U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Contracting Office (FP), 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4195

Z -- LEAD ABATEMENT AND FILTER REPLACEMENT IN THE RIFLE PISTOL RANGE SOL DTCG39-98-B-QES010 DUE 111797 POC Elizabeth C. Dubois, Contract Specialist, 860-444-8239 The project consists of cleaning the Academy Firing Ranges in Chase Hall twice per year and replace the Ventilation Filters once per year. The Contractor shall recycle the lead and filters removed from the ranges. The Contractor shall bre certified in lead abatement. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 4953. The estimated price range for the project is between $25,000 and $100,000. "This notice is for information purposes for Minority, Women Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department 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 tansportation related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or 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 percent guarantyon the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also 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 regarding the bonding and lending programs please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above." Request for bid packages must be made in writing to Superintendent (fp) U. S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4195. (0273)

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