Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Acquisition Management, 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC, 20590

A -- DESIGN, INSTALL, TEST, AND MAINTAIN DEPLOYMENTS OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE MOVEMENTS OF INTERMODAL SOL DTFH61-99-X-00044 DUE 041499 POC James Mowery, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 366-4244, Fax (202) 366-3705, Email james.mowery@fhwa.dot.gov -- James Mowery, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 366-4244, Fax (202) 366-3705, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=DTFH61-99-X-0 0044&LocID=30. E-MAIL: James Mowery, james.mowery@fhwa.dot.gov. TELEPHONED OR FAXED OR WRITTEN OR E-MAILED requests for the Request for Applications (RFA) described in the following sentence will NOT be accepted. In an RFA which will be published soon on the Electronic Posting Sytem (EPS) at Internet address http://www.eps.gov, the FHWA will be seeking Applications for possible multiple awards of Cooperative Agreeements for conducting an operational test to demonstrate how shared transportation information can lead to improvements in intermodal freight operations. Developing a successful information sharing project which is of significant importance to all levels of government and the private sector will require the cooperation of all system users. These efforts can integrate data collection, traffic communications, and asset management programs to expedite transport of intermodal freight through public- and private sector transportation systems. The RFA will call for an intermodal operational linking of information technologies that will take the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Intermodal Freight program from the library and laboratory to the operating environment of our national transportation system. The RFA will request a partnership arrangement between FHWA and a consortium possibly consisting of local and state government and private industry. Each such consortium is expected to match AT LEAST 20% of the funds provided by the Federal Government, and GREATER proposed matching shares are strongly encouraged. Because the ENTIRE RFA will be published on the EPS at the Internet address cited above, the FHWA does NOT plan to issue any HARD copies of the RFA to any prospective Applicant. Therefore, prospective Applicants are instructed NOT to send letters or faxes or E-Mails requesting the RFA. TELEPHONED, E-MAILED, FAXED, AND LETTER REQUESTS FOR THE RFA WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Instead, all prospective Applicants must obtain the RFA from the EPS. Any subsequent AMENDMENTS to the RFA will LIKEWISE be published on the EPS at the Internet address cited above, and theFHWA does NOT plan to mail out any HARD copies of any such amendments to any prospective Applicant. Therefore, it shall be the responsibility of each prospective Applicant to closely and frequently MONITOR the EPS for any AMENDMENTS to the RFA. Monitoring of the EPS for amendments to the RFA will be absolutely essential, because amendments usually contain crucial information. It is currently estimated that the RFA will be posted to the EPS on approximately March 15, 1999. The RFA will state the ACTUAL deadline for submission of competing Applications. The RFA will be FULL AND OPEN Posted 02/26/99 (D-SN302866). (0057)

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