R -- THRIFT EXAMINATION CONTRACT SERVICES

Notice Date

September 28, 2000

Contracting Office

Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Procurement and Administrative Services, 1700 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC, 20552

ZIP Code

20552

Solicitation Number

OTS-00-020

Response Due

October 27, 2000

Point of Contact

Jim Harden, Sr. Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 906-7351, Fax (202) 906-5648, Email james.harden@ots.treas.gov -- Elaine Logan, Manager, Procurement Branch, Phone 202-906-6193, Fax 202-906-5648, Email

E-Mail Address

Jim Harden (james.harden@ots.treas.gov)

Description

The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), U. S. Department of the Treasury, is the primary regulator of all federal and many state-chartered thrift institutions. The OTS was established as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury on August 9, 1989 and has 5 Regional Offices located in Jersey City, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco. The OTS wishes to contract for thrift examination services throughout the United States with multiple individuals and small business firms with the specific knowledge, experience, and skills required for the examination of financial institutions. Such examinations include, but are not limited to, aspects of safety and soundness, credit risk analysis, community reinvestment act/consumer compliance, and financial institution information systems. Award of multiple, Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ), task-order type contracts to individuals and small firms is envisioned. A contract period of one base period, plus four option years, is anticipated. Only individuals and small firms capable of performing the following aspects of thrift examinations should plan to participate in this competitive solicitation: Credit risk analysis, General Thrift (Safety and Soundness) examination, Community Reinvestment Act/ Consumer Compliance review, and Thrift information technology review. Proposals from individuals and small business firms will be evaluated on federal financial regulatory examination skills and experience, past performance, and price reasonableness. OTS will also evaluate potential conflicts of interest, financial disclosure information, and other background information that may be part of the Request for Proposal (RFP). The OTS will select awardees using a _best value_ approach in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Contracts will be awarded to individuals and small firms offering the best combination of technical expertise and price as delineated in the RFP. This is a small-business set-aside procurement under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 8748. Individuals and small firms may download the solicitation from this web site and OTS_ web site at http://www.ots.treas.gov/public-info.html. Hard copies of the RFP will not be issued. Proposal due date will be specified in the RFP. The Contract Specialist for this project is Jim Harden. Questions regarding this solicitation are posted on this web site (www.eps.gov) and OTS_ web site at http://www.ots.treas.gov/public-info.html. Interested offerors are requested to review all questions and answers before submitting questions. Questions not already posted may be emailed to james.harden@ots.treas.gov or be faxed to Jim Harden_s attention at 202-906-5648. Answers, as well as any solicitation amendments, will be posted on OTS_ web site and www.eps.gov Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. See Numbered Note 1.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001002/RSOL001.HTM (D-272 SN502037)