Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Attn: System Requirements Branch, ASW-510D (NISC), Fort Worth, TX 76193-0510

R -- METEOROLOGICAL WEATHER OBSERVER SERVICES SOL DTFA07-95-B-00035. DUE 032995. Contact: Ms. Jo Ann Sneed, Program Analyst, (817) 222-5578. The Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, intends to solicit and award a contract consisting of providing National Weather Service certified meteorological weather observers 24 hours per day, 7 days a week to the Federal Aviation Administration Flight Service Station at Lafayette Regional Airport, Lafayette, Louisiana. Basic contract period will be from April 20, 1995, 1995, through September 30, 1995, and the solicitation will contain four (4), one (1) year option periods. Bid Bond - 20 percent, Performance Bond - 100 percent. IFB will be available approximately February 27, 1995. Proposed procurement is totally set-aside for small business concerns. No telephone requests, only written or faxed requests are acceptable. SIC Code is 8999. Fax number is (817) 222-5979. For Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (037)

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