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Q -- GENERAL PRACTICE MEDICAL SERVICES AT USCG MSO WILMINGTON, NC SOL DTCG84-97-R-3KB433 DUE 012397 POC Contact Michelle Blake, Contract Specialist at (757) 628-4117/Marie A. Gilliam, Contracting Officer at (757) 628-4109. Provide General Practice Medical Services for the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Wilmington, North Carolina, on a routine, part-time basis each Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. through 11:30 a.m., plus and additional 1.5 hours on Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., to all beneficiaries referred by the professional staff of the Health Services Clinic. The contract performance period will begin approximately 01 April 1997 or date of award, with four (4) one-year options. The SIC Code is 8011 with $5 million or less average annual receipts for small businesses within the last three (3) fiscal years. The solicitation will be issued on or about December 24, 1996. All requests for solicitations shall be submitted in writing and shall indicate that the business is a small business. All correspondence concerning this acquistion shall reference Request For Proposal (RFP) Number DTCG84-97-R-3KB433. Facsimile requests may be tansmitted to (757) 628-4134, attention: Michelle Blake. Note: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small Disdavantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantage 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, call the OSDBY at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquistion, contact the contracting official liste above. All responsible sources may sumbit an offer which will be considered by this agency. See Note 1. (0338)

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