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22 -- SILVERLINER I RAIL PASSENGER CAR SOL DTRS57-99-Q-80086 DUE 062499 POC Point of Contact -- Karen Marino, Purchasing Agent, (617) 494-2437 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, Marinok@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe Center in supporting the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) plans to procure sole source through Simplified Acquisition procedures from South Eastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA, to provide three Silverliner I Rail Passenger cars. The passenger cars will be provided to the Government for use in full-scale collision tests to be conducted at the Department of Transportation s Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, CO. The tests are being conducted by TTC to develop experimental data to support analyses of railroad equipment crashworthiness that is being conducted under the Rail Safety Equipment Program. The cars required for testing must be compliant with the American Association of Railroads Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices, Section A, Part III, Passenger Car Requirements, Revised 1984 Standard S-034-69. The Rail Passenger cars are required at the TTC before July 15th, 1999. Small Business firms classified under SIC Code 3743 that are interested in proposing on this requirement must respond in writing no later than 15 days from the date of this publication that: 1) the interested party can provide the Passenger Car cited above before July 15, 1999; and 2) the interested party can provide evidence the cars are compliant with the American Association of Railroads Manual of Standards. Small Business firms will be required to submit no more than 2 pages of documentation in support of the above for evaluation prior to receiving a solicitation. This proposed action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice received will normally be considered, solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. RFQ issuance will be on or about June 24, 1999. Telephone requests will not be accepted only written requests for the solicitation will be accepted however, we will accept requests via facsimile at 617/494-3649, ATTN: Karen Marino, DTS-852. Posted 06/10/99 (D-SN341223). (0161)

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