Commander (FCP), USCG MLC (Pacific), Finance Division, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA 94501-5100

S -- GUARD SERVICES SOL DTCG89-97-R-6CF001 DUE 080197 POC Gary S. Brazzi, (510) 437-3057 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer for the solicitation., gbrazzi@d11.uscg.mil. Security Guard Services at the U. S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Honolulu, Honolulu, HI. The successful offeror will provide all labor, supervision, equipment and permits necessary for providing guard services at the installation. Services will be procured using procedures in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. This solicitation is being issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Offeror's will be required to provide both a price proposal and a technical proposal. The period of performance will be from 1 December 1997 through 30 September 1998, with four (4) one year option periods; if all options are exercised the contract term will end on 30 September 2002. Request for proposal packages shall be made by either U. S. mail or telefaxed to (510) 437-3014, request shall be on the firm's letterhead, including the firms' mailing address, both telephone and telefax numbers and business size. The contracting activity's address is: Commander (fcp-1) Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific, Coast Guard Island, Bldg. 54-A, Alameda, CA 94501-5100. Request for bid packages will not be taken over the telephone. The solicitation will be issued on or around 1 August 1997, with a closing date on or around 1 September 1997. The SIC code for this solicitation is 7381. The size standard is no more than 9 million dollars. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (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 up to $500,000.00. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP Program, call OSDBU (800) 532-1169. See Numbered Note #1. (0178)

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