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

Z -- INSTALLATION OF A 100KW ENGINE GENERATOR AT DALLAS-LOVE FIELD AND AT DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT, TEXAS Sol. DTFA07-95-B-00037. Due 041195. Contact Point, Gina Witford, 214/574-2422, Contract Administrator. Installation of two (2) 100Kw Engine Generators (E/G), one (1) each at two (2) existing terminal doppler weather radar (TDWR) facilities. One (1) is located at Dallas-Love Field and the other one (1) is located at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Texas. Work shall include the installation of a Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) 100Kw propane gas E/G, load bank, load bank control panel, E/G transfer switch and related electrical and mechanical equipment. Contractor is responsible for installation of contractor furnished sheet metal enclosures including air intake/exhaust hoods, piping to liquid-propane converter, motor control dampers and gravity backdraft dampers, control components, exhaust fans, various monitors, panelboards, disconnect switeches, circuit breakers and terminal boxes and related electrical and mechanical equipment. Estimated Price range between $25,000 and $100,000. There will be no charge for the specifications and drawings. The proposed procurement is unrestricted regarding business size. The BOD is an approximate date only. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this procurement is 1731. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office 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 the Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at 800/532-1169. (058)

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