Contracting Officer, Civil Engineering Unit, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 8122, Honolulu, HI 96850

Z -- REPLACE OVERHEAD ROLLUP DOOR AND REPLACE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORAGE SHED AT USCGC KISKA STATION OFFICE, HILO, HAWAII SOL DTCG86-98-B-633388 DUE 082798 POC Point of Contact -- Bonnie L. Hoe, Contracting Officer, (808) 541-2158, Fax (808) 541-2203 E-MAIL: Civil Engineering Unit Honolulu, Bhoe@d14.uscg.mil. Provide materials, equipment, labor, and transportation required to replace an overhead rollup door on the Storage Building with a new rollup door and replace a reinforced concrete masonry unit (cmu) hazardous materials storage shed with a new portable metal hazardous materials locker. The work is located at the US Coast Guard Cutter Kiska Station Office, 29 Kuhio Street, Hilo, Hawaii. All work shall be completed within 90 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed. This solicitation is issued under and the resulting contract awarded under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (PL 100-656). The construction range is between $25,000 and $100,000. Only faxed or written requests for bid packages are acceptable. This 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 disadvantaged 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 maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. Posted 07/17/98 (D-SN225170). (0198)

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