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R -- 499 CLOSING AGENT SERVICES SOL B-FTW-00100 DUE 071598 POC Dan Blake or Thomas D. Moore (817) 978-9301 WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Roy D. Blake, Roy_D._Blake@hud.gov. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires Closing Agent Services to close the sale of HUD-owned homes in the Texas counties of: Tarrant, Wise, Jack, Parker, Palo Pinto, Hood, Erath, Sommervall, Johnson, Bosque, Hamilton, Dallas, Callahan, Eastland, Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young, Montague, Clay, Wichita, Archer, Wilbarger, Hardeman, Baylor, Foard, Knox, Anderson, Henderson, Cherokee, Rusk, Wood, Smith, Van Zandt, Upsur, Kaufman, Gregg, Rains, Camp, Bell, Falls, McLennan, Coryell, Lampasas, Burnett, Llano, Williamson, Limestone, Freeston, Navarro, Hill, and Ellis. Multiple Indefinite Quantity Contracts will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. Resultant contracts will consist of a one year base period and four one year options. This solicitation will be a 100% Small Business Set-aside. Invitations for Bids (IFB) shall be issued on or about June 15, 1998. Bids will be due 30 days after date issued. Please submit written or faxed requests. Fax number is (817) 978-9052. NOTE #1 applies. 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. (0149)

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