Commanding Officer (KO), Civil Engineering Unit, Juneau, P.O. Box 21747, 709 W. 9th St., Room 817, Juneau, AK 99802-1747

Z -- INSPECTION OF SIX COMMUNICATION TOWERS AT USCG ISC KODIAK, AK. SOL DTCG87-00-B-643031 DUE 022200 POC J. H. O'Malley (907)463-2417 WEB: USCG Civil Engineering Unit Juneau, AK., http://www.alaska.net/~uscgceuj. E-MAIL: Joe O'Malley@USCG Civil Engineering Unit Juneau, AK., J.Omalley/CEUJuneau@internet.uscg.mil. DESC: DTCG87-00-B-643031 -- Provide all materials, supplies, equipment and trans-portation to perform tower inspections on one 600 foot guyed tower, one 450 foot guyed tower, and four 300 foot self supported towers which shall include tensioning and alignment, relamping and performing the following minor maintenance: Concrete encasement of the top six feet of six existing guy anchors and removal and replacement of all mid-level and top-level platforms on all four, 300 foot self supported towers. The range of this project is between $100,000. and $250,000. dollars. This procurement is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program, Public Law 100-656, as implemented by the OFPP Policy Directive and Test Plan dated 8/31/89. The Industrial Standard Code is #8999, and the applicable size standard is $5.0 million dollars in annual receipts for the past three years. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the U.S. Coast Guard. Request for bid documents must be submitted and received by this office no later than January 21, 2000. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The epartment of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBDU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short term contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontractor at any tier. The DOT bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guarantee of the bid bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide for accounts receivable. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. dollars. For further information please call OSBDU at (800)532-1169. There is no charge for the bid documents. Interested parties can obtain a bid package by contacting Joe O'Malley to the following address -- Commanding Officer (ko), United States Coast Guard, Civil Engineering unit, P.O. Box 21747, Juneau, AK. 99802-1747. Posted 01/10/00 (W-SN414594). (0010)

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