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A -- HIGH SPEED PASSENGER, FREIGHT TRAINS AND COMMUTER RAIL VEHICLE AERODYMANIC COMPUTER MODELING SOL DTRS57-99-R-00009 DUE 032499 POC Point of Contact -- Elia Dell'Anno, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2128 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Dellanno@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center intends to issue a competitive solicitation to conduct computer modeling, using motion simulation software to compute the dynamic responses based upon computational mesh analyzes that represents different train configurations and their surrounding airspace as they pass on adjacent tracks. Of specific interest are streamlined high-speed passenger trains and their interaction with high surface freight trains carrying empty double stack containers and commuter rail vehicles with large window areas. A successful modeling effort will analyze the aerodynamic forces and other effects related to the interaction of such trains taking into account the flow of air surrounding the moving trains on parallel tracks. The solicitation will be released us ing full and open competition. A Cost Plus Fixed Fee type contract is anticipated. Estimated release date is February 24, 1999. Anticipated award date is June 1, 1999. The applicable SIC Code is 3743. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet, 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 p roviding 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. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enter prises: 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 rat es to provide accounts receivable 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. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 01/22/99 (D-SN290502). (0022)

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