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Z -- ENDWALL RENOVATION, USCG AIR STATION CAPE COD, BOURNE, MA SOL DTCGG1-00-B-3WK116 DUE 022200 POC Jim Adamo, Contracting Officer, (401) 736-1762 PRESOLICITATION NOTICE. ISSUE DATE: 01/20/00. Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, supervision and disposal necessary for endwall renovation at USCG Air Station Cape Cod, Bourne, MA (Barnstable County). Work includes installing vertical vinyl siding, sheathing, blocking, wood furring, flashing, insulation and incidental related work on concrete block endwalls and party walls. Base bid contains four (4) units. There is an additive bid item for one (1) unit. Estimated cost of this project is between $100,000 and $250,000 dollars. SIC code is 1761. Solicitation packages to be available on or about 01/20/00, and may be obtained from: Reprographics, Inc., 6 Riverside Drive, Pembroke, MA 02359 at (781) 829-4747, or fax (781) 826-6899. Contact Reprographics for cost. Visa, Mastercard & American Express accepted. The bid opening date is on or about 02/22/00. This project is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, and is unrestricted.THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS PROVIDED AS INFORMATION FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Dept of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, payment and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are available under the DOT Short-term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The max. line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding these programs, call the DOT OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning this acquisition, contact the Contracting Official listed above. Posted 01/03/00 (W-SN412451). (0003)

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