The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD) intends to procure the following services: Investing escrow account balances which are maintained by the Agency for real estate taxes and insurance premiums for the Single Family Housing (SFH) loan program borrowers and disbursements services (paper and electronic) for the purpose of paying the SFH borrowers real estate taxes and insurance premiums. The total potential term for the contract will be a base year, plus 4 option years. The solicitation is unrestricted. Inquiries are due by 12:00 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) on September 8, 2006. Proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. EST on September 20, 2006. The NAICS code is 523920 and the size standard is $6.0 M. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the agency. This solicitation will only be available electronically through the World Wide Web. It is the contractor?s responsibility to have the appropriate electronic media necessary to download the solicitation. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Point of Contact is Eboni Luck, Contract Specialist, Telephone (202) 692-0307, Fax (202) 692-0235, email
[email protected].