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A -- NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES SOL BAA/DTFH61-98-R-00051 POC Charles Kotch, Contracting Officer, HAM-30B, (202)366-4256 This is Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) identifies the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA)intention to sponsor applied research in the area of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Technology for highway bridges. There are two objectives of this BAA. The first is to develop new NDE technologies and the methods for detection of unsafe conditions on highway bridges in time for corrective action. The second objective is to develop new NDE technologies and methods to rapidly, efficiently and correctly determine the condition of highway bridges or bridge components in support of bridge management systems. Note: Submit written requests to the address indicated above and include two (2) self-addressed gummed labels. No telephone, Fax or E-Mail requests will be acceped. All RFP'S will be mailed in 3 1/2" diskette, WordPerfect 6.1 format, and the RFP and its forms/attachments are also available for downloading on our Webpage at HTTP://WWW.FHWA.DOT.GOV/AAA/HAMHOME.HTM. Potential offerors who download copies of solicitations from our Webpage will NOT automatically receive any amendments to those solicitations unless you have also sent in the letter request. It is your respOnsibility to check back frequently to see if FHWA has issued any amendments to solicitations you have downloaded. All amendments will be posted on, and may be downloaded from our Webpage. Printed copied will made available to those without Internet capabilities upon receipt of a request via first class mail sent to the above address. Proposals will be due approximately 45 days after issuance of the RFP. (0021)

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