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20 -- 40 NAVMOOR 2,400LB ANCHORS SOL DTRS57-00-R-20011 DUE 020800 POC Point of Contact -- Jackson G. Rector, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-2190 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, rector@volpe.dot.gov. This is a synopsis for commercial items in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12, 13.5 and 15. The John A Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has a requirement to acquire forty (40) 2,400lb NAVMOOR anchors for delivery to the Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore, MD. Detailed specification and drawings will be set forth in the solicitation. The contractor shall manufacture, test, paint, and deliver the anchors. A Firm-Fixed-Price Contract is anticipated. This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3462 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The solicitation and related documents will be available in electronic format only on the Volpe Center Acquis ition Division home page on the World Wide Web. Paper copies of these documents are not available. These documents will be available in text format and reside on a www server, which may be accessed using web browsers. The www address is: http//www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation s posting and availability for downloading may register at the Volpe Center site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the e-mail address provided. This notice is for information purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. Posted 01/14/00 (D-SN416262). (0014)

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