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Amendment 0003 - Responses to Questions is posted at http://faaco.faa.gov/. In accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration's Acquisition Management System, 3.2.1.2.12, the Northwest Mountain Region is announcing a solicitation for competitive offers to perform the subject project. The Federal Aviation Administration, Northwest Mountain Region, intends to award a construction contract for the subject project. The FAA contemplates award of a firm fixed-price contract. Magnitude of construction is from $500,000-$750,000. Tiered Evaluation. A tiered evaluation of offers will be used in source selection for this contract. The NAICS Code for this project is 237130. The Small Business Administration Size Standard for NAICS Code is $33.5. Project Scope: Work includes but is not limited to: Installation of approximately 184,000 linear feet of Government furnished outdoor fiber optic cable and 10,500 linear feet of indoor/outdoor fiber optic cable. The installation will be in five (5) phases (locations) on FAA Radar and Navigational Facilities on Denver International Airport. Potential offerors should download all the applicable documents from this posting. No hard copy mailing will be provided. If viewing this announcement from a source other than Federal Aviation Administration Contract Opportunities (FAACO), please visit http://faaco.faa.gov/ for the original announcement. Updates and or amendments will only be issued at http://faaco.faa.gov/. 3.1-1 Clauses and Provisions Incorporated by Reference (December 2005) This screening information request (SIR) or contract, as applicable, incorporates by reference the provisions or clauses listed below with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make the full text available, or offerors and contractors may obtain the full text via Internet at: http://www.asu.faa.gov/conwrite/ (on this web page, select "Search and View Clauses"). 3.3.1-10 Availability of Funds 3.2.2.3-1 False Statements in Offers 3.2.2.3-11 Unnecessarily Elaborate Submittals 3.2.2.3-12 Amendments to Screening Information Requests (SIR) 3.2.2.3-14 Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Submittals (July 2004)3.2.2.3-13 Submission of Information, Documentation, and Offers 3.2.2.3-16 Restriction on Disclosure and use of Data 3.2.2.3-17 Preparation of Offers 3.2.2.3-18 Explanation to Prospective Offerors 3.9.1-2 Protest After Award 3.9.1-3 Protest 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, has programs to assist small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and women-owned concerns to acquire 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 receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $750,000. For further information regarding the bonding and lending programs please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169.