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Q -- PROVIDE SERVICES OF A NURSE PRACTITIONER SOL DTCG84-98-R-3KB31B DUE 052798 POC Contact Leon Borroum, Contract Specialist at 757/628-4129/Marie A. Gilliam, Contracting Officer at 757/628-4109 Contractor shall provide a Nurse Practitioner to provide medical services at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command New Orleans, Louisiana. The Nurse Practitioner shall perform in accordance with established principles, practices and ethics of the American Nurse Practitioner Association. The performance period shall begin on or about July 6, 1998 through July 5, 1999 with four (4) option periods, if exercised by the Government. The services shall be performed Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., forty (40) hours per week. The applicable SIC Code is 8051 and the size standard is $5 million. A solicitation is expected to be issued on or about April 28, 1998. This procurement is unrestricted. Any correspondence concerning the acquisition shall reference Request for Proposal (RFP) Number DTCG84-98-R-3KB31B. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by this agency. All request for the solicitation must be in writing; telephone request will not be honored. Facsimile request may be transmitted to (757) 628-4134/5, Attn: Leon Borroum. "This notice is for informational purposes for minority, owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantage business enterprises to acquire a short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT-Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interests rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169." (0092)

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