The United States Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), in supporting the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) intends to solicit on a non-competitive basis with Naupau Software, Cambridge, MA, to develop the next generation highway noise prediction model, the Traffic Noise Model (TNM), in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302 under the statutory authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Volpe Center has entered the design phase of the TNM, Version 3.0, which will apply major changes to the code platform upon which TNM runs. Prior to its scheduled release, the contractor w ill be required to perform software coding and design module testing to ensure accuracy functionality, and efficiency in TNM 3.0’s acoustic module. A complete Statement of Work will be set forth in the Request for Quotation (RFQ). RFQ issuance will be on or about January 4, 2006. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541511 and the small business size standard is $21.0 million. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13.5. Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms’ capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after fifteen (15) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted. The URL of the Volpe Center Acquis ition Management Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html

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