Commandant(G-ACS-2B/SD), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001

T -- SERVICE TO MAINTAIN APPROXIMATELY 2000 COPIES OF CUSTOM FISHERIES REGULATIONS POC Contact: Shawn Duncan, Contract Specialist, Ph: (202) 267- 2519/Shirley Kyle, Contracting Officer, Ph: (202) 267-2514 This is a sources sought announcement for customized, and updated Federal Living Marine Resource Regulations for the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard has intentions of awarding a sole source contract to Jonathan Publishing Company located at 3939 Bees Caves Road, Suite 200 Austin TX 78746-6429. The Contractor shall provide a supplement service which produces and distributes updated text of Federal Living Marine Resource Regulations to Coast Guard units located throughout the United States and its Possessions for insertion into the U.S. Coast Guard's existing customized Federal Regulation sets. Jonathan Publishing own copyrights to the format of the existing customized regulations and updates. The new regulatory supplements shall be completely compatible with the existing regulation sets currently held by Coast Guard units. The Contractor shall maintain an inventory of replacement sets for future distribution. The Contractor shall also develop/maintain a database consisting of word processed text files with all of the Federal Living Marine Resource Statutes, as well as their legislative histories, for which the Coast Guard is responsible for enforcing. An understanding of Federal Living Marine Resource Regulations is essential. To properly execute the requirements of this action, the provider must have the requisite knowledge and experience to: (1) Research the Federal Register daily and distinguish between final, interim final, emergency final, and proposed regulations and extract only those which actually have been implemented by the cognizant regulatory agency. (2) Determine whether the scope of the statute/ regulation is within the enforcement responsibilities of the U.S. Coast Guard (e.g., The U.S. Coast Guard has responsibility to enforce regulations governing: marine vs. freshwater aquatic species, actions taking place within waters under the jurisdiction of the United States vs. international trade or commerce practices of foreign countries or the actions of shore-based activities outside the statutory enforcement authority of the U.S. Coast Guard, etc.) (3) Determine whether the statute/regulation amends an existing statute/regulation or is a new action; and if an amendment, accurately makes all changes to the customized regulation database and provide these changes to the Coast Guard. (4) Be able to understand the significance of all statutory/regulatory actions, whether new or amended, and be able to highlight the significant changes in a summary document to be provided with each supplement issued to the Coast Guard. To reflect these statutory and regulatory changes, the contractor shall prepare, print, and distribute revisions to the affected portions of the regionalized custom regulation sets through the issuance of regular supplements. Each supplement shall contain new or replacement pages, filing instructions, and a list of effective pages. In addition to providing the supplement service for the existing regulations, the Contractor shall be responsible for providing new customized regulations for new statues and regulations. The Contractor shall deliver supplements on the last day of each month to U.S. Coast Guard units located throughout the United States and its Possessions. These supplements shall be compatible with existing sets. Jonathan Publishing Company located on 3939 Bee Caves Road, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78746-7417 has copyrights to the format of the existing customized regulations and updates. These regulations consist of nine volumes as follows (the number of copies specified is an approximation): (1) General Set, 513 copies for distribution, 55 copies for contractor's maintenance; (2) Administrative Set, 67 copies for distribution, 10 copies for contractor's maintenance; (3) Northeast/Mid-Atlantic set, 214 copies for distribution, 25 copies for contractor's maintenance (4) South Atlantic Set, 206 copies for distribution, 20 copies for contractor's maintenance (5) Caribbean Set, 152 copies for distribution, 15 copies for contractor's maintenance; (6) Gulf of Mexico Set, 200 copies for distribution, 20 copies for contractor's maintenance; (7) Pacific Set, 182 copies for distribution; 20 copies for contractor's maintenance; (8) North Pacific Set, 134 copies for distribution, 15 copies for contractor's maintenance (9) Western Pacific Set, 117 copies for distribution, 15 copies for the contractor's maintenance. The period of performance shall be from 07/01/95 thru 06/30/95. Interested offerors shall submitt a technical capability statement. All responses must be received within 10 calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. Government will review all statements of interest and capabilities to determine market availability of firms able to provide these services. This is not a request for proposal nor an invitation for bid. Telephone requests will not be honored. Written responses must be submitted in writing and reference RFP DTCG23-94-R-HLE152. Written responses shall be addressed to the Commandant, (G-ACS-2B/SD) U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, S.W. Washington D.C. 20593-0001. For Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged 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 the STLP, Please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0097)

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