Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0055

Y -- INSTALLATION OF GOVERNMENT FURNISH (GF) INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) EQUIPMENT SHELTERS EIGHT (8) LOCATIONS IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA SOL DTFA07-95-B-00122 DUE 103195. Contact Construction Section, (817) 222-4342. Installation of Government Furnished (GF) Instrument Landing System (ILS) Equipment Shelters at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This work involves furnishing all equipment, supplies, materials, tools to install GF items at each ILS Equipment Shelter Site (eight locations) (1) wall mounted package air conditioner (AC) unit (2) fiberglass rain hood installed over the entrance door of each shelter and (3) GF AC return & supply air grills. Also, required to relocate (from the existing ILS equipment shelters) to the newly installed ILS equipment shelters, existing metal handrails & landings. Estimated price range is between $25,000 and $100,000. The proposed procurement is unrestricted regarding business size. The BOD is an approximate date only. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this procurement is 1542. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests are acceptable. Fax number is (817) 222-5994. 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 contract. 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 percent 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. (254)

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