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Y -- FABRICATION OF TOWERS SOL DTCG-29-99-Q-8PFZ01 DUE 110998 POC Barbara Dejoie/Contracting Officer 504-942-4024 E-MAIL: U.S. COAST GUARD ISC NOLA, bdejoie@iscnola.uscg.mil. The Department of Agriculture (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard, is soliciting proposals to award a contract to fabricate Aids to Navigation Towers in accordance with U.S. Coast Guard Drawing 0158, sheet 3 of 3, Platform Section, Quantity: 11 each and Drawing 0158, sheet 2 of 3, 10 foot tower sections, Quantity: 17 each. To receive copies of the solicitation package, please contact the contracting officer listed in item 11. "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. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above." Posted 11/02/98 (W-SN267420). (0306)

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