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Y -- GEOTECHNICAL DRILLING SERVICES SOL DTFH70-97-B-00009 DUE 051497 POC Contract Specialist, Julee McTaggart, (360) 696-7520. Bids sought for an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity contract designated DRILL-97, Geotechnical Drilling Services (East). Work will be performed at sites east of the Cascade Divide in the states of Oregon & Washington, in the states of Idaho & Montana, and in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. All work will be set forth in individual Task Orders. The majority of the work will be in National Parks and in or near National Forests. The work consists of drilling, sampling, and field testing in soil, rock and asphalt, and installation of geotechnical instruments accomplished by means of drive, push, auger, core or other rotary borings and/or undisturbed sampling. Truck-mounted drills, and either track, ATV, or skid-mounted drills will be required for the variable access work. Penetration testing, split spoon sampling, core sampling, and thin wall tube sampling will be included. The contract will be for a 1-year Base period with the possibility of a 1-year Option. This contract will have a guaranteed annual minimum of $10,000. The annual maximum shall not exceed $200,000 (Base Year) and $250,000 (Option Year). This solicitation is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. All firms with annual average gross revenue for the last 3 fiscal years of $7 million or less are considered small business under this solicitation (SIC Code 1799). The following information is FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES only: 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. (0084)

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