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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 FBO #0670
SOLICITATION NOTICE

B -- American Public Transit Association Wheel Specification for Safety Assurance

Notice Date
9/26/2003
 
Notice Type
Solicitation Notice
 
Contracting Office
55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142
 
ZIP Code
02142
 
Solicitation Number
DTRS57-03-Q-80218
 
Response Due
10/10/2003
 
Archive Date
10/10/2003
 
Point of Contact
Point of Contact - Donald E. MacGee, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2803
 
E-Mail Address
Email your questions to Contract Specialist
(donald.macgee@volpe.dot.gov)
 
Description
NA The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) plans to procure a sole source from Rusin Consulting Corporation, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, to provide analyses of current wheel designs with known service experience through detailed elastic-plastic finite element analysis of selected operating scenarios (mechanical loads from wheel/rail contact and thermal loads from on-tread braking). This procurement will be conducted under Simplified Acquisition procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. The Volpe Center has been supporting the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in the area of Wheel Specification for Safety Assurance specifically toward development of fitness-for-service design criteria for railroad wheel used in transit and passenger applications. This proposed action i s for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority in FAR Part 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses received to this notice would normally be considered, solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. RFQ issuance will be on or about October 14, 2003. A single award will result from this solicitation. No telephone requests will be accepted- only written requests for this solicitation will be accepted ? however, we will accept requests for this solicitation via facsimile, at (617) 494-3024, Attn: Donald MacGee DTS-853.
 
Web Link
Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page
(http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html)
 
Record
SN00442697-W 20030928/030926213111 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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