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R -- COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SAFETY Sol IT-26-7000. POC Roger Tate, (202) 366-0235, Project Manager. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) intends to award a competitive cooperative agreement to provide technical assistance to the FTA Joblinks Employment Transportation Initiative. The work to be performed will be administered in three phases: (1) development of a jobs program and matching transportation database, (2) implementation of a transportation/jobs linkage demonstration program, (3) evaluation of the initiative's activities and overall accomplishments. FTA anticipates that this demonstration project will be conducted over a period of two years. The selected contractor will work with the State Department of Transportation (DOT) and State Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Programs and both the public and/or private transportation systems in the States of Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York and West Virginia. FTA is seeking to enter into a cooperative agreement with a national non-profit organization with demonstrated capacity in the rural and cummunity transportation field. The non-profit organization chosen for this project must be capable of providing personnel facilities and equipment needed to conduct a national program in the area of transportation linkage to the jobs program. FTA is interested in maximizing the competition for this cooperative agreement. In that regard, FTA wishes prospective competitors to understand that the agency has absolutely no objections to subcontracting arrangements with the private sector and/or other non-profit organizations. FTA's primary objective is to provide a fullrange of capabilities required to conduct a successful demonstration project. Prospective offerors interested in receiving a copy of the Statement of Work must contact Mr. Roger Tate at (202) 366-0235 or Liz Solomon at (202) 366-0242 by COB Thursday, February 16, 1995. It is anticipated that the Statement of Work will be released to interested parties on February 17, 1995, and any questions on technical issues be addressed to Mr. Tate by telephone between February 23, and February 24, 1995. The deadline for proposal submittal is March 10, 1995, at 3:00 p.m. (041)

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