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99 -- OF TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM II IN U.S. COAST GUARD VC-4 SOL DTCG23-95-B-ATC006 POC Contact: Dan McCusker, Ph: 202-267-2483/Contracting Officer: Shirley J. Vellis, Ph: 202-267-0766 The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has a requirement to have an AlliedSignal Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II installed in a Coast Guard VC-4 aircraft. Requests for solicitation shall be made in writing within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of this notice. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. However, small business sources should submit information listed in numbered Note 25. (0034)

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