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

22 -- 70 TON CAPACITY RECONDITIONED RAILWAY BOX CARS SOL DTRS57-98-B-00011 DUE 062098 POC Guy Hillman, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3401 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, hillman@volpe1.dot.gov. The Volpe Center intends to purchase up to 49, 70 ton capacity reconditioned railway box cars. The contractor shall provide the material, labor and equipment to recondition, inspect, test, deliver and warranty up to 49 rail box cars. Detailed specifications will be set forth in the solicitation. 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/index.html". 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. Paper copies of the IFB and or amendments WILL NOT be issued. . The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a bonding assistance program available which enables minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprise firms to obtain bid, payment, and performance bonds with a guarantee up to 80 percent against losses. In addition, a short-term loan program is available to provide working capital at the prime interest rate. For further information regarding these programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (202) 366-2852. (0112)

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