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R -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE LONG TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE (LTPP) PR OGRAM SOL DTFH61-97-R-00002 DUE 030397 POC John J. Nanartowicz, Contract Specialist, HAM-30C, (202)366-4247. The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Engineering and Highway Operations Research and Development has a requirement for pavement and traffic engineering technical support services in the support of the Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Program. Under this effort, the technical support services contractor shall be required to provide all necessary facilities, equipment, services, supplies, materials, and personnel to perform technical support in a variety of LTPP Program areas including but not limited to the following: (1) Participate in the development, refinement, oversight, and assessment of pavement and traffic activities conducted in support of LTPP research, (2) Provide technical services in support of quality assurance activities for LTPP Materials Testing Program, (3) Provide technical support to the FHWA LTPP staff in the development of specifications for and overview of the LTPP Information Management System (IMS), (4) Provide procedures and specifications for the quality control and quality assurance checks performed on data in the IMS, (5) Provide technical support in the review, assessment and overview of existing LTPP experiments and LTPP regional field operations, (6) Provide technical services consisting of review of and development of new technical procedures, as well as supplying overview of pavement monitoring activities including quality and uniformity of field operations, (7) Provide technical support to the FHWA LTPP staff for general planning and coordination of LTPP experiments for special needs as required, (8) Provide general support to the FHWA LTPP Program and customers as required. This requirement is a Full and Open Competitive Requirement. Contractor teaming arrangements are anticipated and encouraged. The FHWA anticipates using the Oral Presentation technique to supplement a succinct written proposal. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by FHWA. To request a copy of the solicitation, please furnish two (2) self-addressed gummed labels to the address indicated above. The transmittal letter must reference the solicitation number and title. (0355)

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