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

Z -- INSTALL FLOATING DOCK AT USCG STATION CRISFIELD, MD. SOL DTCG83-00-Q-3WF064 POC Brian Jarrell, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-902-6220, Fax 216-902-6277, Email BJarrell@ceucleveland.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=M&;ProjID=DTCG83-00-Q-3 WF064&LocID=256. E-MAIL: Brian Jarrell, BJarrell@ceucleveland.uscg.mil. The purpose of this modification is to remove and replace the underscore or underline marks from the description portion of the original presolicitation notice. Those appeared upon Internet upload for unknown reasons, as they were originally intended to be and typed as quotation marks and apostrophes. Provide all labor, material, equipment, transportation and supervision required to remove existing 6 foot x 24 foot concrete floating dock and transport, by truck, to USCG Station Annapolis, MD and place at location chosen by station personnel. Remove (2) 20 foot-0 inch x 3 foot diameter camels and associated hardware and relocate to opposite side of pier. Remove (1) 20 foot-0 inch x 3 foot diameter camel and relocate to area designated by station personnel. Remove existing 20 foot-0 inch x 4 foot-0 inch aluminum gangway and store in protected area for future reinstallation. Remove (6) 6 inch x 6 inch D-bore rubber fenders and relocate to locations shown on drawings. Provide and install 104 foot-0 inch x 8 foot-0 inch concrete floating dock and all associated hardware at location shown on drawing. The SIC code assigned to this project is 1629. Estimated range of the project is between $25,000 and $100,000. All relevant solicitation documents, including the specification and drawings shall be available for download exclusively from the Internet on or around 12/03/99, by clicking onto the U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland website at: http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/ceucleveland. Go to Contracting, Available Solicitations, EPS (For Vendors), DOT (Offices), USCG (Locations), CEU Cleveland (Posted Dates), and then, Solicitation for DTCG83-00-Q-3WF064. This project is unrestricted and is not a set-aside. Attn: Minority, Women-owned and Disadvantaged Enterprises (DBEs)! The Dept. of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOTs Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOTs Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing 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 10/27/99 (D-SN395866). (0300)

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