U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration, Office of Procurement, TAD-40, 400 7th Street, SW, Room 7405, Washington, DC 20590

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DTFT60-98-R-00009 DUE 092898 POC Bobby J. Jones, 202/366-2502 WEB: RFP No. DTFT60-98-R-00009, http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/procurement/ftaop.html. E-MAIL: Bobby Jones, bobby.jones@fta.dot.gov. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), plans to acquire services for the various program offices within FTA under an omnibus procurement. Individual requirements will be acquired through the use of multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts in three functional areas. The functional areas are: Transit Research, Safety and Planning, covering requirements such as studies and analysis of transit equipment and infrastructure, fleet operations, safety and security technology and transit planning; Transit Compliance and Awareness covering requirements such as oversight and support of civil rights programs, specialized transit services and professional capacity building; and Transit Policy and Logistical Operations covering requirements such as policy development, which includes developing and encouraging the use of innovative financing and planning tools and assessing the conditions and performance of transit systems, conference planning and procurement activities. For each functional area, FTA intends to: (1) issue multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts with a minimum guarantee; and (2) compete subsequent delivery orders among those firms that win a contract within the functional area. The Government intends, for each functional area, to award contracts to 8(a) firms, small businesses and contracts under full and open competition. Offerors will be asked to submit a complete proposal for each functional area they propose and may not compete in more than one category (e.g., 8(a), small business, or full and open) for each functional area. Offerors may submit proposals in more than one functional area. Prospective offerors are encouraged and afforded the opportunity to request clarification and/or furnish comments to the solicitation by faxing or e-mailing requests or comments to Bobby J. Jones at Fax 202/366-3808 or e-mail at bobby.jones@fta.dot.gov. Requests for clarification and/or comments will be accepted up to August 29, 1998. A hard copy of the solicitation is available by written request to the above address. The solicitation will also be available electronically, 24 hours a day, via the FTA home page on the World Wide Web (WWW). The FTA web site where this document resides is {http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/procurement/ftaop.html}. The anticipated date for release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is August 17, 1998. NOTE: For information purposes only to Minority, Woman-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, woman-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. Further information on this program is available via the OSDBU web site at (http://osdbuweb.dot.gov/MP/SectionC/lendfact.htm). For information concerning this acquisition, contact the Contracting Officer listed above. Posted 07/09/98. (0190)

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