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Z -- INSTALL FLOATING DOCKS AT USCG STATION OAK ISLAND, LONG BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. SOL DTCG83-97-B-3WF315 DUE 061097 POC Audrey L. Overholt, (216) 902-6217. Provide all labor, materials, equipment, supervision and transportation required to perform the following work: Basic Bid Item 0001: Remove a timber floating dock and fixed timber pier and to install two new concrete floating docks with new steel pipe anchor piles, new aluminum gangways, and potable water and electrical service at U.S. Coast Guard Station Oak Island in Caswell Beach, North Carolina. Performance period is 150 days after Notice to Proceed. Special Notice: Actual construction at the site, from the start of any physical work to the final acceptance of all required work by the Government shall not exceed 30 days. Estimated range is $100,000.00 to $250,000.00. The SIC Code for this procurement is 1629. Size standard is $17 million dollars. TELEPHONE REQUESTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. There is a $35.00 charge for the plans and specifications. Make check payable to U.S. Coast Guard. Cashiers checks, company checks, and money orders will be accepted. NO PERSONAL CHECKS ARE ACCEPTED. Only written requests received along with the deposit will be accepted. This is an unrestricted acquisition being solicited and awarded under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. "This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department 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, performance, and payment 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 also 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 Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. (0105)

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