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B -- DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS) SOL DTFH61-98-R-00073 DUE 071498 POC Rick Murray, Contract Specialist, HAM-40D, 202-366-2863 WEB: FHWA's Office of Acquisition Management Home Page, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/aaa/hamhome.htm. E-MAIL: click here to send an email to Rick Murray at the, rick.murray@fhwa.dot.gov. The purpose of this solicitation is to provide technical and program support to the Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program, and to define and develop the Rural ITS through systems engineering, integration, analysis, documentation, and deployment and planning guidance. This includes further defining Advanced Rural Transportation Systems (ARTS) within the context of the National ITS program, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) ARTS Strategic Plan, the ARTS Program Plan, and the National ITS Architecture. More information about ITS is available at HTTP://WWW.ITS.DOT.GOV. The selected contractor will: provide support to all offices within DOT responsible for the Rural ITS program, ensuring that the rural systems are further defined, developed, and documented to meet the needs of users and operators within the rural transportation system; provide technical evaluation of actions that will impact the rural aspects of the National ITS Architecture (such as the development of standards);and provide support and assistance for outreach and mainstreaming activities in support of state and local implementors to help them deploy the rural system design. This is a full and open solicitation and is not a follow-on contract. NO FURTHER SOLICITATION INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. This solicitation will only be released and available electronically through the Electronic Posting System (EPS) at HTTP://EPS.ARNET.GOV. Accordingly, no written, telephone, facsimile or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. Since this solicitation will only be available electronically, it will be the responsibility of interested parties to monitor the EPS website for any solicitation amendments. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by FHWA. The following is for informational purposes -- "Attention: Minority, Woman-oned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)! The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers workingcapital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information call at (800) 532-1169. Internet address:http://osdbuweb.dot.gov" For information concerning the above acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. (0148)

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