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B -- STUDIES AND ANALYSES FOR OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION SOL DTOS59-95-R-00006 DUE 042895 POC Contract Specialist, Maureen Hale, 202/366-4969, Contracting Officer, Mark Welch, 202/366-4971 Technical support in one or more work areas for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST), Washington, DC. In its licensing program OCST is responsible for ensuring that the proposed activity does not jeopardize public health and safety, the safety of property, or any national security or foreign policy interest of the United States. All four work areas focus on these goals. The Government may make multiple awards for one or more of the following work areas: Work Area 1, Enforcement, Investigations, and Inspections; Work Area 2, Commercial Launch Sites and Site Operations; Work Area 3, Orbital and Reentry Issues and Strategy; and Work Area 4, Launch Safety Operations Evaluation. Each work area includes a base period of performance through Sept. 30, 1996, and four one-year option periods, ending Sept. 30, 2000. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Dept. of Transportation. Electronically transmitted proposals (i.e., facsimile, telex, computer network) will NOT be accepted. The following Notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Dept. 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, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. (0055)

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