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A -- TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SOL DTRS57-98-R-00017 DUE 093098 POC Point of Contact -- Edward R. Wirtanen, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-2619 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, wirtanen@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe Center has a requirement to make multiple awards of indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to provide services related to Transportation and Logistics Operations Research and Analysis (ORA). This solicitation is for the re-procurement of the ORA services currently provided under the Multiple Contractor Resource Base, commonly known as the OMNI contracts. Task Orders may include requirements in some or all of the following areas: 1)System Operational Performance; 2) System and Policy Impacts; 3) Industry Analysis; 4)Improvement of Operational Performance; 5)Technological Advances; and 6)Strategic Framework. This is not a small business set-aside; however, the Volpe Center, given acceptable proposals, intends to make at least one award to a small business and at least one award to small disadvantaged business. The SIC Code for this procurement is 8999. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue RFPs and amendments to RFPs. Paper copies of the RFP or amendments will not be issued. These documents will be available 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 a nd 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. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business 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 furth er information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 09/11/98 (D-SN248859). (0254)

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