Commander (KO), Civil Engineering Unit, Juneau, P.O. Box 21747, 709 W. 9th St., Room 817, Juneau, AK 99802-1747

Z -- SITKA HOUSING UST CLOSURE AND REPLACEMENT AND HANGAR OWS REPLACEMENT AT USCG AIRSTA SITKA, ALASKA SOL DTCG87-98-B-643065 DUE 081798 POC Rebecca Wade, Contracting Officer (907) 463-2418 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, rwade@cgalaska.uscg.mil. DESC: DTCG87-98-B-643065 -- Sitka Housing UST Closure and Replacement and Hangar OWS Replacement at USCG Air Station Sitka, Alaska. Provide all materials, equipment, transportation, incidentals to perform labor to clean 14 existing 1,000 gallon underground fuel oil storage tanks, plug the supply and return lines, fill tanks with an inert sand material, remove vent and fill lines, and cover with backfill; install four new 750 gallon and five new 1500 gallon double walled underground fuel oil storage tanks with interstitial monitoring and level gages, nine new concrete support pads, and new double walled supply lines and spare lines to 14 housing units; install new interstitial monitoring in nine double walled steel underground tanks, pipe interstitial monitoring in fourteen piping systems, and level gauges with alarms in four 750 gallon and five 1500 gallon tanks; install alarm monitor panel to monitor high level, low level, and interstitial boundary of the installed tanks at central locations withinthe storage area of the housing unit. The contractor shall provide an optional unit price bid for all equipment, materials, labor and supervision required for the excavation, transportation, permanent stockpiling at a Government supplied site and replacement with clean fill of five cubic yards of petroleum contaminated soil. Remove the existing hangar OWS and install a new 2000 gallon OWS system. The system shall connect into the city sewer system and an existing underground storage tank for storage of the oily waste in accordance with the plans and specifications. The estimated cost range for this project is between $250000 and $500000. The time for completion of this contract is 200 calendar days after notice of award. The work required by this solicitation is identified as Industry Standard #1629 and the applicable size standard is $17.0 million dollars in annual receipts for the past three years. This procurement is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, Public Law 100-656, as implemented by the OFPP Policy Directive and Test Plan dated 8/31/89. This is not a small business set-aside. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the U. S. Coast Guard. Requests for bid documents must be submitted and received by this office no later than 16 July 1998. 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 disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short- term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontractor 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% guarantee of the bid bond amount to a surety against losses. 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, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. Interested parties can obtain a bid package by sending a check or money order issued to the U. S. Coast Guard in the amount of $35.00 to Commanding Officer (ko), Civil Engineering Unit, P. O. Box 21747, Juneau, AK 99802-1747. This is a non-refundable fee for the plans and specifications. R. Wade, Contracting Officer (rwade@cgalaska.uscg.mil) Posted 06/25/98 (0176)

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