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Y -- ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION/GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION SOL DTRS57-95-R-00010 DUE 071495 POC Robert P. Robinson, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3433; Orin D. Cook, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-2593. The Volpe Center is in the process of issuing a solicitation for environmental remediation for groundwater remediation. This solicitation is expected to be issued by May 30, 1995. All work including transportation and disposal of contaminated material shall be performed in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations. Permit/license requirements necessary to perform any and all work shall be the responsibility of the contractor. Based on responses to the November 28, 1994 market survey, the Government plans to issue this solicitation on a competitive basis to Small Businesses under SIC Code 8744. The size standard for this SIC Code is defined as number of employees of not more than 500. The solicitation calls for multiple awards on a regional basis. The Government intends to award two (2) regional contracts from this RFP. The geographic location of each region will be identified in the solicitation. One contract award will be made in each region. Each contract to be awarded will be an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract with potential for cost-plus-fixed-fee and fixed-price task orders. Each contract will have an ordering period of not more than 60 months and a maximum ceiling of $5 million. Those offerors interested in receiving the solicitation must either send a written request at the address indicated in the synopsis or telefax a request to (617) 494-3024. Firms that have previously requested the solicitation under the November 28, 1994 sources sought synopsis will receive a separate mailing as to the solicitation that they are interested in receiving. This announcement is based on the best information available, is subject to additional modification, is not a request for proposals, and in no way commits the Government to award a contract. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small 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 application forms concerning the STLP, please contact the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0104)

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