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U -- INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION PEER-TO-PEER PROGRAM SOL DTFH61-00-R-00030 DUE 052500 POC James Mowery, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 366-4244, Fax (202) 366-3705, Email james.mowery@fhwa.dot.gov -- James Mowery, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 366-4244, Fax (202) 366-3705, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTFH61-00-R-0 0030&LocID=30. E-MAIL: James Mowery, james.mowery@fhwa.dot.gov. In a Request for Proposals (RFP) which will be published soon on the Electronic Posting System (EPS) at Internet address HTTP://EPS.ARNET.GOV, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will be seeking proposals for a continuation of the FHWA's Peer-to-Peer Program. The Intelligent Transportation Peer-to-Peer Program ("Peer") is jointly conducted by the FHWA, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Peer provides, to stakeholders in public sector transportation, a convenient method by which to tap into the growing knowledge base of experience relating to intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The contract resulting from the subject procurement will ensure that Peer continues to provide such technical support to public agencies which are unable -- -- either because of budget restrictions or lack of technical knowledge -- -- to secure short term technical assistance that enables them to continue their deployment of ITS. The contract awardee will need to deliver such technical assistance in a number of subject areas, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: planning and program development; operations and maintenance; resource materials location; partnerships/cost-sharing issues; education/training/facilitation; awareness/outreach; scoping documents; modeling and simulation; and information technology (hardware and software) and telecommunications. The scope of technical expertise available through Peer is cross-cutting across two dimensions of deployment. First, the Peer program offers technical assistance across the infrastructure program areas: Metropolitan; Rural and Statewide; and Commercial Vehicle Operations. This includes cross-cutting program areas such as the National ITS Architecture and the National ITS Standards. Second, the Peer program expertise covers the entire systems development life cycle, encompassing Problems & Opportunities Identification; Existing System Assessment; Concept of Operations/Information Requirements Development; System Design; System Testing & Validation; System Implementation; and System Evaluation & Maintenance. It is estimated that the contract resulting from this procurement will be performed during two base years, with three option years. Because the ENTIRE RFP will posted at the Internet address cited above, the FHWA does NOT plan to issue any HARD copies of the RFP to any prospective offeror. Therefore, prospective offerors are instructed NOT to send letters or faxes or e-mails requesting the RFP. TELEPHONED, E-MAILED, AND FAXED REQUESTS FOR THE RFP WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Instead, all prospective offerors are to obtain the RFP from the EPS. Any subsequent AMENDMENTS to the RFP will LIKEWISE be published on the EPS at the Internet address cited above, and the FHWA does NOT plan to mail out HARD copies of any such amendments. Therefore, it shall be the responsibility of each prospective offeror to closely and frequently monitor the EPS for any AMENDMENTS to the RFP. Monitoring the EPS for any amendments to the RFP will be absolutely essential for all prospective offerors, since amendments usually contain crucial information. It is currently estimated that the RFP will be posted on the EPS on approximately April 24, 2000. The "DUE" date shown above is merely an ESTIMATE of the date by which proposals will be due. The ACTUAL due date for the FHWA's receipt of proposals will be stated in the RFP. THIS RFP WILL BE FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIVE. Posted 03/31/00 (D-SN440143). (0091)

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