U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Logisitics Center, Auxiliary Systems Contracting (Code 045), Procurement Branch, Bldg. #86, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD 21226-5000

28 -- TITANIUM HEAT EXCHANGERS SOL DTCG40-96-B-10041 DUE 080596 POC Sharon Jackson, Contract Specialist (410) 636-4368/Nancy M. Dean, Contracting Officer (410) 636-4367 The Coast Guard is seeking qualified sources that can manufacturer, inspect, test and preservation, packaging and markins titanium heat exchangers. There are three models of plate heat exchangers to be utilized as lube oil coolers on the Pratt & Whitney FT4A Marine Propulsion Gas Turbine. The types are as follows: (1) WHEC GG - High Endurance Gutter Gas Generator Cooler 383,000 BTU/hr. quantity to be 24 each; (2) WHEC FT - High Endurance Cutter Free Turbine Cooler 123,000 BTU/hr. quantity to be 24 each; (3) WAGB - Polar Icebreaker Combined Gas Generator and Free Turbine Cooler 550,000 BTU/hr. quantity to be 6 each. First article testing is required. Multiple delivery schedules. FOB Destination to the U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD 2126-5000. This will be full and open competition. This notice is for informational purposes for minority, women, and disadvantaged business enterprises only: The Department of Transportation (DOT). Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (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 DOTR Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts received financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. See Number Note 26. (0194)

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