U.S. Department Of HUD, New York Asc, Philadelphia Contracting Branch (3AAC), 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3380

R -- CLOSING AGENT SOL R-PHI-00301 DUE 091898 POC Elisa Weise, Contract Specialist, (215) 656-0674, ext. 3296 WEB: Click here to go to HUD's Contracting Opportunities, http://www.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Elisa Weise, Elisa_Weise@hud.gov. The HUD Philadelphia Contracting Operations Branch intends to procure Closing Agent services -- approx. 235 closings for Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, and Berks Counties in the State of PA; and, approx. 30 closings for Clinton, Columbia, Franklin, Luzerne, Lycoming, Lackawanna, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, and Wyoming Counties in the State of PA. These services will be required on an as needed basis for approx. 14 months. The SIC code is 7389. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be made available on or after September 3, 1998; all interested parties should submit a written request for the RFQ to the above address or a facsimile request to (215) 656-3453, attn: Elisa Weise. Telephone requests will not be accepted. See Numbered Note #1. 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. Posted 08/18/98 (W-SN238626). (0230)

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