55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142

47 -- VOLPE CENTER WATER METER VAULT SOL DTRS57-00-Q-80026 DUE 041400 POC Point of Contact -- Robert Nickerson, Purchasing Agent, (617) 494-3432 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, Nickerson@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe Center intends to issue, through Simplified Acquisition Procedures, a competitive procurement to remove and replace the existing piping, valves, couplings, supports etcetera in an existing water meter vault and the preparation and painting of a 10" diameter gate valve and incidental related work located at the Volpe Center 55 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02142. Small Business firms classified under SIC code 1623. The subject solicitation and related documents will be available in electronic format only on the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page on the World Wide Web. Paper copies of these documents are not available. These documents will be available in text format and reside on a WWW server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov /procure/index.html. Offeror s desiring to receive a copy of the solicitation and any related documents must register at this site to receive electronic notification of the solicitation posting and availability for downloading. 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. 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 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 informationand applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 03/30/00 (D-SN439409). (0090)

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