Contracting Officer, USCG, Civil Engineering Unit Providence, 300 Metro Center Blvd., Warwick, RI 02886-1747

Z -- INTERIOR/EXTERIOR HOUSING RENOVATIONS,USCG HOUSING, HULL, MA SOL DTCGG1-96-B-3EDY01 DUE 071096 POC Susan Hetrick, Contracting Officer (401)736-1763; Fax (401) 736-1704 PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE: Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, transportation, and supervision necessary to perform the following work on eight (8) ranch style housing units located at U.S. Coast Guard District 1 Housing, Hull, MA: Remove lead painted living room aluminum window and replace with new solid vinyl picture window; remove all interior and exterior doors/jambs, baseboard, door casing and replace with new. Note: exterior kitchen and shed door/jamb have lead paint. Enlarge kitchen and bathroom, new plumbing fixtures and kitchen cabinets. Remove/replace electric panel and meter socket. Enlarge attic access opening in hall. Repaint the entire interior walls, ceiling and exterior carport posts, shed door and incidental related work. Additive bid items for each of the eight units based on funding available: (1) Wood folding staircase, new attic light, switching on wall below, patching; (2) new carpet and padding approximately 134 sq.yd installed; (3) additional bedroom lighting. Estimated cost range is between $250,000 and $500,000. Solicitation packages to be available in June 1996. Packages may be obtained by submitting a written request, with a non-refundable check for $20 payable to U.S. Coast Guard to 300 Metro Center Blvd., Warwick, RI 02886 attn: Susan Hetrick. Requests will be honored until supply is exhausted. Bid opening is scheduled for July 1996, date to be determined. This project is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, and is unrestricted. SIC is 1521, General Contractors-Single Family Houses. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Dept 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, payment and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are available under the DOT Short-term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The max. line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding these programs, call the DOT OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning this acquisition, contact the Contracting Official listed above. (0141)

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