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S -- JANITORIAL, LANDSCAPING, SNOW REMOVAL, ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE, PEST CONTROL, AND TRADES MAINTENANCE SERVICES SOL DTRS57-00-R-20010 DUE 020200 POC Point of Contact -- Kathleen M. Foley, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3024 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Foley@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a requirement for janitorial, elevator maintenance, landscaping, snow removal, pest control and trades maintenance services to be performed at the Volpe Center. A Firm Fixed Price Contract is anticipated for a forty-two month period (18 month base period and two 12 month option periods. This will be a Performance Based Service Contract. This procurement is restricted to SBA certified 8(a) firms only. The applicable SIC Code is 8744B. The size standard is $20M. The projected date for issuance of the RFP is January 28, 2000. 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 usi ng 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 providing 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-O wned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: 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 rates 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 01/11/00 (D-SN414973). (0011)

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