Contracting Division, U. S. Coast Guard Facilities Design & Construction Center (Atlantic), 5505 Robin Hood Road, Suite K, Norfolk, Va 23513-2431

Z -- FUEL FARM, OPA LOCKA, FL SOL DTCG47-98-Q-3EF049 DUE 072298 POC Mrs. Marion Hundley, Contracting Officer, (757) 852-3420 Provide materials and services necessary to modify defueling pit and to lower the existing jet fuel unloading stands at Air Station Miami, Opa Locka Airport, Opa Locka, Florida. All work shall be accomplished in accordance with Specification No. 07-02-89 and drawing M-1-98. Work shall be completed within 180 calendar days after award. Specifications and all necessary bid documents will be available 3 July 1998. To receive a solicitation and be placed on the bidder's list, interested parties must submit a written request. Telephone inquires will not be honored. Quotations for DTCG47-98-Q-3EF049 are due on 22 July by 4:30 p.m. They may be faxed to (757) 852-3495. The solicitation is unrestricted IAW the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. For Minority, Women-owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000.00. For further information and applicable forms concerning Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0170)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0165 19980623\Z-0050.SOL)