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

R -- PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT WITH MONITORING, REVIEWING, ADVISING AND REPORTING ON PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS SOL DTRS57-97-Q-80160 DUE 071897 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 support the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) staff with overall program management in monitoring, reviewing, advising and reporting on project development products like procurement, finance, value engineering, project management, systems acquisition plans and reports, reporting on the project program and findings, and construction phases of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) demonstration projects such as the Turnkey Demonstration Program, Livable Communities Initiative (LCI), transit operational and international cooperation activities. (1) The task of monitoring will consist of periodic trips to attend progress review meetings, Project Management Oversight (PMO) Quarterly Review Meetings and special events, especially when data will be collected for project oversight. (2) The contractor will be responsible for reviewing documents produced for demonstration projects, including requests for qualifications, requests for proposals, regulation search of program guidance and procedures, evaluation plans, finance plans, project management plans, risk management procedures, final reports and conduct of special spot reports on key Turnkey issues. (3) The contractor will also be responsible for drafting and finalizing written comments on these technical documents, as well as informing the Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (TRI) of project progress, identifying issues of particular importance to the Turnkey approach, attending various industry events, conferences, workshops, seminars and meetings as they relate to FTA's Demonstration Programs. (4) For the San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano Student Research and Internship Program (TUSRIP), which is a collaborative technology sharing effort among the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA), the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Tren Urbano General Management Architecture & Engineering Consultants (GMAEC), the contractor will assist Volpe Center staff on program organization, the student section process, research topic identification, publication of papers and development of a Program Newsletter. (5) The contractor will review documents content and accuracy and provide written and oral reports to Volpe Center and FTA Senior staff, as tasked. Overall qualifications for these efforts must include experience in planning, project management, economic analysis and operations analysis, as well as familiarity with the FTA programs stated above. The contractor will be co-located in a Federal Office building located in Washington, DC. The duration of this contract is estimated to be between 10 months and 1 year. The Volpe Center will not pay relocation to the Washington, DC area or per diem when the contractor is in the Washington, DC area. All office expenses including space, telephone and fax will be provided by the government. Small Business firms classified under SIC Code 8731 that are interested in proposing on this requirement must request a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in writing. RFQ issuance date will on or about July 18, 1997. A single award will result from this solicitation. NO telephone requests will be accepted -- only written requests for this RFQ will be accepted -- however, we will accept requests for this RFQ via facsimile, at (617)494-3649, ATTN: Karen Marino, DTS-853. 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 furtherinformation 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 hardcopy of the solicitation may be mailed or sent via E-Mail to doylek@volpe1.dot.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0182)

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