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F -- PROFESSIONAL DIVING SERVICES TO DISCOVER AND RECOVER ATON BATTERIES AT VARIOUS SITES IN WASHINGTON & OREGON. SOL DTCG88-97-B-6AL492 DUE 051497 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Bid Issuing Clerk, (510) 535-7280; Contracting Officer Almer Adams 510/535-7280 DISCOVER AND RECOVER ATON BATTERIES AT VARIOUS SITES IN WASHINGTON & OREGON. Provide professional diving services to discover and recover batteries at approximately 136 ATON sites along Yaquina Bay Area, Willipa Bay and River Area, Quillayute River Area, West Puget Sound and East Puget sound. Requirement items are as follows: Unit Bid Item 1: Perform additional 10ft radial search; and Unit Bid Item 2: Perform additional sediment sampling. Performance period is 90 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. Anticipate bid issue date is 14 April, 1997. SIC Code for this procurement is 8999, Small Business size standard is small if its preceeding 3 fiscal years reciepts do not exceed $5.0 Million. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION BEING SOLICITED AND AWARDED UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND. For Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT Office of Small and Disadvantage 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 receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides and 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. (0083)

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