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R -- REAL ESTATE CLOSING AGENT SERVICES IN SOUTH CAROLINA SOL DU204-R-97-0028 DUE 052897 POC Charles A. Lipthrott or Michael L. Swan WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities Web Page, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Charles Lipthrott, Contract Specialist for this solicitation, charles_a._lipthrott@hud.gov. HUD requires services to perform closings on the sale of HUD acquired property and document preparation for such closings and associated loan paperwork. Properties are located within the State of South Carolina: Area 3 (Cherokee, Spartanburg, and Union Counties); and Area 4 (Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Pickens, Oconee and McCormick Counties). The contract period is for two years, with two one-year extensions. Solicitation may result in separate contracts for each area. See Numbered Note: 1. Copies of the soliciation may be obtained by written or faxed requests, or downloaded from our internet site. Our fax number is (404) 730-3426, ATTN: Charles Lipthrott. Telephone requests will NOT be honored. HUD posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on its Internet Home Page Contracting Opportunities site at http://www.hud.gov.cts.ctsoprty.html. NOTE: THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING NO EARLIER THAN 16 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ITS PUBLICATION. Potential offerors who download copies of solicitations from HUD's Home Page will NOT automatically receive any amendments to those solicitations. You are advised to check back frequently to see if HUD has issued any amendments to solicitations you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on, and may be downloaded from, HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. (0098)

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