Commanding Officer (FCP), U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Training Center, Yorktown, VA 23690-5000

R -- BAND LEADERSHIP SERVICES SOL DTCG41-00-Q-QWF208 DUE 111599 POC CWO2 Dennis C. Sughrue (757) 898-2081 or SKC Henry Langford (757) 898-2091 WEB: Federal Acquisition Regulations, www.arnet.gov/far. E-MAIL: Contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail, dsughrue@rtc. uscg.mil or hlangford@rtc.uscg.mil. Provide band leadership services at the USCG Training Center, Yorktown, VA. The Training Center volunteer band is an all volunteer band comprised of enlisted military personnel (permanent party and students) and averages 12-20 members. The band performs at on base command functions and scheduled community events. The contractor's duties will also include, but not be limited to, providing personnel to rehearse the band, conduct at performances, organize the band as a marching unit, and act as property custodian for band equipment. Contract performance period is 01 December 1999 to 30 September 2000, with two (2) one year options. This procurement is 100% Set Aside for Small Business. Request for Quotation packages will be available o/a 25 October 1999. Telephone requests for packages shall be directed to the Procurement Technician at (757) 898-2091. For the purpose of determining size status, a small business is one whose average annual receipts for the preceding three years does not exceed $5 million (SIC 7929). "This notice is 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 further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. See note (1). Posted 10/25/99 (W-SN394613). (0298)

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