Commanding Officer, Civil Engineering Unit, P.O. Box 21747, 709 W. 9th Street, Room 817, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1747

Z -- STRUCTURAL TOWER UPGRADE AT NAKED ISLAND AND CAPE HINCHINBROOK SOL DTCG87-97-Q-643127 DUE 090897 POC L. S. Fermin, Contracting Officer, (907) 463-2413 DTCG87-97-Q-643127 -- Provide structural reinforcement of a 160 ft self supporting communications tower at Cape Hinchinbrook and a 70 ft self supporting communications tower at Naked Island, Alaska. The reinforcement will require changes to the existing horizontal and diagonal connections and reinforcement of diagonal and horizontal members. The Government will provide most but not all of the structural members and connectors. Government and commercial facilities are not available at Naked Island. The only facility available at Cape Hinchinbrook is a room within a lighthouse for sleeping quarters only. Utilities and other services are NOT available at either site. Both sites have abundant Alaskan wildlife, i.e. BEARS... The closest transportation services to the sites maybe available through Valdez (ERA AVIATION), Cordova or Anchorage, Alaska. The estimated cost range for this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. The time for completion of this project is 15 October 1997. The work required by the solicitation is identified as Industry Standard #1629 and the applicable size standard is $17.0 million dollars in the annual receipts for the past three years. This procurement is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, Public Law 100-656, as implemented by the OFPP Policy Directive and Test Plan dated 8/31/89. This is not a small business set-aside. Request for RFQ documents must be submitted and received by this office no later than 26 August 1997. 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 transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontractor 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% guarantee of the bid 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 maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. Pursuant to FAR Part 28.102-1(b), one of the following payment Protections shall be provided within 15 calendar days from receipt of a purchase order: (1) A payment bond or (2) Irrevocable Letter of Credit. Payment bond shall be furnished with surety or sureties acceptable to the Government. The Penal amount of payment bond shall equal to 50% of the purchase order price. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting officer listed above. There is no charge for these documents. All responsible sources may submit a Quotation which shall be considered. Quotations may be submitted via facsimile (907) 463-2416. L. Fermin/CEUJuneau@internet.uscg.mil Civil Engineering Unit (0218)

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