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

R -- LIBRARY SERVICES POC Kathleen M. Foley, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2824, Anthony J. Flaherty, Acquisition Manager, (617) 494-2673 WEB: VOLPE CENTER ACQUISITION DIVISION HOME PAGE, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure.htm. E-MAIL: Enter here to contact the contract specialist., foley@volpe1.dot.gov. Provide access to a wide range of material on transportation issues covering the scientific and technical areas, social science areas, and policy and regulation areas. Provide direct access to Volpe National Transportation Systems Center personnel by interlibrary loans with Volpe Center library, photocopy requests and reference service. Anticipated period of performance is one year with two one year options. Intent is a sole source procurement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. A market survey was conducted in February 1997 and the results of this survey support our determination to solicit and negotiate with only one firm. The authority cited is FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties must submit a written qualifications package no later than 15 days after the date of this publication. 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 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 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 mayregister at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments, and 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 transmission 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 foley@volpe1.dot.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0064)

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