Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, TX 76193-0055

58 -- HARDWARE MAINTENANCE AND SATELLITE LEASE OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION COLOR WEATHER GRAPHICS DISPLAY SYSTEM AT TEXAS, JONESBORO AND ALBUQUERQUE AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS Sol DTFA07-96-R-00005 due 112495. POC Lydia Pepper, Acquisition Management Branch, (817) 222-4395. The Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source for maintenance of Federal Aviation Administration owned Color Weather Graphics Display System which contains WSI proprietary hardware and Satellite lease of weather data capable of interfacing with WSI Corp. proprietary software at Fort Worth and San Angelo, Texas; Jonesboro, Arkansas and Albuquerque, New Mexico Automated Flight Service Stations. This proposed requirement will be negotiated for one basic year and three - one year Option Years to WSI Corp., under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise: The Department of Transportation(DOT) Office of Small 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 this acquisition, contact the Contracting Specialist listed above. See Note 22. (279)

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