Janet R. Hall E-MAIL: Please contact the COntracting Officer via e-mail, janet.hall@usdoj.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested. NO written solicitation will be issued. The solicitation number is MS-00-Q-0032 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This procurement is subject to the Test Program for Certain Commercial Items and subject to special authority for acquisitions of commercial items exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold but not greater than $5,000,000.00, including options. Simplified procedures authorized by this test will be used to the maximum extent practicable. This RFQ incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-17. This acquisition is unrestricted. The small business size standard is $5 million and the Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8741. It is the intent of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to award multiple, firm-fixed price IDIQ type orders for a base year with 4 option years and a one time, 6 month option to extend services. The firm-fixed price includes all costs for real property management and disposal facilitation services. For example: the facilitation price is a fixed price that includes all personnel, distribution services, material, supplies, equipment, transportation, facilities, computer hardware and software, Internet access, email, etc. The estimated annual maximum quantity that may be required under this contract is not expected to exceed facilitation of 400 properties. The guarantee minimum amount for this contract is 5% of the estimated total for the Base Year. The guarantee minimum is only applicable one time and only during the base year. The schedule will contain 1 contract line item number (CLIN) for each contract period, as follows: Base Year: CLIN 0001- 400 each, 1st option: CLIN 1001 -- 400 each, 2nd option: CLIN 2001 -- 400 each, 3rd option: CLIN 3001 -- 400 each, 4 Th option (& option to extend services, if needed): CLIN 4001 -- 400 each. The actual quantities will vary according to the operational requirements of the USMS. The United States Marshals Service requires these services of its seized and/or forfeited real property. Properties may be located anywhere in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The USMS requires real property management and disposal services. The Contractor will provide all services to the seller and the government that are customary in the industry for property management services and disposal: 1. Properties will be listed with a Multiple Listing Services, (MLS). 2. A master key code will be established for re-keying purposes. 3. Receive offers and evaluate qualified buyers. 4. Act as liaison between the Government & buyers, and coordinate offers & counter-offers. 5. Retain earnest money deposits in the manner required by state and local law. 6. Comply with USMS guidelines & procedures, & all Local, State & Federal laws & ordinances. 7. Provide property management and disposal services for all types of real property. 8. Provide all necessary reports, equipment, labor, supervision and facilities for the performance of the contract in accordance with the specifications and terms contained herein. 9. Provide an automated asset management system that tracks the disposition status of each government property referred. The system and information contained therein will remain the property of the USMS. 10. Provide the USMS with direct access, via the Internet, to the Contractor's asset management system. The system will provide access to current information pertaining to all services provided. 11. Provide COTR with an official notification of receipt for each property accepted for disposition, via the automated asset management system. Notification will identify property by its complete address and contain all pertinent information available at the time of acceptance. 12. Provide the COTR with a weekly inventory management report via the automated asset management system. Weekly reports will include a complete inventory list and a current status, for each property.13. No later than the fifteenth of each month, the Contractor will submit, in writing, an aggregate list of expenses and repair costs itemized for each property. 14. No later than the fifteenth of each month, the Contractor will submit, in writing, a report identifying the average number of days on the market, days in inventory, closing days and costs, average list and sales price, and net recovery. 15. Preserve and/or dispose of all personal property/trash as identified by the USMS. 16. Perform basic maintenance services, such as; plumbing, electrical, carpentry, general repairs, boarding windows, and exterior services; 17. Eliminate all hazards per local, state, and federal safety codes and ordinances. 18. Properties are to be sold within 6 months. Failure to dispose of a property within this time frame, may result with the property being returned to the Government at no cost. 19. Obtain an independent appraisal to establish each property's current "as-is appraised value". The appraisal must contain an evaluation of the property based on past and present comparable with copies of comparable sales information; The "as-is" appraised value will be updated every 6 months, or as necessary; The Contractor must provide the designated COTR with copies of all appraisals upon receipt; If required, a land survey will be provided. 20. Provide to the seller those services that are customary in the industry including: A broker will be assigned within two business days of receiving a property for disposition. The broker will provide to the seller those services that are customary in the industry. 21. Obtain prior USMS approval prior to accepting offers 90% or less than the designated "as-is" appraised value. 22. Within 3 business days prior to closing, a completed contract will be presented for review to the designated COTR. 23. Prepare state specific deeds in accordance with state and local law requirements. The Marshal or its authorized designee will execute all deeds of conveyance. 24. Provide all closing, title and escrow services that are customary in the industry. Within 5 days of the Contractor receiving the settlement proceeds, the Contractor will forward the proceeds of sale, HUD-1 and an itemized list of disbursements, to the designated COTR. Within 30 days following the closing, the Contractor will submit an invoice to the COTR for any outstanding disbursements. Within 120 days following the closing, the Contractor will forward an original copy of all disposition documents to the COTR. This information will be available and accessible to the USMS via the Internet. The Contractor will communicate electronically with the COTR or other USMS personnel as necessary. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, and FAR provision 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items, are applicable to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-2, subparagraph (a) is as follows: The Government will make an offer to the responsible contractor(s) quoting fair and reasonable prices and determined to be the best value in terms of technical (capability of the item offered to meet the agency need), price, and past performance. The Government will perform an integrated assessment evaluation. For evaluation purposes: technical and past performance is significantly more important than price. NOTE: Quoters responding to this solicitation must quote a firm-fixed-price for each contract period, specify any prompt payment terms, and submit a complete copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offer Representations and certifications-Commercial Items and 3 copies of their technical and past performance information. See FAR 52.212-1 for instructions. Failure to provided complete information may result in the quotation being eliminated from award consideration. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, and the clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. Evaluation of Commercial Items: The following FAR clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: 52.222-49, Service Contract -- Place of Performance Unknown, inserts: (1) none (2) June 2, 2000 with any other classes of service employees.. 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402), 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, Disadvantaged Status and Reporting (Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323),52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246),52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212), 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793), 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212). FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations Insert: Minimum Order. There is no minimum order under this contract. Maximum Order. The contractor is not obligated to honor -- Any order for a single item in excess of $100,000.00, Any order for a combination of items in excess of $100,000.00, A series of orders from the same ordering office within three days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraphs (1) or (2) above. FAR 52.216-18 Ordering -- Insert in paragraph (a) "Date of contract award through the period of contract performance." FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity -- Insert "90 days after the contract period." FAR 52.216-27 Single or Multiple Awards. The full text for the above listed clauses is available at http://www.arnet.gov/far/. Quotations can be faxed to 202-353-1420 or for hand delivery, addressed to: United States Marshal Service, Asset Forfeiture Office, Attn: Janet R. Hall, 1735 Jefferson Davis Highway Crystal Square 3, Room 404, Arlington, VA 22202-4210 Posted 06/16/00 (W-SN465680). (0168)

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