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J -- HAULOUT AND REPAIRS OF MONTEREY 41' UTILITY BOAT SOL DTCG85-98-Q-66B440 DUE 042398 POC Dianne H. Jackson, Contracting Officer, (510) 437-3809, Fax (510) 437-3392 E-MAIL: Dianne Jackson, Coast Guard Naval Engineering, Contracting Officer, dianne jackson/mlcp@internet.uscg.mil. The Maintenance and Logisitic Command, Pacific is proposing a contract for the haulout and repair of the 41' Utility Boat located at Coast Guard Station Monterey. The period of performance for this contract starts 15 June 98 thru 30 July 1998. All work will be performed at the contractor's facility. The major work items include and not limited to: dent repair, aluminum shell, trim tab installation, repair bilge crack, shell plating renewal between frame 9 and bhd 10, alignment of engine hatches, propeller shaft removal and installation, cutlass bearing, rudder bearing renewal, free board preservation, main deck & well deck preservation, haulout, underwater body work and fuel tank cleaning, and boat transportation to and from the contractor's facility. The solicitation will be issued as a small business set aside procurement on or about 06 April 1998. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilitization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned, disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Programs (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and forms concerning the STLP, call at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition contact the contracting official listed above. SEE Note 22. (0076)

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