PHMSA has a requirement for a one-year (1-year) subscription to the following pipeline standards. The requirements are as follows: 1. All standards (PDF format only) shall be delivered via email, FTP, or physical media to a PHMSA HQ office. 2. Users shall be allowed to print or save a standard in PDF format. 3. Users shall also be allowed to copy excerpts out of the standard to use on a (State or Federal governments’ official letterhead) letter or document for legal purposes. The users are instructed to do the following: All excerpts shall be referenced back to the standard on any documentation. Note that we do not allow users to email or send in hardcopy an entire standard to anyone, even an employee in the office. If another employee needs access they are asked to login and download it themselves. We host the standard through a Federal website with strict rules and restrictions about what a user can and cannot do. 4. All revisions to any subscribed standard shall be updated automatically and available at its earliest convenience to the user community. 5. All of the 61 locations shall have 10 concurrent seats. 6. Access shall be given to only State and Federal staff through the federal website. Access to our subscription shall not be made available to the public in any way shape or form. 7. The licensing of the subject PDF shall be for 1 calendar year with options for 2 more calendar years. The required standards are attached, as well as the locations. If you are interested in this requirement, please submit a quote directly to Mr. Ignacio Tous at
[email protected]. No subsequent solicitation will be posted. Quotes must be received by no later than 5:00 pm, EDT, on July 17, 2008. If you have any questions regarding this requirement, please contact Ignacio Tous at (202) 366-5513 or via email at
[email protected].