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81 -- STEEL ISO CONTAINERS SOL DTRS57-00-R-20015 DUE 040200 POC Point of Contact -- Guy Hillman, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3401 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, hillman@volpe.dot.gov. This is a synopsis for commercial items in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12, 13.5, and 15. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has a requirement for 22 steel containers consisting of the following types and quantities: (1) 20 Foot (End Opening) 10 each; (2) 20 Foot Full Access (without shelves)-3 each; (3) 20 Foot Mobile Diesel Power Station (20KW)-2 each. (4) 20 Foot Full Access (with one shelve)-6 each; (5) 20 Foot Full Access (with two shelves)-1 each; Note that 11 of the 20 Foot Full Access containers require special construction. All containers shall comply with and be certified to the requirements of International Organization for Standards Numbers 668, 1161, 1495, 5346, the American Bureau of Shipping or Bureau Veritas or equal approved, U.S . Coast Guard Specifications for military explosives, Commandant Coast Guard Approval Number 0001-90, Revision 2, and the International Convention for Safe Containers per CFR 49, Parts 450 to 453. Containers shall be delivered FOB destination to the following location: U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, MD. All containers shall be delivered by ten weeks after award of a contract. The applicable SIC Code is 3537. The size standard is 750 employees. 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 Division home page is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to re ceive 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. NO HARD COPIES of the solicitation will be mailed. Telephone requests will not be honored. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Business Disadvantage d Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business s 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 listed above. Posted 02/09/00 (D-SN423563). (0040)

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