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S -- PEST CONTROL SERVICES SOL DTCG89-95-B-4BH004 due 082495. Contract Bid Issuing Clerk, (510) 437-3006 or Mr. Gary S. Brazzi, Contract Specialist (510) 437-3057. Provide all labor, materials and equipment in connection with periodic inspection and treatment of pest control against ants, cockroaches, fleas, spiders, centipedes, scorpions, wasps, bees, mosquitoes and other various flying/crawling insects at the U. S. Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Hawaii. Services are to include inspection, application of insecticides and herbicides, the use of traps and various means to reduce the number of breedng sites. The period of performance will be a base period of 1 October 1995 through 30 September 1996, with 4 option periods, ending 30 September 2000. Request for solicitation packages should be on firms' letterhead and telefaxed to (510) 437-3014, telephonic requests will not be taken. The solicitation will issued on or around 25 July 1995, bid opening will be on or around 24 August 1995. The SIC code is 7342. The size standard is no more than 5 million dollars. 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 call (800) 532-1169. (167)

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