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R -- PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE MAGLEV DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SOL DTFR53-99-R-00001 DUE 032299 POC Contracting Officer Linda Dearing, (202) 493-6154/Fax (202) 493-6171 E-MAIL: hubsmtp.hubsmtp, linda.dearing@fra.dot.gov. This is a modification to an initial announcement and subsequent modification transmitted respectively on November 24, and December 18, 1998. The Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, intends to acquire contractor support for the oversight of the Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) Transportation Development Program. The FRA is responsible for the administration of the Maglev Deployment Program authorized by Section 1218 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). As part of this responsibility, the FRA has initiated a program (see Federal Register dated October 13, 1998) to: (1) select up to five applying states (or authorities designated by one or more states) for financial assistance in preconstruction planning of an eligible Maglev project; (2) provide financial assistance to the selected applicants to complete the preconstruction engineering, environmental, organizational, economic and financial studies needed to establish project eligibility and relative desirability of competing projects; (3) prepare appropriate analysis and documentation to compare the environmental consequences of implementing the various projects being planned and select the most promising project for financial assistance in construction and deployment; (4) provide financial assistance to selected applicants to complete the preparation of site specific draft environmental impact statements (EIS's) for all the planned projects and a final EIS for the selected project; (5) negotiate the agreements needed to initiate construction and deployment of the selected project; and (6) oversee the design and construction of a selected project. The contractor support intended to be acquired by FRA as advertised herein includes the professional services to provide the FRA with the technical support needed to undertake and oversee some of the activities included herein which may be initiated some time during the term of TEA 21. Such support may include, but not be limited to, (1) planning and conducting technical workshops; (2) establishment of a monitoring and reporting system; (3) coordination, monitoring, and reporting on all selected applicants work; (4) assisting FRA in the negotiation of a series of cooperative agreements with the recipient of the preferred alternative project chosen to construct and deploy; (5) assisting FRA with the oversight of the final design and specification of selected elements of the chosen project; and (6) other tasks related to Federal maglev programs, as required. This acquisition is proposed as an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity type contract with a base period of performance of one year followed by four option years. The contractor shall be required to maintain a project team utilizing the coordinated efforts of individuals in a variety of professional and support service disciplines. This is an unrestricted solicitation. Firms interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation must respond in writing via regular mail, fax, or email. Posted 02/16/99 (W-SN298418). (0047)

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