SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Processing & Paying Agent (PPA)/ Central Paying and Transfer Agent (CPTA) Services
- Notice Date
- 1/12/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 522294
— Secondary Market Financing
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Assisted Acquisitions Services (WQA), 301 7th St SW Rm 6109, Washington, District of Columbia, 20407, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20407
- Solicitation Number
- ID11170052
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2018
- Point of Contact
- John R. Lambert, Phone: 2029695605, Reva K Hutchinson, Phone: (202) 708-1253
- E-Mail Address
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john.lambert@gsa.gov, reva.hutchinson@gsa.gov
(john.lambert@gsa.gov, reva.hutchinson@gsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE This is a notice of the Government's intent to negotiate and award a sole source fixed price/labor hour contract to the Bank of New York Mellon under the authority of 41 U.S.C.3304(a)(1) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1. The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), National Capital Region (NCR) intends to solicit and award a sole source contract to the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286, to support the Ginnie Mae Processing & Paying Agent (PPA)/ Central Paying and Transfer Agent (CPTA) Services. The period of performance is January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, with a one year option period for transition out activities. An additional option provision will be included for extension of services for a period of time not to exceed six months in case award of the subsequent competitive procurement is delayed. The principal place of performance will be the contractor's facility. Services are currently being performed by BNYM under contract number R-DU100G-15-C08. This services contract is required to: (a) complete the migration of most of the BNYM's hosted systems, applications, software and hardware to the new IT Infrastructure Consolidation (ITIC) Provider; (b) provide Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) processing and professional services, and (c) ensure a smooth transition to a potential new awardee. A description of the migration services follows: (i) Pre-migration Planning Support; (ii) Virtualization Analysis Support; (iii) Migration Support; (iv) Testing & Parallel Processing; (v) HUD's Project Planning and Management (PPM); and (vi) Support the day-to-day operations for the Pool Processing Agent (PPA), Central Paying and Transfer Agent (CPTA), Platinum Trustee and Multiclass Information Agent services. A description of the MBS processing and professional services follows: (i) Grant and manage access to Ginnie Mae applications via the Ginnie Mae Enterprise Portal and ensure program participants meet MBS program guidelines; (ii) Process mortgage pool and loan information documents for issuing securities and for issuing Platinum pools; (iii) Receive and process Issuer requests to transfer mortgage servicing rights to other Ginnie Mae Issuers in good standing; (iv) Deliver issued pools to Federal Reserve for settlement; (v) Maintain a Central Registry of outstanding Ginnie Mae Single Class and Multiclass Securities; (vi) Disclose monthly Factor file information for Ginnie Mae newly issued and previously issued securities to the investor community; (vii) Act as Ginnie Mae's collection agent for principal and interest (P&I) payable by Issuers for all Ginnie Mae I and II securities and for guaranty fees due to Ginnie Mae for both Ginnie Mae I and II programs; (viii) Act as Ginnie Mae's paying agent for Ginnie Mae I and II securities and all emergency payments for Ginnie Mae I securities where the responsible Issuer cannot make payment; (ix) Provide O&M, hosting, and software enhancement services for Ginnie Mae's systems and applications; (x) Act as the trustee for Platinum MBS; (xi) Act as the Ginnie Mae Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) information agent for all Ginnie Mae guaranteed Multiclass Securities; (xii) Provide program participant training and attend and support Ginnie Mae at conferences relating to PPA/CPTA activities; (xiii) Create and maintain records and archives related to PPA/CPTA activities; (xiv) Implement and maintain a Disaster Recovery Plan to ensure continuity; (xv) Develop and maintain a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) to ensure continuity; and (xvi) Provide support for audits such as Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) 18 Type II SOC I and SOC II, Right to Audit, Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM), OMB A-123, Office of Inspector General audits, etc. This notice is published for informational purposes only and does not constitute a request for bids, quotes or proposals; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may submit a written response. All written responses must include a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information demonstrating the company's ability to meet the requirements without interruption to the Ginnie Mae PPA/CPTA services described herein. Interested sources may identify their interest and submit capability information in response to this notice via email to the Contracting Officer, Reva Hutchinson at reva.hutchinson@gsa.gov. All written responses must be received by January 29, 2018, 2:00 p.m. EST. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred for responding to this notice.
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