National Transit Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, attn: E. J. Edwards, 120 Albany Street, Suite 705, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

U -- DEVELOP AND DELIVER A SHORT-TERM TRAINING COURSE: AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE ORDER PROCESS SOL FPR 97FR-21 DUE 072997 POC Point of Contact -- Eleanor J. Edwards, Senior Associate, 732-932-1700, Ext.13; Fax: 732-932-1707 This contract is for the development and delivery of a short-term training course to assist Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grantees in establishing a change order process to effectively evaluate, prepare, and process change orders. The two-day course will be offered to transit agency staff who are involved in the change order process, including end users, as well as specialists from the legal, procurement, and project management disciplines, who may attend the course individually or as members of an agency team. The course should be designed to help grantees better understand FTA's philosophy regarding change orders and allow them to implement an acceptable change order process to ensure that federal dollars will be adequately protected and spent. The contract will require a list of materials, course outline, curriculum and all materials, including a resource manual, presentation of a pilot session and delivery of the course up to ten (10) times during the first year of the contract and up to 10 additional sessions during an option year. NTI will require proposers to have had experience in dealing with the subject matter as well as experience in developing training programs. To obtain a copy of the complete RFP, send a written request on organization letterhead to the address above. Faxed requests will be accepted; telephone requests are unacceptable. RFP's will be mailed by first-class surface mail. RFP's will not be faxed. Requests will be honored until July 22, 1997. Although this is not a set-aside contract, small businesses, minority-owned businesses and/or female-owned businesses are encouraged to submit proposals. (0160)

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