Insurance Endorsement Support Services

The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) Chicago Operations Branch intends to solicit a Request for Proposals (RFP) Number DU205NC-13-R-0002 in support of the HUD Denver Homeownership Center (HOC). The contractor shall provide direct support of the endorsement functions. This support shall cover assistance through all stages of the active life case binder sent to the Denver Processing and Underwriting Denver (PUD) for endorsement. The services include mail processing, data entry reflecting receipt and assignment of cases in the Computerized Homes Underwriting Management (CHUMS), archiving completed case files, filing of case binders, maintaining insuring information in PUD tracking logs, providing reports, performing quality control functions related to the endorsement function, and other miscellaneous functions relating to endorsement processing. The contractor shall supply all labor, supervision, and oversight necessary to ensure completion of services in accordance with the contract requirements. The contractor staff shall be capable of lifting heavy boxes (estimated at 25-50 pounds). HUD intends to issue a competitive solicitation and place a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 8 (a) contract directly with a qualified 8 (a) contractor under the 8 (a) program pursuant to a "Agency Offering," and the Partnership Agreement between HUD and SBA identified in FAR Part 19.800. The estimated period of performance is five (5) years, from August 30, 2013 to August 29, 2018. This proposed procurement is for a firm fixed price contract in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 16.2 Fixed-Price Contracts. HUD intends to issue a Performance Base Contract, in accordance with FAR 5.205 (f) Section 8 (a) competitive acquisition, this synopsis contains the following information: 1) This acquisition is being offered for competition limited to eligible SBA (a) business concerns. 2) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICA) code is 561611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, and the size standard is $14.0 Million The Solicitation package will be available on or 15 calendar days after this notice, and the due date of receipt proposals are 30 days from the RFP issue dated. Please submit questions to Preston Brown, Contract Specialist, HUD, OCPO/Chicago Contracting Operations Branch, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Room 2517, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3507 or you may send an E-mail to Preston.Brown@hud.gov. Please make reference to the solicitation number. You are advised to check back frequently to see if HUD has issued any modification to this announcement or amendments to the solicitation you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on the FedbizOpps site. Upon the release of the solicitation all offerors are asked to review the entire RFP prior to submission of a proposal, Offeror submission must clearly address the Selection Criteria stated in the RFP. Offeror must provide a clear and legible Tax Identification (TIN), Data Universal Numbering System (DUN) Number; registered in System for Award Management (SAM) and the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 4.1103(1) (2). More information is available at http://www.sam.gov.