USCG, CEU Providence, 300 Metro Center Blvd, Warwick, RI 02886

Z -- REHAB/REPLACE FLOATING DOCKS @ ISC BOSTON SOL DTCGG1-97-B-3WK144 DUE 051997 POC Frank Pfeiffer, Contracting Officer, 401-736-1761, fax 1704 PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, transportation, and supervision necessary for the removal of concrete filled steel guide piles, timber deck-steel pontoon floats; installing new concrete filled steel guide piles, new concrete floats, correcting a list to two timber deck-urethane foam cell floats, replacing hardware on camels, and incidental related work. The project is located at the U. S. Coast Integrated Support Command, Boston, MA (Suffolk County). The estimated cost of this project is between $250k and $500k. SIC Code is 1629. Performance time is 150 days from issuance of the NTP. Solicitation packages to be available OOA April 21, 1997 and may be obtained by submitting a $20 non-refundable fee made payable to the U.S. Coast Guard, mailed to the Contracting Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Providence, 300 Metro Center Blvd., Warwick, RI 02886, Attn: F. Pfeiffer. Only written requests will be accepted and requests will be honored untilsupply is exhausted. This project is being issued pursuant to the Small Business Competiveness Demonstration Program and is unrestricted. This project is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, and is unrestricted. THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS PROVIDED AS INFORMATION FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Dept of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has programs to assist minority,women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, payment and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are available under the DOT Short-term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The max. line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding these programs, call the DOT OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning this acquisition, contact the Contracting Official listed above. (0086)

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