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

Z -- REPLACE HEATING SYSTEM IN FAMILY HOUSING, USCG STATION FIRE ISLAND, NY SOL DTCGG1-97-B-3EL007 DUE 091297 POC Jodi Ruggeiro, Contract Specialist, (401)736-1785 PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision necessary to replace heating systems in family housing at USCG Station Fire Island, Babylon, NY (Suffolk County). Work includes the removal of the existing electric baseboard, wiring and provision of new forced hot water system including boilers, circulators, finned tube radiation, controls, piping, insulation, fuel oil tank, fuel oil piping and incidental related work. Base bid is for three duplex buildings. Optional bid items for three additional duplexes and one single family unit. Estimated cost of this project is between $100,000 and $250,000. SIC code is 1711. The Contractor shall have 60 calendar days from Notice to Proceed to furnish and install all fuel oil tanks and pads. At the conclusion of this 60 calendar day time period, the project will be suspended until June 1, 1998. No deviations from the schedule shall be authorized. The Contractor shall have from June 1, 1998 to September 15, 1998 to complete all work inside the units. Solicitation packages to be available on or about August 13, 1997, and may be obtained from: Contracting Officer, USCG CEU Providence, 300 Metro Center Blvd., Warwick, RI 02886, Attn: Ms. Jodi Ruggeiro. There is a $20.00 non-refundable charge for this package. Checks should be made out to the USCG. Requests will be honored until supply is exhausted. The due date for receipt of quotations is on or about September 12, 1997. 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 primeor 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. (0205)

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