Net Gain Marketing today released data from the firm?s GovWatch operations indicating that requests for proposal (RFPs) from public sector entities seeking to outsource collection operations yielded $2,430,914,824 in portfolios available for bidding and eventual servicing during the second quarter of 2006. Of this number, $76,572,000 represented portfolios from entities that had never before outsourced. Entities releasing RFPs during the second quarter included outsourcers such as the Alaska Commission of Postsecondary Education, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the State of Delaware?s Department of Finance. Newcomers to collections outsourcing during this quarter included Spartanburg, South Carolina; Davenport, Iowa; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Net Gain Marketing?s GovWatch service enables collection agencies to outsource the front-end and back-end data collection efforts needed to market more efficiently to public sector buyers. Through GovWatch, Net Gain Marketing provides bid matching and researches contracts nationally, giving clients a consolidated snapshot of every opportunity to save time for busy collection agency executives. Additional GovWatch operations include following up with buyers to capture additional information and submitting FOIA requests (Freedom of Information Act) to buyers after various contracts have been awarded to uncover additional details. Through GovWatch, Net Gain Marketing provides comparable pricing data to assist clients in pricing their bids while helping them tell their unique stories in a compelling, compliant format.