Department of Transportation, Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC), Acquisition Services, SVC-180, 400 7th Street SW, Room 9413, Washington, DC 20590

D -- ANALYSIS, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & DISTRIBUTION & PROGRAM TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL DTTS59-98-R-00007 DUE 080498 POC Alma Frye -- Contract Specialist WEB: Department of Transportation/Transportation Administrative, http://www.tasc.dot.gov/acquisitions/. E-MAIL: Department of Transportation/Transportation Administration, alma.frye@tasc.dot.gov. The Department of Transportation, Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC), plans to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide office automation, analytical research, product design/development/distribution, and other technical support for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The RFP will be set aside as an 8(a) competition under SIC Code 7379. Award of multiple,indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity contracts in accordance with FAR 16.5 is anticipated with specific requirements to be awarded via task orders issued under the contracts. A draft of the RFP is anticipated to be available within one week of this announcement and will contain a projected schedule for submission of questions and the subsequent release of the formal RFP. The formal RFP is planned to have thirty (30) day proposal due date and award is projected for late September, 1998. The draft and formal RFP's will be distributed electronically via the DOT World Wide Web (WWW) Server. You can reach the applicable site at "http://www.tasc.dot.gov/acquisitions/". When connected, scroll down and select the link title "Procurement Opportunities". If you have any technical diffculties regarding the WWW, please contact Sharon Boddie at 202-366-1811. The Government will not distribute hard copies of the RFP, distribution will only be done via the aforementioned method. It is anticipated the RFP and related documents will be provided in pdf format. To read and print these documents Adobe Acrobat Reader software is required. This software is fee and can be acquired at http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html (this site will be linked from the DOT WWW Server). The draft RFP will have instuctions for providing questions and comments. DOT anticipates that all subsequent solicitation documents (e.g., amendments to the RFP) will be disseminated to offerors via the same method. The formal RFP will contain specific instructions for submittal of comments after release. Note RFP schedule is subject to change and it is theresponsibility of interested parties to periodically check the solicitation status at the subject WWW site. 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 accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. See Numbered Notes 26. Posted 06/30/98 (0181)

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