USCG, CEU Providence, 300 Metro Center Blvd, Warwick, RI 02886

Z -- NAVTEX ANTENNA TOWER, USCG COMMSTA BOSTON, MA, OTIS ANGB SOL DTCGG9B-3TL001 DUE 081898 POC Bob Kruzewski, Contracting Officer, (401) 736-1764 fax ISSUE DATE ON OR ABOUT JULY 16, 1998. Provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, supervision and disposal necessary to replace a medium frequency MF broadcast antenna system at USCG Communications Station, Boston, located at Otis ANGB, Cape Cod, Ma.. The system installation consists of providing and installing a 300 foot monopole, guyed, ungrounded (hot) MF broadcast antenna, installation of the Government furnished antenna tuning unit (ATU), providing and installing approximately 2600 feet of AC power cable, ATU control cable, and RF transmission cable; providing and installing 120 ground radials, 600 feet in length for a 1200 foot diameter ground screen; providing and installing a tower lighting system, demolition of two existing towers, and incidental related work. Optional bid items include extending the radial lengths to 800' (1600' diameter) and 950' (1900' diameter) Where the radials extend into the pavement, the depth of burial shall be 1". Restore pavement surfaces upon completion. SIC is 1799. Bid opening date is on or about August 18, 1998. Cost range is $100,000 -- $250,000. Performance period is ninety (90) calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. Solicitation package will be available from Rhode Island Blueprint, 335 Webster Ave., Cranston, RI 02920. on or about the issue date. (tel 401-942-3225, fax 401-946-6550. Contact RIBP for cost of package; Mastercard, Visa, American Express are accepted. Offerors are due June 30, 1998.. This solicitation is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and is UNRESTRICTED. THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES FOR MINORITY, WOMEN OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has a program to assist minority, women owned and disdavantaged business 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 max line of credit is $500,000 . For further information regarding these programs, call the DOT OSDBU at 800-532-1169. For more information concerning this acquisition, contact the Contracting Officer listed above. Posted 06/25/98 (0176)

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