Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Aviation Acquisition Contracting Team, AMQ-410, P.O. Box 25082, 6500 S. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73125-4929

U -- LEAR 60 INITIAL AND RECURRENT PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING SOL DTFA-02-95-R-50557 DUE 092595 POC Cecilia Maguire, (405) 954-7840 Course consists of Initial training with 54 hours ground school, 18 hours of Level ''D'' Simulator; Transition Pilot Training 48 hours of ground, 14 hours of simulator; and for Recurrent Training 16 hours ground school and 6 hours simulator. Requirement will be awarded for the base year with two 1-year options. Sic Code 8299. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contacts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) to prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. (0216)

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