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D -- CTOS III SERVER WORKSTATION SOL DTRS57-98-Q-80050 DUE 012398 POC Karen Marino, Purchasing Agent, (617) 494-2437 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, marinok@volpe1.dot.gov. The Volpe Center plans to solicit a sole source Simplified Acquisition from Unisys Corporation, McLean, Va., for a 200 Mhz Pentium SM CTOS III Server Workstation for use by the U.S. Coast Guard to run their CMPlus programming project. Small Business firms classified under SIC Code 3575 that are interested in proposing on this requirement must demonstrate to the Contracting Officer no later than 15 days from the date of publication that they possess the CTOS III operating system. Small Business firms will be required to submit documentation in support of the above, prior to receiving a quotation. NO telephone requests will be accepted -- only written requests for this quotation will be accepted -- however, we will accept requests for this quotation via facsimile, at (617)494-3649, ATTN: Karen Marino, DTS-853. 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. (0008)

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