Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement (NAD-30), 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590

76 -- BUYING A SAFE CAR BROCHURE SOL DTNH22-97-Q-02047 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Margaret Bryant, Contract Specialist, (202) 366-9887, or Janice B. Flemming, Contracting Officer, (202) 366-9564 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to negotiate with American Automobile Associate (AAA) to provide 230,000 copies of the 1997 edition of a brochure entitled "Buying A Safe Car". The total cost should include printing and any cost for shipping and handling fee. The contractor will be required to ship the brochures to four different locations. The American Automobile Associates (AAA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly produced the updated version. Expressions of interest without sufficient detail to permit evaluation of capabilities will not be considered. Oral expressions of interest will not be considered. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations nor is a Request-for-Quotations solicitation document currently available. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive simplified acquisition. In the absence of responses from interested firms demonstrating their capability, NHTSA intends to request a quotation from the American Automobile Association on a noncompetitive basis for the item described. Responses must be received by the listed procuring office with 15 calendar days from the date of the publication of this notice. (AC0604012-02) (0155)

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