DOT/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142

A -- AMASS-X SCAN CONVERSION SUBSYSTEM (ASCS) SOL DTRS57-97-C-00005 DUE 112596 POC Guy H. Hillman Contracting Officer FAX 617) 494-3024. The Volpe Center plans to procure, as a sole source from Pivotal Graphics, a modified version of their tracker product's source codes for the Velocity Cards. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business 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. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0290)

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