R -- R -- ON-LINE AUTOMATED VALUATION OF RESIDENTAL REAL ESTATE

Notice Date

July 19, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, Oxon Hill, MD, 20745

ZIP Code

20745

Solicitation Number

TIRNO-01-Q-00172

Response Due

July 23, 2001

Point of Contact

Helen Carmona, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-283-1514, Fax 202-283-1514, Email helen.d.carmona@irs.gov -- Helen Carmona, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-283-1514, Fax 202-283-1514, Email helen.d.carmona@irs.gov

Description

The purpose of this 3rd AMENDMENT is to provide responses to questions submitted by potential offerors and provide website addresses. BE ADVISDED: The closing date HAS NOT been extended. Accordingly: the website for the ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment form is http://acprocurement.irs.gov/forms/achform.doc. The website for FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 2001) is http://www.arnet.gov/far/. The questions and responses follow: QUESTION 1: The reply to question number eighteen of the Q &A of July 18, 2001 states that " The IRS seeks a commercial on-line automated valuation system; that is, the product/service should be currently available to the general public and not developed specifically for this requirement". REPLY: On the basis of market surveys conducted for these services, the IRS has determined there are companies that currently provide on-line automated valuation of residential real estate; therefore, a competitive acquisition for these services was issued. QUESTION 2: Does the capacity of the required system allow the simultaneous use of all 700 IRS users? REPLY: Simultaneous usage by all 700 users is unlikely, however the system should be able to accommodate simultaneous sessions for approximately 300 -- 325 users at any given time. QUESTION 3: What is the content of the "centralized processing of taxpayer OIC submissions"? Does it include the most recent purchase date and purchase price, which, can be used for the evaluation of the real estate property? REPLY: The taxpayer is required to provide us with the subject property address, purchase date, and purchase price on their financial statement. QUESTION 4: The reply to question number four of the Q &A of July 18, 2001 states that, "the confidence factor should indicate the confidence the provider has that they are giving an accurate valuation of the subject property. A lower factor would cause the IRS to expend more efforts on the property and consistently low confidence factors would eventually work against a contractor at renewal time". The question is, since the confidence factor depends on the information the IRS provides regarding the most recent purchase date and purchase price of the real estate, if the confidence factor estimated by the system is consistently low what can the contractor do to improve the confidence factor if there are no new information provided by the IRS. REPLY: The confidence factor should not be based solely on the purchase price and date but should include the comparable sales data for the 70 to 80 percent where this data is available. It should also consider the relativity of the comparable sales property to the subject property. QUESTION 5: What is the content of the OIC case inventory? REPLY: The content of OIC case inventory is not relevant. QUESTION 6: What does 'Billing' mean in the statement 'Billing shall be by unique user ID and contain sufficient detail to allow..." REPLY: The contractor will bill the IRS monthly for IRS usage of the on-line property valuation system. This billing should allow IRS to identify the IRS employee by providing the user id of the employees as a part of the billing statement. QUESTION 7: For the deliverables, are there any other products we have to deliver apart from the on-line valuation system, maintenance of the system, daily reports, monthly/quarterly/annual reports and administrative management? REPLY: The only deliverables required are those set forth in the statement of work contained in the combined notice/solicitation announcement. QUESTION 8: What should be entered in column 2 (PRODUCT 1) of the 508 spreadsheet; should the name of the product be entered? Can 'N/A' be entered in column 4 (COMPLIANCE LEVEL) if it is not applicable to the service/product to be provided? REPLY: Yes, the name of the product should be entered in column 2. Yes, 'N/A' should be entered in column 4 if it is not applicable to the service/product to be provided.=20 =20

Web Link

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Record

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