Department of Transportation, Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC), Acquisition Services, SVC-180, 400 7th Street SW, Room 5106, Washington, DC 20590

R -- ECONOMIC, STATISTICAL, AND OTHER ANAYLITCAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DTTS59-99-R-00001 POC Phaedra Johnson 202-366-0742 WEB: http://itop.dot.gov/itop/, http://itop.dot.gov/itop/. E-MAIL: mark.welch@tasc.dot.gov, phaedra.johnson@tasc.dot.gov. >: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Transportation Administration Service Center (TASC), plans to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide economic, statistical, and other analytical support services for the Bureau of Transportation Statistic (BTS). Award of one or more indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract(s) in accordance with FAR Part 16.5 is anticipated with specific requirements to be awarded via task orders issued under contract(s). A draft of the RFP is anticipated to be available within two weeks of this announcement and will contain a projected schedule for submission of questions and subsequent release of formal RFP. The formal RFP is planned to have a thirty (30) day proposal due date and award is projected for late February 1999. The draft and formal RFPs will be distributed electronically via the DOT Web site at http://itop.dot.gov/itop/ under the selection "Public RFPs". The Government will not distribute hard copies of the RFP. distribution will only be done via the aforementioned method. It is anticipated the RFP and related documents will be provided in Microsoft Word format. The draft RFP will have instructions for providing questions and comments. DOT anticipates that all subsequent solicitation documents (e.g., amendments to the RFP) will be disseminated to offerors via the same method. The formal RFP will contain specific instructions for submittal of comments after release. Note the RFP schedule is subject to change and it is the responsibility of interested parties to periodically check the solicitation status at the subject WWW site. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)! The Department of Transportation (DOT) Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. Posted 11/16/98 (W-SN271813). (0320)

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