MODIFICATION
R -- Rail Crashworthiness Research Support Services
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2002
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- 55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142
- ZIP Code
- 02142-1093
- Solicitation Number
- DTRS57-03-R-20008
- Response Due
- 12/6/2002
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Teresa Lee-Fierstein, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3830
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(leefierste@volpe.dot.gov)
- Description
- The Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) under the U.S. Department of Transportation is being replaced by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which were authorized on Nov. 30, 2004 when President Bush signed the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act. RSPA had two contracting offices, one at RSPAs Washington Headquarters and one at Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, MA. For the most part, the Volpe contracting office will be the new contracting office for RITA, and the former RSPA Headquarters contracting office will be the new contracting office for PHMSA. Though the Bureau of Transportation Statistics has been reorganized under RITA, its procurement activities will continue to be serviced by the contracting office in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. More reorganization details are available at http://www.dot.gov/affairs/DOT2805.htm.ificati on of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. 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. 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 programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acq uire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also 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 Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-NOV-2002). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 20-FEB-2005, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOT/RITA/VNTSC/DTRS57-03-R-20008/listing.html)
- Record
- SN00755554-F 20050222/050220212957 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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