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B -- PREDICTION AND ANALYSIS OF OCEAN WAVE FORCES SOL DTRS57-97-Q-80220 DUE 092697 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 Sole Source, through simplified acquisition procedures, from Professor J.N. Newman, Naval Architect, Wayland, MA to provide expert technical services to analytically predict the ocean wave forces on the Army's Roll-on/Roll-off (RO/RO) Discharge facility (RRDF) floating platform. This is in support of the development of a test and instrumentation plan that will be used in acquiring full scale data on structural loading and motions of the platform. The contractor will be required to have expert knowledge of the analytical program "WAMIT" and associated techniques for the analysis of wave loading of flexible floating structures. Based on the familiarity with the WAMIT analytical tool and expertise with the floating structures, the contractor will be required to develop a WAMIT model of the RRDF and analyze in the development of a test and plan to measure full scale data, monitor and advise on the implications of the test data and report on the results after the conclusionof field testing. Small Business firms classified under SIC Code 8731 that are interested in proposing in this requirement must demonstrate to the Contracting Officer in writing no later than 15 days from the date of publication that they: (1) Have intimate knowledge of the theory behind the WAMIT code and how that theory is applied through the code; (2) Have the appropriate license from MIT to use WAMIT. Small Business firms will be required to submit documentation in support of the above for evaluation by the Government prior to receiving a quotation. A single award will result from this solicitation. NO telephone requests will be accepted -- only written requests for this solicitation will be accepted -- however, we will accept requests for this solicitation 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 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 hardcopy of the solicitation may be mailed or sent via E-Mail to doylek@volpe1.dot.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0253)

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