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B -- ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION VULNERABILITY SOL DTRS56-98-R-0001 DUE 110897 POC Tom Scott, (202) 366-4538 E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail, tom.scott@rspa.dot.gov. The Congress has directed the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to establish an Advisory Committee on Surface Transportation Vulnerability. This study will identify promising policies, procedures, organizational changes, and technology applications that could improve security of surface transportation modes (road, rail, transit, pipeline, and maritime) and recommend areas of technology or operations that should be researched, developed, or applied to improve surface transportation security. In accordance with the FAR 6.302-5, it is determined that full and open competition need not be provided. See Numbered Note 22. (0281)

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