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

U -- DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EVALUATION OF TRAINING FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SOL DTRS57-97-R-00027 POC Theresa Lombardelli, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2172, Anthony Flaherty, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-2673 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www.dot.gov/procure/procure.htm. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, lombardelli@volpe1.dot.gov. Services to support Volpe Center training projects for transportation safety and regulatory functions of the DOT and other sponsoring agencies. Training projects cover a wide range of technical work related to the areas of human performance technology analysis, training materials development, implementation and evaluation related to technical job performance, process assistance applications and information systems applications. Tasks may involve work in some or all of the following areas: Requirements studies to determine training scope, content, objectives, methodology, and media; materials development using relevant technology and methodology (i.e., instructor led lecture/lab, self-paced training, cascade training, interactive video disc, computer based training/instruction (CBT/CBI), video and audio; implementation both locally at the Volpe Center and internationally at the sponsors' Headquarters, Regional and Field Office sites; and evaluation of the training both during and following the implementation. Duration of the contract is five years and 66,500 professional technical labor hours will be required. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small 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 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 lombardelli@volpe1.dot.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. See Numbered Note(s) : 1. (0217)

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