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20 -- MARINE FENDERS AND RELATED APPARATUS SOL DTRS57-00-R-20012 POC Point of Contact -- Teresa Lee-Fierstein, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3830 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, leefierste@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe National Transportation Center has a requirement for 152 Marine Fenders and Related Apparatus consisting of the following types and quantities: Item No. 1, Marine Fender, Size 0.61m x 1.22m (2 x4 ), Quantity 80. Item No. 2, Marine Fender, Size 0.91m x 1.52m (3 x5 ), Quantity 60. Item No. 3, Marine Fender, Size 1.22m x 3.66m (4 x12 ), Quantity 8. Item No. 4, Marine Fender, Size 1.52m x 3.05m (5 x10 ), Quantity 4. Item No. 5, Chain, Size/Type 12.7mm (1/2 inch) open link, galvanized, Length 7.62m (25 ), Quantity 136. Item No. 6, Chain, Size/Type 12.7mm (1/2 inch) open link, galvanized, Length 3.05m (10 ), Quantity 80. Item No. 7, Nylon Rope, Size/Type 127mm (1/2 inch), 12 strand, braided, with thimble eye in one end only, Length 30.48m (100 ), Quantity 8. Item No. 8, Shackle s, Size/Type 12.7mm (1/2 inch) screw type steel, galvanized, Quantity 512. Item No. 9, Shackles, 28.575mm (1-1/8 inches) anchor safety, galvanized, Quantity 8. Item No. 10, Delivery Cost. All items shall be delivered 60 days after receipt of order FOB destination to U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, MD, 21226-1797, Building 58, Industrial Department. The applicable SIC Code is 5088. The size standard is 100 employees. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be issued on or after February 4, 2000. The solicitation and any document related to this procurement will be available on the Internet; these documents will be available on a WWW server, which may be accessed using Web browsers. The WWW address or URL of the Volpe Center Acquisition home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/procure.html. Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation's posting and availability for downloading may 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. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. The following notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned an d Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Business 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. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official above. Posted 01/24/00 (A-SN418325). (0024)

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