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H -- CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SOL DTFH70-98-B-00007 DUE 021998 POC Julee McTaggart, Contract Specialist (360) 696-7520 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Specialist via e-mail, contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov. Bids sought for five Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contracts designated CONST-98, Construction Inspection Services, for the Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division. Contractors will provide highway construction inspectors with vehicles(2-wheel or 4-wheel drive). The majority of the work will be in or near National Forests. One contract will be awarded in each of 5 geographical areas. The five AREAs are: AREA A -- The following Counties in the State of Oregon -- Benton, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, and Linn; AREA B -- The following Counties in the State of Oregon -- Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Gilliam, Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill. And the following Counties in the State of Washington -- Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum; AREA C -- States of Idaho and Montana; AREA D -- The following Counties in the State of Oregon -- Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, & Wheeler. And the following counties in the State of Washington -- Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend O'Reille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yamima; AREA E -- The following counties in the state of Washington -- Clallum, Jefferson, Lewis, Peirce, Skagit, and Thurston. The actual places of performance are unknown. The Government has wage determinations for all locations. Each contract will have a guaranteed annual minimum of $10,000 and a maximum of $500,000 (AREA A), $700,000 (AREA B), $600,000 (AREA C), $600,000 (AREA D), and $400,000 (AREA E). Each Contract will be in effect for one year. All work will be ordered by individual Task Orders. This solicitation is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE under SIC Code 8999. For a firm to be considered a small business the annual average gross revenue of thefirm for the last 3 fiscal years must not exceed $5 million. Contract clause 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, requires that at least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the contractor. FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilitization (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. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169.***** (0005)

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