[CCoE Notice] TxDoT RFP - 2013 - Underutilized Universities (Re-Issued)

[Fritz Claydon]

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-----Original Message-----
From: RTIMAIN RTIMAIN [mailto:RTIMAIN at txdot.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:18 AM
To: Gail Davis; Dr. Duane Rosa; Judy Perkins; Carrie Brown; Denise Ballard;
Mayra Hough; Sandra Garcia; Bert Little; Yi Qi; Scott Erwin; Anne Sherman;
Jose Grimaldo; Elvin Franklin; Pei Shi; Wendy Fowler; James Casey; Michael
Odell
Cc: Millissa Mosley
Subject: RFP - 2013 - Underutilized Universities (Re-Issued)

Same email as sent by Sylvia Medina. We apologize for the duplication.
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Proposal Deadline: 4:00 pm Central Time, March 29, 2012

Note:  This is a "Re-Issue" of the RFP sent to you on January 4, 2012. Some
universities may not have received the first RFP.  The project statements
are still the same as previously submitted, except for new deadline noted
above.

RTI is requesting proposals for our FY 2013 Annual Research Program.  These
projects are reserved for "underutilized" (RTI definition in attached
letter) universities, and are in addition to the projects in our general
RFP.  Please ensure that all interested individuals within your university
receive a copy of this Request for Proposal (RFP) package.

Eligible Proposers - Proposals will be accepted only from those Texas
state-supported colleges and universities receiving this RFP directly from
RTI.  Those institutions may partner with other Texas state-supported
universities up to the limit in the attached policy letter.  Partnerships
with other entities will be considered only when the appropriate expertise
is not available at a Texas state-supported college or university.

Proposals will not be considered when the research team includes any member
with "seriously late" deliverables as defined in Rick Collins 1/4/2012
letter (attached).

Project Statements - We will be sending Project Statements to University
Liaisons, within the next 30 minutes, through TxDOT's FTP (dropbox)
service.  Look for 1 .zip file containing 8 Project Statements.  The
dropbox service will notify you by email when the files are available for
"pickup", and the files should remain available in the dropbox through
1/30/2012.

Proposal Instructions - Refer to Chapter 3 (RFP) and Chapter 4 (Proposal
Requirements) of RTI's University Handbook, December 2010. This updated
Handbook was sent to all University Liaisons and TAP members by e-mail on
1/4/2011, and is available at:
ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/library/pubs/gov/university_handbook.pdf.

Proposal Submission & Forms - Please have your researchers coordinate
proposal submission to RTI through your office, to ensure all requirements
are met and current forms are used.  A file containing the current RTI
forms is in the .zip file mentioned above containing the project statements.

Proposals received after the deadline will not be accepted.  Responsibility
for ensuring the timely arrival of proposals rests with the university.
 Failure on the part of fax (including a busy signal) or e-mail equipment
will not be reasons for acceptance of a proposal after the proposal
deadline.  Email submissions will be considered received in RTI if we can
obtain documented evidence that a proposal was sent to the email address
below and was received by TxDOT's internet mail server before the deadline.

Send proposals to either:

Email Address (preferred) RTI will confirm receipt of email within 1 day:
rtimain at txdot.gov - Please note that messages larger than 15 megabytes
(including attachments) are generally not received by TxDOT's internet
email server.

Fax Number:  512-416-4734

It is our policy to ensure that no person in the United States shall on the
grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability be
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be
subject to discrimination under any of our programs or activities.

Please contact sylvia.medina at txdot.gov or 512-416-4740 if you have any
questions.


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-- 
Fritz Claydon Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean of Administration and Research
University of Houston
Cullen College of Engineering
713.743.4204
fclaydon at uh.edu


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