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Y -- GEOTECHNICAL DRILLING SERVICES SOL DTFH70-96-B-00010 DUE 070396 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 Bids sought for 2 Indefinte-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contracts designated DRILL96, GEOTECHNICAL DRILLING SERVICES. One contract will be for work west of the Cascade divide in the state of Oregon. The second contract will be for work west of the Cascade divide in the state of Washington. All work will be set forth in individual task orders. The majority of the work will be in National Parks and in or near National Forests. The work will consist of drilling, sampling, and field testing in soil and rock, and installation of Geotechnical instruments accomplished by means of drive, push, auger, core, or other rotary borings and/or undisturbed sampling. Truck-mounted drills, and either track, ATV, or skid-mounted drills will be required for the variable access work. Penetration testing, split spoon sampling, core sampling, and thin wall tube sampling will be included. Each contract will have a guaranteed annual minimum of $10,000. The annual maximum shall not exceed $120,000. The contract will be for a 1-year base period with the possibility of a 1-year option. SIC code 1799 applies to this solicitation. --- The following loan program comments are for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilitization (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 of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0137)

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