Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Acquisition Management, 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC, 20590

A -- NOMINAL BENDING AND SHEAR STRENGTH OF HORIZONTALLY CURVED STEEL I-BEAM BRIDGES" SOL DTFH61-00-Q-00064 DUE 060700 POC Stephanie Curtis, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 366-6014, Fax (202) 366-3293, Email stephanie.curtis@fhwa.dot.gov -- Donna McAleer, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 366-4270, Fax (202) 366-3293, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTFH61-00-Q-0 0064&LocID=30. E-MAIL: Stephanie Curtis, stephanie.curtis@fhwa.dot.gov. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) plans to negotiate a Purchase Order with Auburn University to continue an on-going study entitled, _Nominal Bending & Shear Strength of Horizontally Curved Steel I-Beam Bridges._ The theoretical and analytical study on bending and shear as related to curved I sections have been completed and this portion of the study will complete the report by focusing on experimental data available from other tasks of the FHWA Curved Bridge Study. In order to successfully complete this study, it is imperative that this work be conducted at Auburn and equations be updated with experimental results from the full scale tests and a new updated report be prepared on Nominal Bending and Shear Strength. Because Auburn University developed the equations and methodology reported in the initial report based on analytical work and computer modeling, they are the only known source that can successfully complete this study. This is a Simplified Acquisition and the anticipated award date is June 07, 2000. Posted 05/24/00 (D-SN458436). (0145)

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