DOT/RSPA/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142

22 -- USED RECONDITIONED SIDE DUMP RAILCARS SOL DTRS-57-95-B-00024 DUE 051595 POC Guy H. Hillman Contracting Officer FAX No. (617) 494-3658. The Volpe Center has a requirement for the procurement of two (2) used reconditioned 100 ton capacity side dump railway cars. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business 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. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0093)

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