NLECTC, 2277 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850

H -- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF REPLACEMENT BRAKE PADS FOR POLICE VEHICLES SOL NLECTC 2000-01 DUE 013100 POC Mr. Lance Miller, Testing Manager, NLECTC-National, 2277 Research Boulevard, Mailstop 8J, Rockville, Maryland, 20850. Phone 800-248-2742 or 301-519-5060, or via fax 301-519-5149. WEB: see notice on front page, http://www.nlectc.org. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, lmiller@nlectc.org. The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center-National (NLECTC-National), is a program of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Office of Science and Technology (OS&T). Aspen Systems Corporation (ASC) is the Prime Contractor, and in conjunction with the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), jointly administer the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program. This program is designed to assist law enforcement and corrections agencies in selecting and procuring safe and reliable equipment. Through the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, scientists and engineers work together with criminal justice professionals to develop minimum performance standards for equipment, to test equipment used by law enforcement agencies in NIJ/NLECTC certified laboratories and through comparative evaluations, and to disseminate the results through equipment performance reports. NLECTC-Nationalhas performed comparative evaluations of police vehicle tires (1994, 1997, and 1999) and replacement brake pads (1997). NLECTC-National currently plans to perform another comparative evaluation of replacement brake pads for police vehicles in CY2000. NLECTC-National is seeking proposals from qualified sources to perform comparative testing and evaluation of these replacement brake pads. This evaluation will result in a report that will be disseminated to the law enforcement community. Parties submitting proposals should include a narrative outlining proposed test methodologies; information pertaining to their capabilities to perform this testing; length of time required to complete testing; and cost estimates to perform this testing. A copy of the required solicitation questionnaire may be downloaded from http://www.nlectc.org. For more information on the previously performed testing, please refer to "Equipment Performance Report: Evaluation of Replacement Brake Pads for Police Patrol Vehicles" (NCJ 168101),which may be downloaded from http://www.nlectc.org, or may be obtained by calling NLECTC-National at 800-248-2742. Proposals must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday, January 24, 2000. Proposals should be submitted to Mr. Lance Miller, Testing Manager, NLECTC-National, 2277 Research Boulevard, Mailstop 8J, Rockville, Maryland, 20850. Questions concerning this announcement may be directed to Mr. Miller at 800-248-2742 or 301-519-5060, or via fax 301-519-5149. Posted 01/03/00 (W-SN412598). (0003)

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