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R -- ELECTRONIC INTELLISCORE ACCOUNT DATA SOL DTRS57-00-R-20026 DUE 052600 POC Point of Contact -- Susan Bertram, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3816 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, Bertram@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with Experian (formerly TRW Business Credit Services), 100 Grandview Road, Suite 403, Braintree, Massachusetts, to provide on a monthly basis Intelliscore account data. In addition, on-line business credit reports, automatic alert notifications and user technical support during normal business hours will also be provided as needed. The data files to and from the Volpe Center will be transmitted electronically; the files will generally contain the same entities each month. The Intelliscore results are required within ten (10) business days after receipt of the monthly input file. The Intelliscore process includes corporate linkage capabilities that track the credit status of di versified corporations, parent companies, and subsidiaries as a group. The Intelliscore is based on Experian s proprietary algorithm that looks at several factors in determining a standard single numerical score. In addition, Experian s proprietary databases are the only known sources of information gathered monthly by third parties, ensuring a unique combination of currency and objectivity. The Volpe Center is developing a decision support system that incorporates financial data of firms in the transportation industry. Experian has demonstrated the capability to provide Intelliscore account details in a precise numerical format that can be used directly by the Volpe Center for its system. This proposed action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate wi th only one (1) source under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 6.302. The Government intends to award a one (1) year contract and include three (3), one (1) year options. All responsible sources may respond to this synopsis and responses will be fully considered by the agency. Interested firms are requested to submit three (3) copies of descriptive documentation in sufficient detail to allow an evaluation of a bonafide capability to satisfy the stated requirement within six (6) calendar days of publication of this notice. If no responses are received by close of business May 11, 2000, the Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract to the above named contractor. No contract will be made on the basis of offers/proposals received in response to th is synopsis since this notice is not a request for offers/proposals. 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 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) 523-1169 or online at http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. Posted 05/05/00 (D-SN452199). (0126)

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