SOLICITATION NOTICE
S -- Macroeconomic Tools to Measure Impacts of Alternative Transportation Investments – USAGE-Hwy Analysis
- Notice Date
- 10/8/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary (OST) Administration Secretariate, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142-1093, United States
- ZIP Code
- 02142-1093
- Solicitation Number
- DTRT5716Q80004
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2015
- Point of Contact
- Karen M. Marino, Phone: 6174942437
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.marino@dot.gov
(karen.marino@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), intends to solicit, negotiate, and award a purchase order to Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies, Melbourne, Australia, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304© and FAR 6.3021 "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." The Government intends to procure, through a firm fixed-price purchase order, services to conduct the necessary analysis for measuring the impacts of alternative transportation investments, namely highway investments. The contractor will collaborate with the Volpe Center to incorporate modifications into the United States Applied General Equilibrium - Highway (USAGE-Hwy) model and conduct and report on new USAGE-Hwy models runs addressing high priority research questions. The Volpe Center will provide the contractor with specific highway scenarios; the contractor will conduct analytical runs of these scenarios using the USAGE model and shall provide a written report describing how the model results differ across the scenarios. A complete statement of work will be set forth in the Request for Quotation (RFQ). The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541990 and the small business size standard is $15.0M. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted. A firm fixed priced purchase order is anticipated. Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms' capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after fifteen (15) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. NOTE: All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access SAM at www.sam.gov to register and/or obtain information about the registration process.
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