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Z -- LIGHTHOUSE REHAB AT YREBA ISLAND LIGHT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA Sol DTCG88-96-Q-623G63. Due 122795. Contact Bid Issuing Clerk, (510) 535-7219; Contract Specialist Terry Leong 510/535-7284. Only written requests for solicitation will be accepted (FAX 510/535-7288). Furnish all labor, material and equipment necessary to rehab the Lighthouse and Fog Signal Building at Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco. Work includes piping, priming and painting interior and exterior of lighthouse; prepping, priming and painting exterior of fog signal building and storage building; repairing wood double-hung windows on lighthouse and fog signal building; replacing cracked glass at lighthouse lantern room windows; repairing or replacing doors at lighthouse and fog signal building, as indicated; repairing of deteriorated copper, including roof, vent ball and pinnacle, and lantern room deck. The estimated cost of this procurement is between $25,000.00 and $50,000.00. Performance period is 60 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. This procurement is subject to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration program and is open to large and small businesses participation. The applicable SIC code is 1542. Small Business size standard is Small if its average annual Receipts for its preceding 3 fiscal years do not exceed $17.0 million. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which will be considered. For Minority, Women 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 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 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. Anticipated bid issue date is 12 December 1995 with opening date 15 days later. (324)

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