R -- Private Collection Agencies (PCAs)

The U. S. Department of Education/Federal Student Aid (FSA) invites contractors currently holding GSA FSS Schedule 520-4 contracts to attend a Pre-Solicitation Conference at 9:00 am EST on Tuesday, January 22th, 2008 in the Barnard Auditorium in the Lyndon B. Johnson building, 400 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20202. Other interested parties, such as potential subcontractors or firms that have recently applied to GSA to obtain Schedule 520-4 contracts, may wish to attend. To allow time for building security check-in procedures, we recommend that you arrive by 8:30 am. FSA plans to conduct a competitive acquisition under GSA FSS Schedule 520-4. Selections of large and small business will be considered in the selection process. It is anticipated that a total of 15-17 contracts will be awarded as a result. ED is seeking to gain information on how best to structure that acquisition to ensure that ED selects businesses that will excel in performing collection services and to help all private collection agencies gain the knowledge of FSA's requirements needed to propose the best methods to fulfill the requirements successfully. Interested parties may review the draft Statement of Work (SOW) and the draft Request for Proposals (RFP), which will be posted for review about a week before the conference, at the website: http://www.pca.ed.gov/library.html and may provide comments to be considered prior to the official release. Please direct all comments and questions via e-mail to [email protected]. This notice is not a solicitation for proposals and is for informational and planning purposes only. Proposals are not requested at this time and will not be considered. A determination by the Government on how or if to proceed with this requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government based on the Government's needs and requirements. Please register for the conference using the form on the website http://fsaconferences.ed.gov/conferences/pcaprocurement.html by January 17, 2008. Please direct all comments and questions via e-mail to [email protected].