DOT/RSPA/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142

70 -- SOFTWARE MODIFICATION TO TRANSCAD GISPLUS & MAPTITUDE SOFTWARE SOL PR# 49-0649 POC Anthony J. Flaherty Contracting Officer, 617/494-2673. The Volpe Center plans to procure, as a sole source acquisition from Caliper Corporation, four (4) labor years of technical support services to modify TransCAD, GISPlus & Maptitude Software for further specific transportation analyses. The Volpe Center and the U.S. Department of Transportation currently have an extensive installed base of the above mentioned products. This procurement will consist of multiple, independent tasks designed to customize the geographic information system (GIS)/ transportation analysis (TA) software packages to address specific application requirements of a number of ongoing projects at the U.S. Department of Transportation. In the absences of responses from firms who can demonstrate their capability to perform this requirement, The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center intends to negotiate with Caliper Corporation on a noncompetitve basis for the work described above. The authority for this action is 41 USC 253 (c)(1). All responsible sources may respond to the synopsis and all responses will be fully considered by the agency. No contract award will be made on the basis of offers/proposals received in response to this synopsis since this notice is not a request for offers/proposals. Responses must be in writing and be received no later than May 28, 1996. See Numbered Note 22. Responses must reference Procurement Request 49-551. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. (0129)

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