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

U -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE OKLAHOMA AREA SOL DTFH61-00-X-00077 POC Elena DeLeon, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 366-9054, Fax (202) 366-3705, Email elena.deleon@fhwa.dot.gov -- Frank Waltos, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 366-4205, 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-X-0 0077&LocID=30. E-MAIL: Elena DeLeon, elena.deleon@fhwa.dot.gov. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) anticipates awarding a cooperative agreement to operate a Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) in the geographical area of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Nebraska. The objectives of the TTAP are to perform the following in a culturally appropriate manner: 1) Transfer transportation technology to American Indian tribal governments through training, technical assistance, and information access. 2) Improve communication on technical transportation issues among FHWA, Bureau of Indian Affairs, State highway and transportation agencies, tribal governments, cities, counties, and metropolitan and regional transportation organizations, including Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Planning Organizations. 3) Assist in developing and implementing new transportation technologies and administrative procedures at the tribal level. 4) Provide tribal governments with training and technical assistance in Public Law 93-638 Contracting and Self-governance Compacts. 5) Provide training and technical assistance in intergovernmental transportation planning, recreational travel and tourism, and related economic development. 6) Provide ongoing contact and communication with tribal staffs and elected officials. The ESTIMATED release date of the Invitation for Application (IFA) is mid June 2000. Applications will be due 30 days after the release of the IFA. This IFA will ONLY be released and available electronically through the Electronic Posting System (EPS) at "http://eps.gov" Accordingly, NO written, telephone, facsimile or e-mail requests for the IFA package will be accepted. Since the IFA will only be available electronically, it will be the responsibility of interested parties to moitor the EPS website for any IFA amendments. Posted 05/24/00 (D-SN457978). (0145)

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