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Y -- CONSTRUCT AFSF-2 SOL SOLICITATION NUMBER DTFA06-95-B-50025 DUE 041795 POC Point of Contact, Donna Bonner, (AIM) 404/305-5987 The contractor shall furnish labor, equipment, tools, material and supervision for work that includes, but no limited to construction of a new ALSF-2, including site survey, grading, regulator substation building and equipment, engine generator, engine generator building and equipment, above ground fuel storage tank and equipment, transformers, load bank, access road, concrete foundations, trenching and cable installation, electrical work and cable testing Tampa international airport, Tampa, florida. Issue date O/A March 13, 1995 with bid opening date o/a April 13, 1995. The estimate price range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Estimated performance time is 90 days. The SIC code is 1542. For minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises only: the Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority women owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term workingcapital 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 to apply for bid, performance and payment bondsup to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to 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 bonding assistance program and/or the stlp, please call the osdbu at (800) 532-1169. for information concerning the acquisition, contact the person listed above. (0059)

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