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R -- PRIVATE COUNSEL SERVICES DUE 012896 POC Tim Spencer 202 307-1956. As a result of enactment 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 districts: 1) the Southern District of Florida -- Miami, 2) Middle District of Florida -- Tampa, 3) Southern District of Texas -- Houston, 4) Northern District of California -- San Francisco, 5) District of New Jersey -- Newark, 6) Northern District of New York -- Syracuse. The contractors will be required to pursue debt collection activities which parallel existing industry procedures which have proven to be effective and efficient, interact with Government representatives at defined stages of the collection process (i.e., settlement, compromise, etc.), input relevant case data in a computer data 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 judicial district where they will perform the legal services required under this contract. 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 district for which they offer to provide services. 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 four contracts in each district. The period of performance for each contract will be one base year plus up to four option years. Interested firms should request a copy of the solicitation for the district in which they are interested as follows (each solicitation to be issued on or about December 16, 1996): JRJMD-97-R-0016 for Miami, FL, JRJMD-97-R-0017 for Tampa, FL, JRJMD-97-R-0018 for Houston,TX, JRJMD-97-R-0019 for San Francisco, CA, JRJMD-97-R-0020 for Newark, NJ, JRJMD-97-R-0021 for Syracuse, NY. Only written requests will be accepted. (0340)

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