Federal Aviation Administration,, Procurement Branch, Eastern Region, Fitzgerald Fed. Bldg, JFK Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430

Y -- TWO A/C UNITS (7 1/2 TON UNITS) REPLACEMENT - CLEARFIELD, PA SOL DTFA05-95-B-57231 DUE 050995 POC Maria Rosu, (718) 553-0900, Remove four (4) air conditioning units and replace with two (2) seven and one half (7 1/2) ton units at the Clearfield Radar Site located in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. The estimated procurement is between $25,000 and $100,000. All work is to be completed within thirty (30) days. Procurement is unrestricted as to size standards. Bid sets to be available on or about April 7, 1995. Fax in requests for bid sets at (718) 553-0197. 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 and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. 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 Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0074)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0159 19950316\Y-0008.SOL)