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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL CA PRA ERFO PINN 10(1) DUE 040199 POC Program & Administration (303)716-2014 WEB: Information regarding solicitation opportunities, http://www.cflhd.gov/edi/pna/index.htm. E-MAIL: Requests for plans & specifications, addraft@denver.infi.net. This project will consist of concrete bridge construction on 0.24 kilometers of roadway for Chalone Creek Bridge, Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito County, California. -- Estimated price is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), had programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also 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 Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call (800)532-1169. Posted 02/11/99 (W-SN297752). (0042)

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