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B -- SUBMISSION OF CAPABILITY STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE VENDOR INCLUSION IN GUIDE FOR USE BY PHAS IN CONDUCTING FAIR MARKET RENT SURVEYS DUE 010397 POC Alan Fox, Office of Policy Development and Research, (202) 708-9426 x328 or E-mail alan_fox@hud.gov. This is not a sources sought for a procurement action. This notice is to advise firms interested in performing Fair Market Rent (FMR) surveys for Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) of the existence of a guide describing in detail how such an FMR must be conducted. Vendors who have been deemed capable of providing such services are listed in the guide, which is made available to PHAs for use in building a source list. Firms already listed in the guide need not respond. They will remain in the guide unless they request deletion from it. New potential vendors who wish to be included in the guide must obtain a copy of the guide, review the guide, then send a capablility statement to Alan Fox, HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, Room 8224, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. A favorable evaluation of the firm's capability will result in that vendor's inclusion in the guide. The title of the guide is "Random Digit Dialing Surveys: A Guide to Assist Larger Public Housing Agencies in preparing Fair Market Rent Comments" and is available from Alan Fox, (202) 708-9426 x 328 or E-mail alan_fox@hud.gov or at the address shown above in this block. Capability statements are due on or before January 3, 1997. (0338)

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