Commandant (G-ACS-1A/MC), U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001

X -- ON CALL HFCW AMVER MESSAGE DELIVERY SERVICES SOL DTCG23-95-R-TMXF20 POC Contact: Ms. Maryann Cunningham, Ph: 202/267-6208, Contract Specialist or Mr. Jerome S. Hensley, Ph: 202/267-6211, Contracting Officer The Coast Guard plans to award a contract to a commercial coast station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), or foreign agency equivalent, who can provide high frequency continuous wave (HFCW) Automated-Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) message delivery services in the Western Pacific and the Indian Oceans. The coast station will receive HFCW AMVER messages from ships at sea and electronically deliver them to the Coast Guard Operations Systems Center (OSC) in Martinsburg, West Virginia. A 1-800 phone number will be established as the primary mode of delivery for these messages. The commercial coast station may use EasyLink or Telex as a backup system to delivery messages in the event the 1-800 telephone number is inoperative. A separate message control numbering log for HFCW AMVER messages shall be maintained by the contractor for the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean traffic. A control numbering log shall also be maintained for messages electronically transferred to OSC. All correspondence shall reference solicitation number DTCG23-95-R-TMXF20 and include the responding firms name, address, point of contact, telephone number and business size status. All responses to this notice shall be received within 30 days from date of this publication. A firm fixed-price contract with four option years is contemplated. The Standard Industrial Classification Code assigned to this procurement is 4899. Coast Guard anticipates issuing a solicitation on or about 23 February 1995. ''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 short term program to assist 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 line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition contact the contracting official listed above.'' (0011)

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