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S -- WEATHER OBSERVATION SERVICES SOL DTFA06-95-B-50071 DUE 101795 POC Contact Point and Phone Number; James Hrabowski, (A.I.M.) 404-305-5091, Fax# 404-305-5774 Weather Observation Services, twenty-four hours a day at Tupelo Municipal CD Lemons Airport, Tupelo, Mississippi. Eight months base contract period beginning February 1, 1996, through September 30, 1997, with four option years. SIC: 8999. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT), OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION (OSDBU), HAS A PROGRAM TOASSIST 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 CREDIT LINEIS $500,000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICABLE FORMS CONCERNING THE (STLP),PLEASE CALL (OSDBU) AT 1-800-532-1169. (0241)

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