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Y -- RELOCATE VHF DIRECTION FINDER (VDF) COLUMBIA REGIONAL AIRPORT, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI SOL DTFA09-96-B-26008 DUE 120195 POC Joseph A. York (816) 426-3106 Contracting Officer Project generally consists of, but is not limited to the following: 1) Clear, grub, grade and excavate site for VHF/DF facility. The area within a 50 meter radius from the main antenna shall be graded at 1% to slope away from the main antenna. 2) Furnish and install 8'-0'' x 12'-0'' fiberglass equipment shelter and concrete pier foundations. 3) Install main antenna and furnish and install a 36''x48''x12'' antenna cable junction box (Note: The main antenna is government furnished material (GFM)). 4) Install conduit and cabling between the equipment shelter and the DF Main Antenna (Note: The control and coaxial cables are GFM). 5) Install four target antennas and associated coaxial cable and conduit. (Note: The four target antennas and the coaxial cable are GFM). 6) Furnish and install crushed rock on the access road, building plot, main antenna plot and the target antenna plots. Note: The Contractor shall contact the Boone County Public Works Department at the start of construction. The county will size and specify the culvert and the aggregate for the part of the access road that lies in the county's right-of-way. The Contractor shall purchase the aggregate and culvert and the county will pick up the materials, deliver them and install them. 7) Furnish and install a 23 ft. tall, direct burial, fiberglass pole with a 24'' high air terminal and down conductors. 8) Furnish and install 6'-0'' CCA treated wood fence around the fiberglass equipment shelter and main antenna and 4'0'' CCA treated wood fence around each target antenna. 9) Furnish and install exterior and interior electrical, grounding and lightning protection work. 10) Seed all areas, not surfaced with gravel, with grass. 11) Furnish and install entrance gate and culverts. The estimated price range of this project is between $100,000 and $250,000. This procurement is open to both large and small businesses. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. For a copy of this solicitation, please contact Susan Chasteen, at (816) 426-7312. When calling, please be prepared to state solicitation number, name of company, address, and telphone number. 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 programs to assist minority, women-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 surety against losses. Loans are also 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 regarding the Bonding and Lending Programs, please call DOT of Small and Disadvantaged Business's Utilization at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. (0256)

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