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70 -- SOFTWARE LICENSE TO MICRO-MILEMAKER SYSTEM AND UNIX RESIDENT MILEMAKER LICENSE SOL DTRS-57-95-R-00021 POC Donna M. Brickley, Contracting Officer, 617/494-3661 Carol A. LaVigueur, Contract Specialist 617/494-2380. The DOT Volpe Center National Transportation Systems Center intends to negotiate with Rand McNally-TDM Inc. on a non-competitive basis for expansion of the software license of an existing Federal Government Micro-MileMaker system to include the General Services Administration. The authority for this action is 40 USC 759(g), as amended. The acquisition includes a license to the Micro-MileMaker system and a Unix Resident MileMaker, and annual license renewal and system maintenance for Federal Government MileMakers for four (4) years. The Department of Defense currently uses the Household Goods mileage data contained in the MileMaker as part of its traffic management software systems and Standard Tender of Freight Services. The General Services Administration has a similar requirement within its traffic management systems and its Standard Tender of Service. Rand McNally publishes Household Goods mileages in its copyrighted Household Goods Carriers Bureau Mileage Guide No. 16 and the U.S. Government Mileage Guide No. 3. The Rand McNally MileMaker system is the only known system containing Guide No. 16 and U.S. Guide No. 3 Household Goods mileage data. All responsible sources may respond to the synopsis and all responses will be fully considered by the agency. No contract award will be made on the basis of offers/proposals received in response to this synopsis since this notice is not a request for offers/proposals. See Numbered Note 22. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance 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 applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0067)

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