Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, 1240 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, 44199-2060

Z -- REPAIR TRAMWAY AT USCG SSD NATCHEZ, MS SOL DTCG83-00-B-3WDQ04 POC Opal Arnold, Contracting Officer, Phone 216-902-6219, Fax 216-902-6277, Email oarnold@ceucleveland.uscg.mil -- Brian Jarrell, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-902-6220, Fax 216-902-6277, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=DTCG83-00-B-3 WDQ04&LocID=256. E-MAIL: Opal Arnold, oarnold@ceucleveland.uscg.mil. Provide all labor, material, equipment, transportation and supervision required to remove the existing steel handrails and support brackets and install new aluminum handrails and steel support brackets, remove existing tramway timber bridging and install new timber stringers, timber bridging and aluminum plank decking between tramway rails, remove existing tramway steel plank decking and install new aluminum plank decking, install new timber utility line protection on underside of existing tramway, Remove three existing dolphin ladder safety climbing rails and supports and install new safety climbing rails and supports, install new steel utility line protection on two existing dolphins, extend tramway to two existing pile bents. Tramway extension is to include new timber framing, aluminum decking and aluminum handrails and steel support brackets. Replace electrical, telephone and cable TV wiring from top of two dolphins to onshore panel. Replace associated conduit from shore to top of dolphins. Installa new upper travel limit switch on existing tramway and connect to the existing tramway winch motor. The location of the job is the USCG Shore Side Detachment in Natchez, MS. The SIC code assigned to this project is 1629. Estimated range of the project is between $100,000 and $250,00,000. When available, this solicitation can be downloaded from the USCG CEU Cleveland web-site at: http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/ceucleveland. This office has a procurement information line that may be called for information on current bid opens, due dates for quotes, or amendments. The number is (216) 902-6222. This project is unrestricted and is not a set-aside. Attn: Minority, Women-owned and Disadvantaged 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 working capitalfinancing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. The maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. The internet address is: Posted 10/05/99 (D-SN388983). (0278)

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