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A -- PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR HIGHWAY POLICY ANALYSIS SOL DTFH61-97-R-00010 DUE 121796 POC Rick Murray, Contract Specialist, HAM-40E, (202) 366-2863. The purpose of this solicitation is to award one or more task order contracts to provide non-personal program support to assist the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in developing and/or evaluating positions on a range of transportation policy issues. Tasks may include, but are not limited to, support for policy analysis in the areas of: (1) emerging energy, environmental and highway finance issues, (2) highway cost allocation, truck size and weight, and freight demand issues, (3) interrelationships between highway investment and economic productivity, (4) strategic systems performance, (5) improved transportation data acquisition and management, (6) proposed or existing legislation and for implementation of legislative requirements, (7) improvement of the Agency's strategic management process, (8) indicators for the potential for U.S. road-related exports to international highway markets, and (9) identifying institutional and other technical assistance in specific developing countries. This is a follow procurement to two contracts awarded under RFP DTFH61-93-R-00055 to Battelle, Columbus, OH (DTFH61-93-C-00055 on 7/23/93 for $14,337,195) and to DRI/McGraw-Hill (DTFH61-93-C-00206 on 7/23/93 for $16,774,902). NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. Requests for a copy of this solicitation package must be made in writing to the above address as detailed in these instructions, and will be filled on a first come first served basis to compliant requests. PHONE AND/OR FACSIMILE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The requestor's DUN and Bradstreet (DUNS) number, point of contact and telephone number, should be included in the request along with two (2) self-addressed and gummed, return labels in order to expedite the request. The solicitation number should appear on the bottom edge of the labels. A separate written request is required for each solicitation package being requested. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by FHWA. The following notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Woman-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, woman-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rate to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. (0302)

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