Rutgers University, National Transit Institute, 120 Albany Street, Suite 705, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

U -- DEVELOP AND DELIVER A SHORT-TERM TRAINING COURSE: AN EFFECTIVE CONTRACT MODIFICATION PROCESS SOL FP010 DUE 022800 POC Eleanor J. Edwards, Assistant Director, 732-932-1700, Ext. 13; Fax: 732-932-1707 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Eleanor J. Edwards via e-mail., eje@rci.rutgers.edu. This contract is for the updating, revision, and delivery of a training course to assist federal grantees in establishing a change order/contract modification process to effectively evaluate, prepare, document, negotiate, and process contract changes. The two-day course will be offered to transit agency staff who are involved in the change order/contract modification process for both non-construction and construction projects. Participants may include procurement specialists and end users, as well as representatives from the legal and project management disciplines, who may attend the course individually or as members of an agency team. The course should be designed to help grantees better understand the Federal Transit Administration's philosophy regarding change orders/contract modifications in the context of general procurement practices and allow them to implement an acceptable contract modification/change order process to ensure that federal dollars will be adequately protected and spent. The contract will require a list of materials, course outline, curriculum and all materials, including a resource manual, presentation of a pilot session and delivery of the course up to forty (40) times during the four-year contract period. NTI will require proposers to have had experience in dealing with the subject matter as well as experience in developing training programs. To obtain a copy of the complete RFP, send a written request on organization letterhead to the address above. Faxed requests will be accepted; telephone requests are unacceptable. RFP's will be mailed by first-class surface mail. RFP's will not be faxed. Requests received before February 22, 2000 will be honored. Rutgers University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to provide opportunities to small businesses, minority-owned businesses and/or female-owned businesses. These businesses are encouraged to submit proposals. Posted 01/24/00 (W-SN417681). (0024)

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