Contracting Officer, USCG CEU, 1240 E. Ninth St., Rm. 2179, Attn: Faye Arnold, Cleveland, OH 44199-2060

Z -- UPGRADE EXISTING AND CONSTRUCT NEW NAVIGAIONAL AIDS SOL DTCG83-95-B-3WF116. DUE 030995. POC Faye Arnold, 216-522-3955/Ext. 276. Provide all labor, material, equipment, transportaton and supervision required to drive piles and construct new navigaional aid structures along the Michigan Inland Route between Oden and Cheboygan, MI. Work shall include demolition and removal of existing single pile, salvaging of navigational buoys, recovery of submerged piling/navigational structures, and pile driving and construction necessary to construct new pile structures. The estimated range is between $25K and $100K. SIC Code assigned is 1629. Bid Opening will be on or about 09 Mar 1995. No telephone requests. Requests shall be in writing and can be faxed to (216) 522-7107, Attn:: Faye Arnold. This office has a Procurement Information Line which may be called for information on current bid openings and solicitation amendments. The number is (216) 522-3955, Ext. 745.) This project is unrestricted in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and is not a set-aside. Any responsible source may submit a bid. The following information is for minority woman-owned and disadvantaged enterprises: The Dept. of Transportaition (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilizaion (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, woman-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 addounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $5000,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (013)

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