Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, System Requirements Branch, ASW-510D (NISC) Fort Worth, TX 76193-0510

R -- METEOROLOGICAL WEATHER OBSERVER SERVICES SOL DTFA07-96-R-00050 DUE 062596 POC Contact: Ms. Jo Ann Sneed, Program Analyst, 817-222-5578 The Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, intends to award a contract consisting of providing National Weather Service certified meteorological weather observers 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to the Grider Field Airport, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Basic contract period will be from October 1, 1996, through September 30, 1997, and the solicitation will contain one (1) one year (1) option period. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8999. For Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are 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 the STLP, please call the OSDBU at 800-532-1169. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests are acceptable. Fax number is 817-222-5979. (0150)

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