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

70 -- SOFTWARE/HARDWARE EQUIPMENT SOL DTCG23-96-C-HACI98 POC Contact: Charles Davis, Ph:(202)-267-6290/Contracting Officer: Shirley Kyle, Ph:(202)-267-2514 The U.S. Coast Guard has a requirement for 30 optical mark scanners and the associated software to design patient encounter forms to be used at 30 medical clinics located throughout the United States. Equipment components and system software shall be selected from announced, commercially available and demonstrable ADP equipment and software. This equipment shall be current production models. The U.S. Coast Guard anticipates issuing a Information For Bid (IFB) solicitation on or about March 29, 1996. This solicitation will be available in hardcopy form. To request a copy of the IFB, mail your written request to Commandant (G-ACS-2B/CAD), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES 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 business 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 credit is $500,000. For further information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above (0052)

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