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S -- TEMPORARY MESSING/BERTHING FOR CREW OF CGC SEDGE IN BELLINGHAM, WA SOL DTCG85-96-Q-625517 DUE 072696 POC Rebecca Budde, Contracting Officer, (510) 437-3988. U.S. Coast Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command, Pacific proposes to contract for temporary messing and berthing on CGC SEDGE's crew in Bellingham, WA. Contract will start on 5 August 1996 and complete 23 August 1996. Berthing requirement is (4) single rooms and 25 double rooms. Estimated 54 served meals for breakfast, lunch (weekends only) and dinner. Estimated 54 boxed lunches (Monday through Friday) to be delivered to cutter at 201 Harris Ave., Bellingham, WA. A request for quote will be issued on or about 12 July 1996. The following additional notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: 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 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 forms concerning the STLP, call OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0172)

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