Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement (NAD-30), 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590

B -- CONTINUING OPERATION OF TWO (2) ZONE CENTERS AND ASSOCIATED PRIMARY SAMPLING UNITS IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL ACCIDENT SAMPLING SYSTEM POC Contract Specialist Debra Crites, (202) 366-9547, or Contract Officer Janice B. Flemming, (202) 366-9564 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration intends to negotiate non-competitive extensions to existing contracts with Calspan Corporation and KLD Associates to provide continuation services for (1) the collection of highway crash data at selected sampling locations designed to be representative of the geographic characteristics of the nation (Primary Sampling Units) and (2) the technical and quality control management of the field data collection activities (Zone Center). These activities are in support of the National Accident Sampling System (NASS) program. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals nor is a Request-for-Proposal solicitation document currently available. During performance of the current contracts, the NASS program initiated an aggressive initiative to convert NASS records from a paper file format to an Electronic Data Collection System (EDCS). These extensions are necessary to permit the Government to prepare written documentation describing the EDCS. The required documentation will be included in the competitive solicitation to provide for long-term NASS program support planned for issuance in December, 1998. Posted 08/14/98 (W-SN237315). (0226)

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