99 -- Treasury Seeking Nationwide Debit Card Services (Financial Agent Selection)

NOTE: The contact office information listed above is incorrect. All questions should be directed to the Agency Enterprise Division of FMS by e-mail at [email protected]. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), seeks applications from qualified financial institutions to serve as a Financial Agent of the United States. The selected Financial Agent will provide debit card services nationwide to unbanked check recipients of Social Security and other Federal benefit payments, beginning in January 2008. FMS will select one or more Financial Agents to provide the financial services in accordance with FMS's Financial Agent Selection Process (FASP). The FASP governs this selection process, which is not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Applications from interested financial institutions must be received by FMS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on October 2, 2007. For more information, see www.fms.treas.gov/aboutfms/business.html. Any questions regarding the applications submission process must be submitted to FMS via e-mail at [email protected]. NOTE: Responses to Common Questions may be found at FMS's web site at http://fms.treas.gov/debitcard/soq_questions.html. Please check the web site frequently for additional questions and answers.