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R -- CHECK VERFICIATION SERVICES SOL CFOPD-00-R-002 DUE 113099 POC W. Cartis, tel (202)727-3897 Email: wcartis-cfo@dcgov.org E-MAIL: Email-on-demand utility, from which the RFP can be, rfp_at_~cfo-ojs@ccmail.dcgov.org. The Government of the District of Columbia, Office of Finance and Treasury (OFT) currently processes approximately 558,000 checks annually with an estimated value of $1.5 billion. It is expected that check verification and collection services will reduce the District's bad check (or "bounced") check costs and increase the District's revenue. A bad check is any check returned by the District's financial institution(s) unpaid. Currently, the District does not utilize check verification services and returned checks are collected by the Office of Finance and Treasury. Check verification will be implemented in up to ten (10) cashiering locations with the possibility of expansion. To obtain a copy of this solicitation, address an e-mail request at any time to the address below, and quote the solicitation number CFOPD-00-R-002 in the subject line of your message. The automated system will retrieve and automatically transmit the solicitation to the email address from which the request message arrived. The filewill be in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file format, and instructions for obtaining a free reader will also be provided. Deadline date for retrieval of the RFP is Monday 1 November 1999 and the deadline date for asking questions about the solicitation is 5 November 1999. Posted 10/22/99 (W-SN394225). (0295)

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