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A -- MONITORING HEALTH EFFECTS OF POWER FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION EXPOSURES SOL DTRS57-97-Q-80141 DUE 062597 POC Karen Marino, Purchasing Agent, (617) 494-2437 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/procure.htm. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, doylek@volpe1.dot.gov. The Volpe Center plans to procure through Simplified Acquisition procedures qualified firms to monitor, summarize and evaluate the significance of a recently published R&D finding on adverse health effects of Non-Ionizing Radiation (NIR). The Contractor will use existing national databases on Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and Radio-Frequency Radiation (RFR) health effects posted on the WWW and published literature. The contractor will be required to monitor, interpret and report quarterly on EMF bioeffects literature and specialized conference abstracts that are relevant to health and environmental impacts of rail electrification or emerging rail technologies and the health and environmental safety concerns associated with the exposure to RFR, which includes microwave and radio-frequency sources that apply to freight and passenger rail transportation. Small Business firms classified under SIC Code 3812 that are interested in proposing on this requirement must demonstrate to the Contracting Officer in writing no later than 15 days from the date of publication that they: (1) have technical capabilities (2) have evidence/examples of past performance on related technical requirements (3) Management plan, staff qualification and labor mix. Request for Quotation (RFQ) issuance date will be on or about June 25, 1997. A single award will result from this solicitation. 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/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, 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 hardcopyof the solicitation may be mailed or sent via E-Mail to doylek@volpe1.dot.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0163)

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