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

T -- SUPPLEMENT SERVICE TO MAINTAIN APPROXIMATELY NINE VOLUMES OF CUSTOM FISHERIES REGULATIONS POC Contact: Cheryl Rice, Ph: (202) 267-6994/Contracting Officer: L. Scott Palmer, Ph: (202) 267-2489 The U.S. Coast Guard has a requirement to purchase and maintain customized and updated Federal Living Marine Resource Regulations. The contractor shall provide a supplement service which produces and distributes updated text of Federal Living Marine Resource Regulations to Coast Guard units located throughout the U.S., and its Possessions for insertion into the U.S. Coast Guard's existing customized Federal Regulation sets. The new regulatory supplements shall be compatible with the existing regulation sets currently held by Coast Guard units. The contractor shall maintain an inventory of replacement sets for future distribution. The contractor shall also develop/maintain a database consisting of word processed text files with all of the Federal Living Marine Resource Statutes, as well as the legislative histories, for which the Coast Guard is responsible for enforcing. An understanding of Federal Living Marine Resource Regulations is essential. To properly execute the requirements of this action, the provider must have the requisite knowledge and experience to: (1) Research the Federal Register daily and distinguish between, final, interim final, emergency final, and proposed regulations and extract only those regulations which actually have been implemented by the cognizant regulatory agency. (2) Determine whether the scope of the statute/regulation is within the enforcement responsibilities of the U.S. Coast Guard (e.g., The U.S. Coast Guard has responsibility to enforce regulations governing: marine vs. freshwater aquatic species, actions taking place within waters under the jurisdiction of the U.S. vs. international trade or commerce practices of foreign countries or the actions of shore-based activities outside the statutory enforcement authority of the U.S. Coast Guard; (3) Determine whether the statute/regulation is a new action or amends an existing statute/regulation; and if an amendment, accurately makes all changes to the customized regulation database and provide the changes to the Coast Guard; (4) Interpret (understand) the significance of all statutory/regulatory actions, whether new or amended, and be able to highlight the significant changes in a summary document to be provided with each supplement issued to the Coast Guard. To reflect the statutory and regulatory changes, the contractor shall prepare, print, and distribute revisions to the affected portions of the regionalized custom regulation sets through the issuance of regular supplements. Each supplement shall contain new or replacement pages, filing instructions, and a list of effective pages. In addition to providing the supplement service for the existing regulations, the contractor shall be responsible for providing new customized regulations for new statutes and regulations. The contractor shall deliver supplements on the last day of each month to U.S. Coast Guard units located throughout the U.S. and its Possessions. The supplements shall be compatible with existing sets. The regulations consist of nine volumes as follows: (the number of copies specified is an approximation): (1) General Set, 485 copies for distribution; 27 copies for contractor's maintenance; (2) Administrative Set, 61 copies for distribution, 8 copies for contractor's maintenance; (3) Northeast/Mid-Atlantic set, 258 copies for distribution; 12 copies for contractor's maintenance; (4) South Atlantic set, 220 copies for distribution, 15 copies for contractor's maintenance; (5) Caribbean Set, 160 copies for distribution, 14 copies for contractor's maintenance; (6) Gulf of Mexico Set, 206 copies for distribution, 18 copies for contractor's maintenance; (7) Pacific Set, 172 copies for distribution, 21 copies for contractor's maintenance; (8) North Pacific Set, 135 copies for distribution, 11 copies for contractor's maintenance; (9) Western Pacific Set, 109 copies for distribution, 14 copies for the contractor's maintenance. The period of performance shall be from 7/1/96 through 6/30/97. All interested parties must submit capability statements that sufficiently describe their qualifications, capabilities, and previous experience relevant to fulfilling the above requirement. This notice is not a solicitation and a formal Request for Proposal is not available. All responses must be received within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of this notice. Written responses shall be forwarded to Commandant (G-ACG-2B/CSR), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 and shall reference RFP DTCG23-96-R-HLE087. In the absence of responses from firms which believe they have the capability to perform this requirement, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to negotiate with Jonathan Publishing Company, located at 3939 Bees Caves Road, Suite 200, Austin, Texas, for the work described pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(b)(1). No other notice will be published until award is made. Telephone requests will not be honored. 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 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 of credit is $500,000 for further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, Please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. See numbered Note 22.(0093)

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