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J -- THE DRY-DOCKING/HAULOUT OF THE CGC PT CHICO SOL DTCG85-00-B-625357 DUE 032000 POC Dianne H. Jackson, Contracting Officer, (510) 437-3809, fax (510) 437-3392 E-MAIL: Dianne H. Jackson, Coast Guard Naval Engineering,, djackson@d11.uscg.mil. The Maintenance and Logistic Command, Pacific is proposing a contract for the dry-docking and repairs of the USCGC PT CHICO. The cutter's home moorage is located at Bodega Bay, CA. The period of performance 22 May and ending 30 June 2000. The major work items include and not limited to: Underwater body inspection, Sewage Tank Cleaning and inspection, Fuel Oil Tank Cleaning and inspection, Heat Exchanger Cleaning and inspection, Electric Motor Overhaul, Cleaning and Calibration of Pressure, Temperature, and Tachometer Gauges, Fathometer Transducer replacement, Torsional Coupling Renewal and Propulsion System Alignment, Sea Valve Overhaul, Steering Cable & Hydraulic Booster System Inspection and Overhaul, Boat Boom Overhaul, Sewage Pump Inspection and Overhaul, Underwater body Preservation(Partial), Zinc Anode Renewal, Polymeric Deck Coverings replacement and Repair, Mast Preservation, Superstructure Preservation, Freeboard Preservation, Weather Deck Preservation and Dry-docking/Haulout. This solicitation will be issued under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program on or about the 14 February 2000. The notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small Business Disadvantaged Business Untilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned, disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Programs (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and forms concerning the STLP, call at (800) 532-1169, for information concerning the acquistion contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 01/26/00 (W-SN419114). (0026)

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