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H -- CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00004 DUE 020497 POC Julee McTaggart, (360) 696-7520 Bids sought for 4 Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contracts designated CONST-97, Construction Inspection Services, for the Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division. Contractors will provide highway construction inspectors with vehicles. The majority of the work will be in or near National Forests. On contract will be awarded in each of 4 AREAs. The 4 AREAs are: AREA A -- The following Counties in the State of Oregon -- Benton, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, and Linn; AREA B -- the following Counties in the State of Oregon -- Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Gilliam, Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill. And the following Counties in the State of Washington -- Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum; AREA C -- States of Idaho and Montana; and AREA D -- The following Counties in the State of Oregon -- Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, & Wheeler. And the following Counties in the State of Washington -- Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend O'Reille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima. The actual places of performance are unknown. The Government has wage determinations for all locations within these 4 AREAs. Each contract will have a guaranteed annual minimum of $10, 000 and a maximum of $500, 000 (AREA A), $1, 000, 000 (AREA B), $600, 000 (AREA C), or $600, 000 (AREA D). Each contract will be in effect for one year. All work will be ordered by individual Task Order. This solicitation is a total small business set-aside under SIC Code 8999. For a firm to be considered a small business the annual average gross revenue of the firm for the last 3 fiscal years must not exceed $5 million. Contract clause 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, requires that at least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the contractor. The following statements apply only to MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilitization (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 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, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0352)

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