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99 -- PROFESSIONAL RESTORATION/CONSERVATION OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE MURALS IN THE ALLEGHANY AREA SOL DTRS57-97-R-00015 DUE 041097 POC Carol Ferrante, Contracting Officer, 617/494-2421. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center is in the process of issuing a solicitation for the Restoration/Conservation of United States Postal Service Murals in the Alleghany (OH/PA) area. Many of those post offices where artwork was placed over fifty years of age and the unique combination of architecture, art, and internal design make them eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This also makes the facilities subject to the National Historic Preservation Act. Phase I of the project has been completed during which qualified art conservators assessed the condition of the existing murals and produced individual Mural Treatment Reports. This requirement is for Phase II of the project, in which a qualified conservator(s) will perform the conservation/restoration on five (5) to twelve (12) murals out of the seventy (70) that will be listed in the solicitation. The solicitation will be for multiple awards with each mural being competed among the awardees as a separate task order. Each contract to be awarded will be an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a potential of not-to-exceed $250,000 and it will be firm fixed price. The conservator will also include, as required, backup personnel who are able to help with any lead abatement during conservation/restoration of the murals. The scope of work and general requirements will be issued with the RFP. Those offerors interested in receiving the solicitation must either send a written request at the address indicated in the synopsis or telefax a request to 617/494-3024. No Telephone requests will be accepted. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under theDOT 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 and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. 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. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments abd other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. Requests for a hardcopy of the solicitation may be mailed or sent via E-Mail to [Ferrante@Volpe1.dot.gov]. Telephone requests will not be honored. competitivtext See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0037)

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