USDA, APHIS, Field Servicing Office, Butler Square West, 5th Floor, 100 North 6th St., Minneapolis, MN 55403

15 -- HELICOPTER, USED SOL 57-M-APHIS-98 POC Janette Lever, Contracting Officer @ 612/370-2285. E-MAIL: <presol/>, angela.d.conner@usda.gov. 15 -- The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine(PPQ), intends to acquire aerial services for spraying of insecticides for their grasshopper/mormon cricket control program. This is a total small business set-aside. Interested parties must request an Aerial Solicitation Mailing List Application, complete and return the required forms to the issuing office. Upon receipt and approval of the completed forms, your name will be added to our Bidders Mailing List, making you eligible to bid on upcoming aerial spraying jobs. As we establish our Bidders Mailing List, you will be sent our 1998 Aerial Spraying Prospectus. This prospectus includes information you will need to bid, including the terms and conditions of APHIS aerial spraying contracts. To ensure that your name is considered for our Bidders List, promptly request a copy of the Aerial Solicitation Mailing List Application from the Minneapolis address cited above. Submit written or faxed request stating name, address, telephone number, and solicitation number. Fax request to the "Contracting Section" at Area Code (612) 370-2106. Telephone requests will not be accepted. (0135)

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