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70 -- PURCHASE OF UMAX MIRAGE II SCANNER SOL DTRS57-98-Q-80152 DUE 070698 POC Point of Contact -- Susan Bertram, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3816 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, bertram@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center intends to issue a competitive solicitation to purchase five (5) UMAX Mirage II Scanners with Software Pack that includes PhotoPerfect Master, Wright Design, Textbirdge OCR Classic; PhotoShop LE; I/F Card. A single award will be made to a Small Business Firm under SIC Code 3577 who meets all of the required specifications and whose offer is deemed to be of the best value to the Government. Best value will be determined by specified product, delivery schedule and price. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue RFQ s and amendments to RFQ s. Paper copies of the RFQ or amendments will not be issued. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet, these documents will be available i n PDF 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 Request for Quotation s posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Vendors 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 vendor. 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. 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 accountsreceivable 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. (0170)

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