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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 11,1997 PSA#1822Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of
Procurement, 200 Third Street, Room 207, Parkersburg WV 26101-5312 D -- SELLING U.S. SAVINGS BONDS VIA RECURRING ACH DEBIT SOL BPD
97-CI-0002 DUE 061297 POC Point of Contact, Bruce Feirtag,
304-480-7600, Contracting Officer, Orlando Yaconis, 304-480-6529
E-MAIL: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt,
procurement@bpd.treas.gov. The Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) will
issue a commercial item solicitation for selling U.S. savings bonds via
Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit. The Contractor's service shall
consist of automatic, recurring purchases of U.S. Savings Bonds via
preauthorized ACH debits to a customer's bank account in the amount
necessary to purchase a U.S. savings bond. The Contractor shall be
responsible for the following: processing customer enrollment
applications (which will contain customer, bank account, bond
inscription, and bond denomination data); establishing and servicing
customer accounts; establishing and maintaining a masterfile of
customer enrollment and transaction data; debiting customer bank
accounts; and transmitting bond data to a servicing Federal Reserve
Bank. In addition, the Contractor shall provide customer support
services to current and potential customers of this service. Requests
for the solicitation document must be made in writing. Telephonic
requests will not be accepted; however, requests may be faxed to (304)
480-6632 or e-mailed to Procurement@bpd.treas.gov. Receipt of faxed
and e-mail requests must be confirmed by calling (304) 480-6529.
Respondents to the Request For Information (RFI) (published in the CBD
on August 14, 1996) need not request the solicitation document, as
they will automatically be included in the distribution. The Service
Contract Act is likely to apply to this contract; however, the place of
performance is unknown. The solicitation document will include Wage
Determinations from geographic locations based on the mailing addresses
from inquiries and responses to the RFI, which include: Chicago, IL;
Columbus, OH; Fairfield, CT; Fairmont, WV; New York, NY; Pittsburgh,
PA; Rochester, NY; Santa Clarita, CA; St. Petersburg, FL; Waltham, MA;
and Washington, DC. The Contracting Officer will request additional
wage determinations for possible places of performance if asked to do
so in writing to the above address, faxed to (304) 480-6632 or e-mailed
to Procurement@bpd.treas.gov no later than May 8, 1997. Receipt of
faxed and e-mailed requests must be confirmed by calling (304)
480-6529. A pre-proposal conference is planned for May 14, 1997, at the
Federal Reserve Bank of Pittsburgh. Details of the meeting time and
location will be provided with the solicitation document. If you would
like to attend this conference, you must provide us with the names of
the attendees in writing. If you have questions regarding this
solicitation prior to the conference, they must be received in writing.
Requests to attend the conference and any questions must be sent to the
above address, faxed to (304) 480-6632 or e-mailed to
Procurement@bpd.treas.gov no later than May 8, 1997. Receipt of faxed
and e-mailed requests must be confirmed by calling (304) 480-6529.
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