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

A -- ACCIDENT DATA ANALYSIS SUPPORT SOL DTRS-57-97-R-00004 DUE 110996 POC Theresa Lombardelli, Contract Specialist, 617/494-2172. Anthony Flaherty, Contracting Officer, 617/494-2673. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has a requirement for task order type R&D support relating to vehicle crashworthiness and the national accident experience. The contractor shall perform analyses that will define existing or projected risks, fatalities, injuries and property damage based on the national accident experience statistics, registrations, vehicle miles traveled, vehicle characteristics and trends, speeds, and other relevant factors. Tasks yielding correlations between vehicle design attributes and safety performance, distributions of injury severities as a function of occupant position, age, restraint use, and crash type, and examinations of data sets from miscellaneous sources for their applicability would be typical during the duration of the contract. The Contractor is required to have capabilities and experience in statistics, highway vehicle crashworthiness and highway accident databases. Duration of the contract is three (3) years and 9,000 professional technical labor hours will be required. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. The date listed in block 10 is an anticipated response date only. Request for a copy of the solicitation must be in writing specifying the solicitation number. Telephone requests will not be honored. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, payment, and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding the bonding and lending programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169. competitivtext (0278)

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