SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Crash Safety Assurance Strategies for Future Plastics and Composite Intensive Vehicles (PCIV)
- Notice Date
- 2/13/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142
- ZIP Code
- 02142
- Solicitation Number
- DTRT57-09-Q-80038
- Response Due
- 3/2/2009
- Archive Date
- 6/2/2009
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact -Karen Marino, Purchasing Agent, 617-494-2437<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), intends to issue a competitive Request for Quotation (RFQ) in accordance with Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), FAR Part 13. The Volpe Center is assisting the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the identification, characterization and estimation of the safety benefits of next generation, light-weight and fuel efficient Plastics and Composite Intensive Vehicles (PCIV), is funding a collaborative research project to help identify the most promising light-weighting materials, designs and crash safety strategies for PCIVs. The goals of this research are to address outstanding safety issues for future PCIVs in order to facilitate deployment of safe PCIV vehicles by 2020. A complete Statement of Work will be set forth in the Request for Quotation (RFQ). RFQ issuance will be on or about March 2, 2009. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541990 and the small business size standard is $6.5M. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firm's capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after fifteen (15) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted. The URL of the Volpe Center Acquisition Management Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. NOTE: All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to receive award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at http://www.ccr.gov to register and/or obtain information about the registration process. Additionally, solicitation Representation and Certifications are no longer provided within the solicitation and must be submitted online through Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of the Representations and Certifications required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at https://orca.bpn.gov. ATTENTION: Small and Disadvantaged (SDB), Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The Department of Transportation's (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. The Maximum line of credit is $750,000. The STLP loan has a variable rate, which is connected to the prime rate. The current rate may be found on the OSDBU website http://osdbuweb.dot.gov or call 1-(800) 532-1169.
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