R -- LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES

Notice Date

December 6, 2001

Contracting Office

55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142

ZIP Code

02142

Solicitation Number

DTRS57-02-Q-80015

Response Due

December 20, 2001

Point of Contact

Point of Contact -- Karen Marino, Purchasing Agent, 617/494-2437

E-Mail Address

Purchasing Agent (marinok@volpe.dot.gov)

Description

The Volpe Center intends to issue, through Simplified Acquisition procedures, a competitive Request for Quote (RFQ) for the translation of transportation technical documents. The translation of technical documents into English from German and French will be a critical element of the research program the Volpe Center is involved in. A Statement of Work will be set forth in the RFQ. A Fixed-Price Task Order Purchase Order is anticipated. The applicable NAICS Code is 541930. The size standard is no more than $5.0M. 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 Di vision 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 receive 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. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. The following notice is notice for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvan taged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short Terms Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000. In addition, a short-term loan program is available to provide working capital at the prime interest rate. For further information regarding these programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169;http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning this acquisition, contact the contracting official cited above.

Web Link

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

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011210/RSOL006.HTM (D-340 SN5145N7)