DOT/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142

Y -- ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION/ASBESTOS AND LEAD PAINT ABATEMENT SOL DTRS57-96-R-00023 DUE 121096 POC Carol A. Ferrante, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2421 Orin D. Cook, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-2593. The Volpe Center is in the process of issuing a solicitation for environmental remediation for asbestos and lead paint abatement. This solicitation is expected to be issued by October 24, 1996. All work including transportation and disposal of contaminated material shall be performed in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations. Permit/license requirements necessary to perform any and all work shall be the responsibility of the contractor. The Government intends to issue this solicitation on a full and open competitive basis under SIC Code 8744. The geographical location is considered to be the midwestern states. One contract award will be made in this region. The contract is to be awarded on an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity type contract with potential for cost-plus-fixed-fee and fixed-price task orders. The contract will have an ordering period of a base period of years and an option period of 2 years with a ceiling of $5 million. Those offerors interested in receiving the solicitation must either send a written request at the address indicated in the synopsis or telefax a request at (617) 494-3024. This announcement is based on the best information available, is subject to additional modification, is not a request for proposals, and in no way commits the Government to award a contract. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assitance 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 application forms concerning the STLP, please contact the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. See Numbered Note(s) :1. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet, these documents will be available in text format and reside on a WWW server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: ''http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure.htm''. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's availability may register at the Volpe Center site. When the solicitation is issued they will be notified via E-Mail. Requests for a hardcopy of the solicitation may be mailed or sent via E-Mail to (fill-in E-Mail address of specialist). Telephone requests will not be honored. (0233)

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