SMALL VEHICLE PROCUREMENT WORKSHOP

Successful procurements of small vehicles depend on carefully drafted specifications and requirements, well defined procedures, and open communications between the buyers and the bidders at crucial times during the procurement process. These suggestions and other information on how to make procurements proceed smoothly, despite the inevitable hurdles, were shared at a mid-November national Small Vehicle Procurement Workshop. Sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA), the Workshop attracted State and local small vehicle operators, procurement officers, and suppliers. The Indiana Department of Transportation hosted the Workshop in Indianapolis, welcoming almost a hundred colleagues eager to know more about how Section 16(b)(2) and Section 18 grants are being administered under UMTA. Highlights of the Workshop are presented in this third issue of UMTA Technical Assistance Briefs: Meeting Highlights series, under the sponsorship of UMTA's Office of Bus and Paratransit Systems. UMTA officials are working to develop a research program responsive to the needs of small vehicle operators and used the workshop as an opportunity to listen to operators share their concerns.

• Corporate Authors:

  Public Technology, Incorporated

  1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20004

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Bus and Paratransit Systems, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • Technical Assistance Briefs
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Urban Mass Transportation Administration

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Compact automobiles; Paratransit services; Procurement; Small buses; Technical assistance; Transit operators; Workshops
• Old TRIS Terms: Small car
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391780
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 185
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM