**UPDATE 22 Jan 2020: Please see attached vendor questions and answers. In addition to those questions and answers, see the following questions the Agency has determined need to be answered and submitted with any final response to the RFI by 31 January 2020. Please reference the following section of the draft solicitation: Section 5.1 - Steps For Competing Awards Between Awardees (Applies to Task Orders) Per Section 5.1, the government intends to compete the annual task orders among awardees. As stated in the draft solicitation, the proposals that are submitted during the annual competitions will be evaluated on the overall mean (average) best value. The annual task order competitions will be evaluated using the same evaluation criteria that will be used in the original solicitation. Question #1: Will the annual unknown fluctuation of volumes and location of services impact your organizations ability to execute the contract deliverables timely? If so, please explain how. Question #2: Will the annual competition impact your organizations ability to effectively and efficiently establish your subcontracting network per the requirements? If so, please explain how. Question #3: Will the annual competition create any challenges for your organization? If so, please identify the challenges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **UPDATE: Due date for questions has been extended from 5 January 2020 at 3:00 PM EST to 10 January 2020 at 3:00 PM EST. This is a Request for Information (RFI), This is not a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this RFI is for the vendors to provide feedback for the anticipated Nationwide Default Management Services (NDMS) Turn-Key Contract. An additional purpose of this RFI is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their ability to render a contract of this magnitude and subcontract at a high percentage to small business, to include all socioeconomic certifications under SBA relative to NAICS 531390, Other Activities Related to Real Estate. Responses to this RFI will be used by the Government to make more informed acquisition decisions. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this RFI or any follow up information requests. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business set-aside based upon responses hereto for any subsequent action. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a Federal contract and with their local SBA office, if claiming anything other than large business please provide a copy of SBA certification. A separate notice for intent to bundle will be issued in accordance with FAR 7.107-3(a). The goal of the USDA-RD is to provide a solicitation that is clear and specific enough to allow wide and accurate participation among the vendor pool. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Please see this entire RFI and in the associated attachment for the NDMS Effort and provide feedback to the questions and requests below. * Questions regarding this RFI must be submitted electronically in a Portable Document Format (PDF) to be received no later than 3:00 PM, EST, 05 January 2020 via
[email protected] . Do not request for information regarding acquisition strategy or regarding the potential solicitation posting date. *Government responses to vendor Questions will be posted NLT 3:00 PM, EST, 22 January 2020. *Submit final responses to this RFI via
[email protected] with the subject line title "NDMS Feedback response" and your company name, NLT 31 January 2020, 3:00 PM, EST. Potential offerors are encouraged to provide questions, comments, and suggestions relating to the RFI and all attachments. Questions received will be consolidated and answered (if deemed valuable information for all interested parties). The Government will not disclose the identity of the potential offeror asking the questions. Please mark submitted proprietary information/data accordingly. Cover page (or within email, if applicable) of response shall include: Contractor name, address, point of contact information, DUNS, CAGE, and small business information, if applicable (including reference to NAICS 531390). please answer the following questions and submit to the email inbox listed above: Do you intend to submit an offer (as the prime contractor) in response to a Final NDMS Solicitation? Do you have suggestions on pricing for each service in reference to the options/questions asked in schedule B attached? If so, provide recommended pricing structures? Provide information on how the master servicer fees will be captured in each of the individual services and not a separate management fee. Provide your experience in brief showing how you can provide all default services under this scope nationwide (to include US territories) in accordance with the SOO. Experience providing Nationwide default Management services Experience providing the loan servicing tasks Experience Providing Nationwide Foreclosure Legal Services Experience Providing Nationwide Property Management and Property Preservation Services Experience Providing Nationwide REO Management Services Experience in successfully transitioning similar contracts with a value of $150M or more. Experience providing Nationwide Appraisal Evaluation Provide possible innovations and streamlines on how current industry performs the four major default services under one master servicer. Provide any efficiencies/recommendations/feedback on the current SOO. Provide feedback on government set subcontracting small business goals Foreclosure/Legal Service: 65% Property Preservation Services: 60% REO Mgmt./Disposition Services: 25% Appraisals: 50% Provide feedback on possible methodology and feasibility of the four major default services under one management servicer. Provide information on how IT requirements/platform will impact transition time between the government and master servicer. Provide information on transition-in/transition-out timelines and phasing. The government intends to compete annual task orders amongst awardees. Pricing and past performance will be the evaluation criteria. The potential for the division of volume after the transition-in phase, could be as follows: 50/50 60/40 70/30 If other than 50/50, what issues do you foresee, if any, could impact your efficiency and subcontracting pool? Provide options for invoicing and tracking methodology (bi-monthly). Provide industry-wide standard for credit limits for a master servicer. NOTE: Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is voluntary. As stipulated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.201, responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Any information submitted by respondents to this RFI is voluntary and will not be returned. The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred or associated with the submission of information in response to this RFI. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion.