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H -- CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SOL DTFH70-99-B-00008 DUE 020999 POC Julee McTaggart, Contract Specialist E-MAIL: Clickk here to contact the Contract Specialist, contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov. Bids sought for 3 indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contracts designated CONST-99, Construction Inspection Services, for the Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division. Contractors will provide highway construction inspectors with 4x4 vehicles. All contractors must have 2 or more years experience providing construction management services or construction inspection services. Majority of the work will be in or near National Forests; actual places of performance unknown. One contract will be awarded in each of 3 geographical areas: AREA A -- south central and southwest Oregon; AREA B -- Eastern Oregon, north central Oregon, northwest Oregon, central Washington, eastern Washington, and southwest Washington; and AREA C -- Montana, Idaho, and Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The contracts will be in effect for one year. Each contract will have a guaranteed annual minimum of $10,000 with a maximum of $900,000 (AREA A), $900,000 (AREA B), and $500,000 (AREA C). All work will be ordered by individual Task Orders. This solicitation is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE under SIC Code 8999. For a firm to be considered a small business the annual average gross revenue of the firm for the last 3 fiscal years must not exceed $5 million. Contract clause 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, requires that at least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the contractor. Presolicitation Notices are being provided to firms on this agency's mailing list concurrently with the publication of this synopsis. THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY TO MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED, & DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (DBEs): The Department of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT's Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOT's Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at prime rate. For further information call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov.***** Posted 12/17/98 (W-SN281423). (0351)

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