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S -- JANITORIAL SERVICES Sol DTFA12-96-B-00002. Due 090795. Contact: Helene P Conway, Contracting Officer, 617-238-7687. Furnish all labor, materials and supervision to perform janitorial services, including window cleaning and snow shoveling, when required, at the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), Nashua, NH. Services required 7 days/week, from 10/1/95 to 9/30/96 with one option year. This 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 $15.00 non-refundable charge is required for IFB and specifications. Requests for bid packages will be honored until the 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 for 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. (198)

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