Contracting Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit Oakland, 2000 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606-5337

Z -- TOWER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON AND OREGON SOL DTCG88-97-B-623945 DUE 081197 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Bid Issuing Clerk, (510) 535-7219; Contract Specialist Donald C. Moore, 510/535-7280 E-MAIL: U.S. Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit -- Oakland, Oakland, CA, 6279703@eln.attmail.com. Furnish all labor, materials, equipment and supervision necessary to perform maintenance and repair on Coast Guard towers in various locations in California, Washington, and Oregon. Project will included demolishing and removal of some towers, furnishing and installation for some new towers, installation/replacement of safety climb devices, cleaning and painting of galvanized steel towers of various heights, replacing deteriorated structural guys, turnbuckles, and thimbles, concrete footing repairs, replacement of tower structural bolts, replacement of a steel work platform and miscellaneous other repair and maintenance items on towers varying in height from 20 to 150 . Estimated Range $250,000 to $500,000. Performance period is 210 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. Anticipate bid issue date is 11 August 1997. SIC Code for this procurement is 1623, Small Business size standard is small if its average annual receipts for its preceding fiscal years do not exceed $17.0 million. Only written requests for solicitation will be accepted (FAX 510/535 7288). 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 Disadvantaged 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 an 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. (0197)

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