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U -- TRAINING COURSE, PROCURING NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSIT Sol IDT96AT-25. Due 101796. Contact Point, Stephan Parker, 908/932-1700, ext. 20, or FAX 908/932-1707. This contract is for the development and delivery of a short-term training course on the systems approach to successful procurement and implementation of new technologies, and to provide instruction and resource materials on the necessary steps leading to a contract. The transit industry needs to apply lessons learned from early procurement of new technology systems, whether software, hardware or innovative services, to make future decisions better. This course is for transit agency personnel who are engaged in procuring new technologies, including end-users of the proposed systems, as well as specialists from the legal, procurement, and project management disciplines who may attend the course individually or as part of an agency team. The contract will require a list of materials, course outline, case studies, cirriculum and all materials, including a participant resource manual, presentation of a pilot session and delivery of the course up to twenty-three (23) times over the three and one-half (3-1/2) years of the contract (two and one-half (2-1/2) years plus one (1) option year). To obtain a copy of the complete RFP, send a written request on organization letterhead to the address above. Faxed requests will be accepted; telephone requests are unacceptable. RFPs will be mailed first-class in early September. Small businesses, minority-owned business and/or female-owned businesses are encouraged to submit proposals. (240)

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