Pre-action offer for Not-yet-listed HUD auction property?

[Jim L.]

Looking for advice on how to contact someone who can make a decision. I'm looking at a pre/mid foreclosure property for which the deed of trust has been repeatedly assigned, with the latest assignee being a collection processor. I phoned the last-recorded assignee to see what I could learn, but was told merely that all properties associated with the assignee are with a HUD auction site. The property does appear on a HUD auction site, but with no details about auction date, opening bid amount, etc. I called the "bidder information" number provided on the auction site, and learned that that the firm merely handles the auction, once they receive more information. (I.e., the date/location/etc. of the auction is TBD.) So, it seems there is not straightforward way to offer on a property for which the assignee is collecting. The owner has been out of the property so long I sincerely doubt that s/he even cares enough to know much. Realizing the answer may depend on where, who, etc., is anyone aware of a means, at this stage, to make a pre-foreclosure offer on this property?