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99 -- AMTRAK'S PROJECTED REVENUE AND RIDERSHIP IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR (NEC) SOL DTRS57-00-R-20005 DUE 111699 POC Point of Contact -- Aracelis Spaulding, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2979 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, spauldinga@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with Charles River Associates for the assessment of Amtrak s Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail ridership and financial projections in support of the Department of Transportation s Office of Investigator General (OIG s) assessment of Amtrak s operational and financial requirements. The assessment shall consist of, at a minimum, a review of the revenue and ridership projections for the NEC and the High-Speed Rail project, as well as of the associated expenses for operating planned high-speed rail service in the NEC. This will require a comprehensive assessment of Amtrak s projected funding and revenue sources, models of ridership potentials, and an acknowledgement of the likely impact on its projected operating and capital expenses. The study will focus on the ridership and financial impacts of improved rail service and not the financial impacts of other NEC activities. The Contractor will analyzeAmtrak s 2000 Strategic Business Plan (that is expected to be issued in November of 1999) and associated input data used by Amtrak and its contractors to identify significant changes in assumptions and methods. The Contractor will update modal travel characteristics data and planned Amtrak service data, and produce independent revenue and ridership projections. If it is found necessary to revise earlier revenue and/or ridership projections, the Contractor will do so, and will assess the impact that such revisions are likely to have upon expenses. The Contractor will also i nvestigate revenue-maximizing fare and service stopping policies that might be implemented in the Boston to New York segment of the corridor. In addition, the Contractor will support Volpe in the evaluation of Amtrak s Market Based Network Analysis (MBNA) methodology. If you feel you have the capabilities required to perform this contact, please submit no more than three written pages stating your experience with the above mentioned requirements. This documentation must include information related to your Past Performance on similar projects of the same scope and magnitude. The duration of the contract is six (6) months. See Numbered Note (s):1 and 26. Posted 11/02/99 (D-SN396877). (0306)

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