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

Z -- REMOVE AND REPLACE STAIRS AT USCG CAMSLANT, CHESAPEAKE, VA SOL DTCG83-00-Q-3WF109 DUE 031000 POC Robert Kohler, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-902-6221, Fax 216-902-6277, Email rkohler@ceucleveland.uscg.mil -- Carolyn Melton, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-902-6275, Fax 216-902-6277, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTCG83-00-Q-3 WF109&LocID=256. E-MAIL: Robert Kohler, rkohler@ceucleveland.uscg.mil. Provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision required to remove existing metal staircases, landings and railings and replace with new metal staircases, landings and railings at U. S. Coast Guard CAMSLANT, Chesapeake, Va. All new metal work shall be galvanized. Performance period is 90 days after Notice to Proceed. The SIC code assigned is 3446. Size standard is 500. Due dates for quotes will be approximately 03/10/00. Estimated range of this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. This solicitation can be downloaded from the GSA's Electronic Posting System that can be accessed through the CEU Cleveland web-site at:http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/ceucleveland. This project is unrestricted in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. It is not a set-aside. Any business, regardless of size, may submit a quote. ATTENTION MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small Business 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 enable firms to apply for bid, payment, and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under 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 regarding the bonding and lending programs please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800) 532-1169. Internet address:http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. Posted 01/25/00 (D-SN418782). (0025)

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