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20 -- NAVIGATIONAL BU0YS SOL DTCG89-95-B-JAN022. DUE 041795. POC Contract bid issuing clerk, 510/437-3006 or Mr. Gary S. Brazzi, Contract Specialist 510/437-3057. Provide all labor, materials and equipment to fabricate, install, maintain and remove navigational aid buoys in the Kuskokwim River, Alaska. A minimum of 12 double drum and 17 single drum buoys are to be set in place on or around 1 June 1995 and removed on or around 15 October 1995. The buoys must be installed under the supervision of a competent person who have no less than 5 seasons of experience in the operation of motor vessels of at least 10 foot draft upon the river between the Port of Bethel and the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. Recent experience is defined as having made no less than 10 transits in vessels of at least 10 foot draft upon the river during the past 12 months. This individual must have local knowledge of the locations of the most desirable channel(s) for vessels with a maximum draft of 15 feet. This solicitation will be issued on or around 16 March 1995. The SIC code is 3443. The size standard is no more than 500 employees. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000.00 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000.00 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please all (800) 532-1169. (052)

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