Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Oakland, 2000 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606-5337

Z -- MAINTENANCE DREDGING WITH NEARSHORE DISPOSAL AT US COAST GUARD MOORING BALLAST POINT, POINT LOMA, SAN DIEGO, CA SOL DTCG88-99-B-623B14 DUE 100799 POC Marilyn S. Van de Loo, (510) 535-7283 Pre-Solicitation -- DTCG88-99-B-623B14, MAINTENANCE DREDGING WITH NEARSHORE DISPOSAL AT MOORING BALLAST POINT, POINT LOMA, CA. Furnish all labor, materials, supervision, transportation, equipment, and all other necessary items required to accomplish the following: Conduct maintenance dredging at U.S. Coast Guard mooring Ballast Point, Pt. Loma, San Diego, CA Estimated amount to be dredged is 17,500 cubic yards of material; remove sandbank that has formed on the southern dredge limit; disposal is to the nearshore area off Imperial Beach, CA. Estimated range is $100,000 to $250,000. Performance period is 30 calendar days from Notice to Proceed with on-site work limited to 14 days. The applicable SIC is 1629. Small Business Size Standard is $13.5 million. Plans and specifications may be ordered or picked up in person from East Bay Blue Print and Supply, 1745 Fourteenth Ave., Oakland, CA (510) 261-2990. There will be a non-refundable fee for plans and specifications. PLANHOLDERS LISTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM EAST BAY BLUE PRINT AND SUPPLY BY FAXING YOUR REQUEST TO (510) 261-6077. PLANS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE COAST GUARD OFFICE. This procurement is subject to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and is open to large and small business participation. THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION, AND ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES ARE INCOURAGED TO RESPOND. For minority, women, and disadvantaged business enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization) has programs to assist minority, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises in acquiring short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. Anticipated bid issue date is 07 September 1999 with bid opening date 30 days later. Posted 08/10/99 (W-SN366004). (0222)

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