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22 -- NEW OR RECONDITIONED GONDOLA RAIL CARS SOL DTRS57-00-R-20016 DUE 030300 POC Point of Contact -- Donna Brickley, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3661 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, brickley@volpe.dot.gov. NOTICE TO ALL CONTRACTORS: THIS REQUIREMENT WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 121099 AND SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED ON 013100 IN THE COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY (CBD) UNDER SOLICITATION NO. DTRS57-00-B-60005. DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE SOLICITATION NUMBER, THE CBD IS BEING REISSUED. CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE REGISTERED UNDER SOLICITATION NO. DTRS57-00-B-60005 ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RE-REGISTER UNDER THE NEW SOLICITATION NUMBER. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has a requirement for two (2) new gondola rail cars and an option for two (2) additional new gondola rail cars. The gondola rail cars shall have a 56 = inch wheel gage, a minimum capacity of 100 tons, and shall be mounted on two (2) four-wheeled freight trucks. Minimum inside length shall be nominal 56 feet with approximately five (5) fee t high sides and ends. The Contractor shall provide all material, labor and equipment to provide new gondola rail cars; test, deliver, and warranty them. The gondola rail cars shall be delivered to the U.S. Army, Red River Army Depot, Texarcana, TX, within 270 calendar days from the contract award date. Detailed specifications and minimum requirements will be set forth in the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued on or about February 11, 2000. The solicitation will be available on the Internet; the document will be available in text format on a WWW server that may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition home page is http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Contractors desiring to receive electronic notification of the soli citation s posting and availability for downloading may register to receive the notice at the Volpe Center web 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 effort to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions can not be delivered to the e-mail address provided. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be issued. Telephone requests will not be honored. This notice is for informational purposes for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliz ation (OSDBU), has an assistance program available to 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 telephone the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169 or online at http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning this solicitation, contact the Contracting Officer above. Posted 02/02/00 (D-SN421045). (0033)

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