Specifications include, but are not limited to:The purpose of this solicitation is to establish service providers for debt collection of accounts referred by South Carolina Higher Education Institutions (and/or billing services if automatic assignment is instituted). Debt collection shall achieve a maximal recovery of debts. Examples of assignments include returned checks, housing debts, parking fines, tuition agreements, telephone bills, library fines, emergency loans, and student health center. The Higher Education Institution reserves the right to include other forms of student debts for collection. The Student Loans portfolio consists of a variety of student loan indebtedness. Types of assignments may include Perkins loans, all type of Health Professional loans (i.e. Nursing, Medicine, Primary Care, Dental, and Pharmacy), and all type of Institutional Loans.