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R -- PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE MAGLEV DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SOL DTFR53-99-R-00001 DUE 020899 POC Contract Specialist Linda Dearing, (202) 493-6154/Fax (202) 493-6171; Contracting Officer Illona M. Williams, (202) 493-6130 E-MAIL: hubsmtp.hubsmtp, linda.dearing@fra.dot.gov. The Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, intends to acquire contractor support for the oversight of the Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) Transportation Development Program. The FRA is responsible for the administration of the Maglev Deployment Program authorized by Section 1218 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) Century (TEA-21). As part of this responsibility, the FRA has initiated a program (see Federal Register dated October 13, 1998) to: (1) select up to five applying states (or authorities designated by one or more states) for financial assistance in preconstruction planning of an eligible Maglev project; (2) provide financial assistance to the selected applicants to complete the preconstruction engineering, environmental, organizational, economic and financial studies needed to establish project eligibility and relative desirability of competing projects; (3) prepare appropriate analysis and documentation to compare the environmental consequences of implementing the various projects being planned and select the most promising project for financial assistance in the construction and deployment;(4) provide financial assistance to selected applicants to complete the preparation of site specific draft environmental impact statements (EIS's) for all the planned projects and a final EIS for the selected project; and (5) negotiate the agreements needed to initiate construction and deployment of the selected project. The contractor support intended to be acquired by FRA as advertised herein includes the professional and support services to technically assist the FRA in the coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the selected applicants' technical efforts from the Maglev Deployment Program as advertised in the Federal Register on October 13, 1998. Such support may include, but not be limited to, (1) planning and conducting technical workshops; (2) establishment of a monitoring and reporting system; (3) coordination, monitoring, and reporting on all selectedapplicants work; and (4) other support services, as required. This acquisition also includes two option tasks which, if exercised by the Government, will require the contractor to assist FRA in the negotiation of agreements needed to construct and deploy a project and oversight of final design and specification of early action elements of the selected project. The contractor shall be required to maintain a project team utilizing the coordinated efforts of individuals in a variety of professional and support service disciplines such as architects; civil, structural, construction, electrical, and mechanical engineers; environmental analysts; financial and economic analysts; travel demand and revenue forecasting experts; organizational management auditors; and transportation and urban planners. The anticipated period of performance is twenty-eight months from the effective date of award, which is anticipated to be April 1, 1999. This is an unrestricted solicitation. Firms interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation must respond in writing via regular mail, fax, or email. The anticipated release of the solicitation is January 8,1999. Posted 12/18/98 (W-SN281805). (0352)

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