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-B-70082 DUE 102097 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 -- (164 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. It is intended to award a requirements type contract with one (1) base year and three (3) option years. Delivery shall be F.O.B. Destination to Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center, Columbia, MD 21046-2102. Delivery of first article samples within 30/45 days after receipt of order with delivery of production run within 45/90 days of approval of first article. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. NOTE: Solicitation 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 transportation 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 $500,000.00. 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 Notes 26 and 12. (AC0825046-10) (0237)

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