DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Decentralized Certificate of Salvage Services [31 Pa.B. 6586] The purpose of this notice is to solicit letters of interest from salvage auctions to participate in the decentralized certificate of salvage services program.
The Department of Transportation (Department) is soliciting expressions of interest from salvage auctions for applications to provide decentralized certificate of salvage services to Department customers. This solicitation will expand the number of participants in an existing Department program for private sector, decentralized services for motor vehicle transactions.
For the certificate of salvage program, the Department will select up to two new sites for online messenger salvage auctions to provide certificates of salvage to customers by their connection to the Department's mainframe computer. The selected vendors will provide face-to-face services to customers at Department-approved locations. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be authorized messenger services or be pending appointment at the time of application and shall not have been sanctioned by either the Department or the State Police since March 31, 1998.
The term of the contract resulting from this procurement will be 5 years, from April 1, 2002, to April 1, 2007. Interested salvage auctions may obtain a copy of the application procedures and program requirements by contacting Sue Wilson, 1101 South Front Street, 1st floor, Riverfront Office Center, Harrisburg, PA 17104, (717) 787-4291.
Prospective applicants must submit questions in writing to Sue Wilson by 4 p.m. on December 24, 2001. The Department will address all questions from prospective applicants at a meeting at 10 a.m. on January 7, 2002, on the 4th floor of the Riverfront Office Center, 1101 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104. The Department must receive the completed applications by February 1, 2002. Mail applications to: Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Attn.: Sue Wilson, 1101 South Front Street, 1st floor, Riverfront Office Center, Harrisburg, PA 17104.
The Department will not consider applications received after February 1, 2002.
BRADLEY L. MALLORY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-2145. Filed for public inspection November 30, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
