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Z -- ESTABLISHMENT OF OM/LOM, RUNWAY 21, DANVILLE/VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT, DANVILLE, IL. SOL DTFA14-96-RFO-33824 DUE 060496 POC Fax your request to receive a solicitation package to Diane Ayen at 708-294-8310. As of April 1, 1996, the FAA is operating under a new acquisition system. Please read the solicitation package carefully, especially the award criteria in section L and M. Work under this contract consists of but is not limited to installation of a new outer marker/LOM pre-cast equipment shelter, installation of a outer marker antenna tower, installation of a perimeter fense and crushed rock parking and miscelleious civil and electrical work. The contract price is estimated to be $60,000.00. Solicitations will be available on or about May 14, 1996, with an opening date of June 4, 1996. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, woman-owned and disadvantaged business to acquire short term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) to prime interest rates up to $500,000.00 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT bonding assistance program allows firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80% quaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and application forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program call 800-532-1169. The sic code is 1542. (0127)

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