Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Admin. (FAA), Procurement Branch, AWP-55, P.O. Box 92007, WWPC., Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007

C -- TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION INTER-FACILITY GROUP (ANI-900) OF THE WESTERN-PACIFIC REGION SOL DTFA08-98-R-03257 DUE 052998 POC Edward R. Gibson (310) 725-7566 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the SIR, http://www.awp.faa.gov/procure/logist.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contract Ed Gibson via e-mail, edward.gibson@faa.dot.gov. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Western-Pacific Region hereby announces its intention to contract technical and administrative support services for the Communication and Navigation Inter-Facility Group (ANI-900). The Contractor shall provide all necessary technical personnel, materials, supervision and management necessary to provide support to ANI-900 of the Western-Pacific's automation, communications and radar requirements as outlined in the statement of work. The anticipated services require a diversity of skills suitable to a variety of electronic and civil engineering environments. Contractor shall provide technical, analytic, and management support services in the following five task areas: 1) Program Management, 2) Engineering Services, 3) Facility Management, 4) Systems Software Development, and 5) Training and Courseware Development. Services are required from the date of award through September 30, 1999, with 4 additional fiscal option years. The ceiling price of the contract, including four (4) fiscal year options, is estimated at Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000). The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this requirement is 8711. The FAA will provide solicitation packages to the first fifteen (15) written requests responding to this SIRr, on a "first come" basis only. Request for a solicitation package must identify Solicitation No. DTFA08-98-R-03257 and should be made in writing to: Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, Procurement Branch, AWP-55, P.O. Box 92007, WWPC, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, Attn: Mr. Edward R. Gibson. A Solicitation Request can also be made via facsimile to: (310) 536-8550 or (310) 536-8551. VERBAL/ TELEPHONIC REQUEST WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Any request received after 05/29/98, regardless of method transmitted, will not be accepted. MINORITY/BUSINESS/BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM/STLP: The following notice BELOW is for informational purposes for Minority, Women- Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department ofTransportation (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, payment, and performance bonds up to 1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Programs (STLP), at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding the bonding and lending programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169. (0128)

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