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20 -- FABRICATE AND DELIVER STEEL OCEAN BUOYS SOL DTCG23-99-B-TCB001 POC Bonita R. DeWitt, PH: (202) 267-2526/Contracting Officer: Darren L. Brown, Ph: (202) 267-2506 This PROCUREMENT is a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The U.S. Coast Guard has identified a requirement for the fabrication and delivery of steel ocean buoys. The steel ocean buoys shall be used as aids to navigation. The steel buoys shall conform to the United States Coast Guard, Ocean Engineering Division, Specification for Fabrication of Steel Ocean Buoys, Specification No. 464, Revision E, dated October 1997. The following buoy types will be required: 9x35LWR, 9x32LR, 9X20BR/GR, 8x26LR, 8x26LWR, 8x21LR, 7x20LI, 7x17LR, 6x20LR, 5x11LNR/LCR, 3 1/2x8LNR/LCR, 1NR/CR, 2NR/CR, 3NR/CR, 3NI/CI, 5NR/CR and 5NI/CI. Replacement towers for each buoy type and a buoy solar battery box will also be required. All drawings will be reduced and provided on 11 inches by 17 inches paper. Full scale digital copies are available. These digital copies will be supplied upon request in the AutoCAD Release 13 format (.DWG). A pre-award survey will be performed to verify capability, with lack of satisfactory capability resulting in a finding of nonresponsible. First article testing and approval of an 8x26LR with solar battery box, 7x20LI and 2NR will be required. The contract will be a Firm Fixed Price Requirements type for a base year and four option years, with delivery orders issued FOB destination. The SIC Code for this acquisition is 3443 (500 employees). It is anticipated an IFB will be issued around late May 1998 with sealed bids due 45 days after issuance of the IFB. To receive a solicitation, interested small businesses must submit a written request to the above address. Interested offerors must reference Solicitation No. DTCG23-99-B-TCB001. Telephone requests will not be honored. For Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadavantaged 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 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.***** (0086)

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