Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Mail Stop #26, Baltimore, MD 21226-5000

93 -- HIGH INTENSITY RETROREFLECTIVE FILMS (NUMBERS AND LETTERS) SOL DTCG40-97-Q-70083 DUE 091197 POC Point of Contact -- Florence Harwood, Contract Specialist, (410) 762-6455, James M. McGuirk, Contracting Officer, (410) 762-6456 E-MAIL: USCG Engineering Logistics Center, Baltimore, MD, 62012049@eln.attmail.com. 93 -- (44 Items) Various sizes and colors of Retroreflective Numbers and Letters for use on marine aids to navigation. All to be manufactured in accordance with U.S. Coast Guard Purchase Description E/GICP-339 dated May 1996. Delivery shall be F.O.B. Destination to Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center, Columbia, MD 21046-2102. Delivery of Pre-Production Samples within 30/45 days ARO and delivery of Production Run within 45/90 days after approval of the pre-production samples. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by this agency. NOTE: Request for Quotation Packages may be requested via telefax at 410-762-6008. 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 a program to assist minority, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for tranportation-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, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting officials listed above. See Numbered Note 26. (AC0724045-06) (0205)

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