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20 -- MARINE FENDERS SOL DTRS57-99-R-00014 DUE 041499 POC Point of Contact -- Kathleen Regan, Contracing Officer, (617) 494-3485 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, Finnk@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Center has a requirement for 137 Marine Fenders consisting of the following types and quantities: (1) 3'x5' Sea Guard or equal Marine Fenders with 25 of = in. galvanized open-link chain and 3 -- > in. shackles, screw type steel, galvanized on each end -- 100 each; (2) 4'x12' Sea Guard or equal Marine Fenders -- 12 each; (3) 5'x10' Sea Guard or equal Marine Fenders -- 8 each; (4) 6'x12' Sea Cushion or equal Marine Fenders with Chain and Aircraft Tire net -- 6 each. Each 5 X10 Sea Guard or equal and 6 X12 Sea Cushion or equal fender shall be outfitted with a 100 long -- 5 in. -- nylon line (12 strand, braided with a thimble eye on one end) and a 1-1/8 in. -- anchor shackle (galvanized steel) on each end. For Marine Fenders of equal design, offerors shall submi t the specifications fabricated by other manufactures. In accordance with Transportation Acquisition Manual (TAR) 1211.104-70, the use of brand name or equal descriptions in this solicitation is intended to promote competition by encouraging the offering of products that are equal in all material respects to the brand name products cited. Fenders shall be delivered FOB destination to U.S. Coast Guard yard, Curtis Bay, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD, Building 58 Industrial Dept. All fenders shall be delivered 60 days after receipt of order. The applicable SIC Code is 5088. The size standard is 100 employees. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available on a WWW server, which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address or URL of the Volpe Center Acquisition home page is: http://www.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices. The responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. The following notice is notice for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For futher information, call (800)532-1169. Internate address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official above. Posted 04/02/99 (D-SN315795). (0092)

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