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N -- INSTALLATION OF GOVERNMENT FURNISHED UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS) SYSTEM FOR THE BANGOR, MAINE AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (AFSS) Sol DTFA12-95-B-00087 due 082395. Contact: Kevin S. Hart, Contracting Officer, 617-238-7687. Install Government furnished equipment which includes a 62.5 KW uninterruptible power supply (UPS), batteries, power distribution unit (PDU) and a manual bypass switch. Also furnish and install a new HVAC unit and provide transportation, loading/unloading, handling, installation, connections, panelboard, circuits breakers, feeders, branch circuits, modifications, servicing, testing and all incidentals. All work shall be performed for the Bangor, Maine Automated Flight Service Station. This is a full and open competitive requirement. 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. (199)

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