Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, 1240 East 9th St., Room 2179, Cleveland, OH 44199-2060

Z -- BULKHEAD RPRS PHASE II AT USCG GROUP/MSO PHILADELPHIA, PA SOL DTCG83-98-B-3WF280 DUE 071798 POC Pamela M. Komer (216) 902-6216 FAX-216-902-6277/78 Provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision required to patch spalls on eighty-one concrete piles, remove and grout lifting inserts, pressure wash and seal concrete decks, backfill and place rip rap along retaining wall, replace rub rail and rubber fendering, repair pile guides, and repair two steel ladders at U.S. Coast Guard Group/MSO Philadelphia, PA. Construction must be completed by 6/15/1999. Estimated Range $100,000 to $250,000. SIC Code 1629 -- $17.0M. Bid Opening is estimated to be on/or about 17 July 1998. This procurement is open to both large and small businesses in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Act. All interested sources shall make a written request for the solicitation to ATTN: Pam/280. The request shall clearly annotate the bidder's mailing address in the text of the request. Letterhead is unacceptable and will be discarded. NO FEE REQUIRED. Solicitations shall be available until supply is exhausted. This office has established a Procurement Information Line at (216) 902-6222. All solicitations that are available will be posted on this line. This line also provides the current Bid Opening Date, Number of Amendments, Bid Results etc. DO NOT CALL THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST for this information. A bid bond in the amount of 20% of the bid is required. ATTN: Minority, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)! The Department of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT's Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOT's Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. (0146)

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