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Z -- OVERHAUL MOBILE TRAVEL HOIST SOL DTCG29-99-Q-BWDL51 DUE 031199 POC Point of Contact-Barbara Dejoie, Contracting Officer,504-942-4024 E-MAIL: U.S. Coast Guard, bdejoie@iscnola.uscg.mil. The U. S. Coast Guard is soliciting proposals to award a contract to repair a Kleeco MobileHoist Model-SP1000H, Serial #1020982, 50 Ton Capacity, Manufactured April 1982, Erie Industries, Bellevue, OH, in accordance with the Scope of Repair outlined in the solicitation package. For copies of the solicitation package, contact the contracting officer listed in item eleven (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 OSDBUat (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 02/27/99 (W-SN303099). (0058)

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