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76 -- RESIDENTIAL COST HANDBOOK QUARTERLY UPDATES POC Contact Patti Swann, (202) 690-9828, Contracting Officer 76 -- Amendment. Sole Source -- Small Business. USDA, Rural Development intends to negotiate with Marshall & Swift Company, Bridgewater, New Jersey for the acquisition of residential cost handbook updates that are published quarterly for a base year and four option year periods. These quarterly updates shall provide data that augment or modify the methods for estimating replacement cost, including data that is applied against different physical measurements of buildings. The quarterly updates shall include: 1) unit-in-place costs for yard improvements and miscellaneous building components; 2) information relating to capitalization, market data, estimated life of replacement components, insurance exclusions, building nomenclature and other items of interest to appraisers; 3) instructions and tables for typical residential depreciation; 4) current cost multipliers, and local multipliers by state and city that will be used in conjunction with the current cost multipliers for adjusting cost to a specific locality; 5) cost data on the different types of residential structures (i.e., manufactured housing, townhousing, rowhouse, detached and semi-detached houses); and 6)a breakdown on construction quality levels for residential structures. The quarterly updates will be shipped to Rural Development nationwide. See Note #22. All inquiries must be in writing, addressed to the Contracting Officer. Inquiries may be faxed to 202-690-9829. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. (0225)

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