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

S -- GUARD SERVICES SOL DTRS57-97-B-00012 DUE 022897 POC Eileen Norcott, Contracting Officer, 617-494-2180, Mary Vitiello, Contract Specialist, 617-494-2389 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www/volpe.dot.gov/procure.htm. Services shall consist of labor and equipment to provide daily 24-hour protection of the occupants, facilities and equipment of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. The Government intends to award a combination firm fixed price and indefinite quantity contract for a period of one (1) base year (twelve months) plus three (3), one year option periods. The Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this procurement is 7381. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet, these documents will be available in text format and reside on a WWW server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: "http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure.htm". Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Requests for a hardcopy of the solicitation must be submitted in writing to the address above. Telephone requests will not be honored. The following notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to asssist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. 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 an 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 program, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting officials listed above. See Numbered Note 1. (0015)

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