Commanding Officer, Civil Engineering Unit, P. O. Box 21747, 709 W. 9th Street, Room 817, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1747

Z -- INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY WATER LINE SHORETIE FOR THE USCGC ROANOKE ISLAND AT HOMER, AK. SOL DTCG87-96-B-643031 DUE 040296 POC J.H. O'Malley, Contracting Officer 907/463-2417 DTCG87-96-B-643031 for temporary water line shoretie for the USCGC Roanoke Island, at Homer, Alaska. Provide all materials, equipment, transportation and perform the labor to connect temporary water line to existing water service line in shops trailer on leased property near moorings. Service to provide includes 1 1/2 inch copper tubing running approximately 40 lineal feet underground below frost depth to manhole, then changing to 1 1/2 inch stainless steel hose inside a 6 inch ductile iron carrier pipe running approximately 140 lineal feet. Line then changes from 1 1/2 inch stainless steel hose to 1 1/2 inch rubber hose, FDA food grade, running on harbor bottom under the float to WPB moorings, approximately 900 lineal feet. Project includes an Option Bid for installation of temporary sewer line shoretie to run under the float parallel to the temporary water line shoretie also for the USCGC Roanoke Island at Homer, Alaska. Sealed bid solicitation to be issued on or about March 1, 1996. Estimated cost range is between $100,000. and $250,000. dollars. Requests for bid documents must be submitted and received by this office not later than March 1, 1996. This procurement is being issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. For Minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprises only: 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 a surety against loses. 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 and applicable forms concerning Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800)532-1169. Interested concerns can obtain bid packages for a non-refundable fee of $25.00 paid in advance (make check payable to U. S. Coast Guard) by writing Commanding Officer, Civil Engineering Unit, Room 817, P.O. Box 21747, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1747. (0053)

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