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20 -- FABRICATE RUDDERS AND RUDDER STOCK FOR WLR'S SOL DTCG80-96-Q-3FA891. Due 080996. Contact Mr Louis Romano, Contract Specialist, 804/628-4651. This is a Request for Quotation. Written quotations will be required. The RFQ will be issued on or about 26 July 96. Anticipated award date is on or about 15 August 96. Provide steering rudder and steering rudder stock, per Coast Guard Drawings 75E-WLR-2200-3B, 75E-WLR-2200-3, 75C-WAGL-2200-24 and 75C-WAGL-2200-24. Items to be preserved with coal tar, crated and shipped to USCG, NESU St Louis, USCMP Bldg S-331, Granite City IL. The proposed contract listed here is a 100% set-aside for small business firms. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the United States Coast Guard. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receiving financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. (198)

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