Day/Night Average Sound Level (DNL) Replacement Metric Research

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) is supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Environment and Energy, in facilitating the efforts of establishing new day/night average sound level (DNL) replacement metrics. The FAA's Office of Environment and Energy has indentified critical research needs to advance analysis of the impacts of aviation noise and to develop socially optimal mitigation solutions. One critical research need is to determine whether the current basis for establishing significant impact needs updating to better reflect the current state of community annoyance to today's aircraft noise exposure. The Volpe Center, in support of the FAA, seeks a contractor to identify supplementary or replacement metrics to DNL that could help to better capture the relationship between community annoyance and noise exposure due to aircraft. A detailed statement of work will be set forth in the Request for Quotation (RFQ). The complete RFQ will be issued on or about July 22 2010. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541330 and the small business size standard is $4.5M. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures on an unrestricted basis. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue RFPs and amendments to RFPs. Paper copies of these documents are not available, and hard copies will not be mailed. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at the following address: http://www.FBO.gov Potential offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation posting and availability for downloading must register on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at the following address: http://www.FBO.gov 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 email address provided. For questions concerning the acquisition, contact the Contract Specialist by email at contact@example.gov . ANY INQUIRIES VIA TELEPHONE WILL NOT BE HONORED. All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at http://www.ccr.gov to register and/or obtain information about the registration process. Additionally, solicitation Representation and Certifications are no longer provided within the solicitation and must be submitted online through the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage, and viewing of the Representations and Certifications required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at the ORCA website: https://orca.bpn.gov. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term 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 $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call +1 (555) 000-0000. Internet address: http://osdbu.dot.gov/.