C -- FIRE LIFE SAFETY PROGRAM ENGINEERING SERVICES

Notice Date

June 11, 2001

Contracting Office

55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142

ZIP Code

02142

Solicitation Number

DTRS57-01-R-20023

Response Due

June 29, 2001

Point of Contact

Point of Contact -- Teresa Lee-Fierstein, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3830

E-Mail Address

Contract Specialist (LeeFierste@volpe.dot.gov)

Description

Reference: Procurement Request PR33-3793. The Volpe Center is supporting the Federal Aviation Administration and other federal agencies by acquiring and managing fire protection engineering services for the Fire Life Safety (FLS) Program. The required engineering support needs include fire protection engineering and subject matter experts in the areas of air traffic control towers, related facilities and transportation vehicles. The Volpe Center s engineering services support needs are in the following areas: (1) Codes and standards compliance evaluations; (2) Fire protection systems design/engineering support; (3) Fire modeling/design flow analysis; (4) Test and evaluations; (5) Risk assessments/hazard analysis; (6) Policy and code evaluations/ equivalency determinations; (7) Trainin g development and implementation; (8) Field construction support; (9) Emergency preparedness planning. June 29, 2001 is the date by which parties are requested to register in order to receive electronic notification of the solicitation issuance. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available in text format and reside on a WWW server which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address, or URL, of the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to rece ive solicitations, amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. Paper copies of the solicitation and or amendments WILL NOT be issued. The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a bonding assistance program available which enables minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprise firms to obtain bid, payment, and performance bonds with a guarantee up to 80 percent against losses. In addition, a short-term loan program is available to provide working capital at the prime interest rate. For further information regard ing these programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (202) 366-2852. See Numbered Notes 1 and 26.

Web Link

Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page (http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010613/CSOL004.HTM (D-162 SN50O5K5)