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S -- JANITORIAL SERVIES SOL DTFA12-96-B-00004 DUE 091495 Contact: Helene P. Conway, Contracting Officer, 617-238-7659. Furnish all labor, materials, & supervision necessary to perform janitorial services, including window cleaning, at the FAA's Air Traffic and Airway Facilities Offices, located at the T.F. Green State Airport, Warwick, RI. Services required 7 days/week, from 10/1/95 to 9/30/96, with one option year. This project is 100% set aside for Small Businesses; offers from other concerns will not be considered. To obtain IFB, send written requests only to Contracting Officer. A $10.00 non-refundable deposit is required. Requests for bid packages will be honored until supply is exhausted. Special Note for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: 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 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 to apply or bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. the DOT provides an 80% guaranty 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 Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (205)

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