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R -- PRIVATE COUNSEL SERVICES SOL JPJMD-99-R-0029 POC Contracting Officer, Erich Fischer, 202-307-1960 WEB: Private Counsel -- Chicago, http://www.usdoj.gov/07business/07_5.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, erich.g.fischer@usdoj.gov. NOTE: This procurement is open ONLY to LAW FIRMS or SOLO practitioners of LAW licensed to practice law in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. As a result of P.L. 104-134, which amended the Federal Debt Recovery Act, the Department of Justice intends to award contracts to private practitioners of law for debt collection services on behalf of the United States in the following federal judicial district: Northern District of Illinois -- Chicago. The contractors will be required to pursue debt collection activities which parallel existing industry procedures that have proven to be effective and efficient; to interact with government representatives at defined stages of the collection process (i.e., settlement, compromise, etc.); to input relevant case data in a computer base maintained by the government. Payment will be made by a combination of contingency fees and firm, fixed prices. Law firms or solo practitioners who respond to this solicitation MUST be regularly engaged in the private practice of LAW within the Northern Federal Judicial District of Illinois. "Regularly engaged in the private practice of law" is construed to mean that at least 20% of the debt collection cases handled by the offeror arise in the Northern Federal Judicial District of Illinois. NOTE: The Act provides that the Department may contract ONLY with law firms or solo practitioners of law since contractors must represent the United States in court. The government anticipates awarding up to three contracts (or more or less at the discretion of the government). The period of performance for each contract will be one base year plus up to six optional years. Interested firms should request a copy of solicitation JRJMD-99-R-0029 to be issued on or about May 10, 1999. Paper copies of solicitations will be sent ONLY to law firms or solo practitioners of law that submit requests in writing to the issuing office on Law Firm or Solo Attorney letterhead. Interested firms should request solicitation JPJMD-99-R-0028 by sending a written request to the Contracting Officer, Erich Fischer, to the address stated above. Only written requests will be accepted. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the solicitation at the DOJ web page: http://www.usdoj.gov/07business/07_5.html after the issue date. Posted 04/07/99 (W-SN317428). (0097)

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