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B -- DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN FOR SITE SELECTION PROCESS SOL DTFA12-96-B-00019. DUE 010396 Contact: Kevin S. Hart, Contracting Officer, 617-238-7687. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic and Airway Facilities Divisions are seeking contractor services to assist in the site selection process for a new consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility in the New England Region. The contractor will be required to develop a plan and methodology to be used by the FAA Site Selection Team, address human resource, operational and cost criteria for evaluation by the team, participate in team meetings, provide monthly progress reports and provide a final report detailing the team's recommended location. Basically, the contractor will be required to support site selection through dynamic and continuous participation in the process. Solicitation number DTFA12-96-R-00019 should be available by December 1, 1995, requiring separate cost and technical proposals both due by the closing date of January 3, 1996. Requests for solicitation 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 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. (318)

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