Federal Aviation Administration, New England Region, ANE-55KH, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803

N -- INSTALLATION OF GOVERNMENT FURNISHED NAVIGATIONAL AID Sol DTFA12-95-B-00084. Due 072595. Contact: Kevin S. Hart, Contracting Officer, 617-238-7687. Furnish all labor, material (except Government furnished), supplies and equipment necessary for the replacement of the localizer (LOC) facility serving Runway 35 at the Norwood Municipal Airport, in Norwood, Massachusetts. A $20.00 non-refundable charge is required for the bid package. Requests for bid packages will be honored until the supply is exhausted. SPECIAL NOTE FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs 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 also 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. (177)

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