Commanding Officer (KO), Civil Engineering Unit, Juneau, P.O. Box 21747, 709 W. 9th St., Room 817, Juneau, AK 99802-1747

Z -- TOWER INSPECTIONS, INSTALLATIONS AND REPAIRS SOL DTCG87-00-R-643032 DUE 041000 POC J. H. O'Malley (907)463-2417 WEB: USCG Civil Engineering Unit Juneau, AK Web Site, http://www.alaska.net/~uscgceuj. E-MAIL: Joe O'Malley@USCG Civil Engineering Unit Juneau, AK., J.Omalley/CEUJuneau@internet.uscg.mil. DESC: DTCG87-00-R-643032 Tower Inspection Services, Various U.S. Coast Guard locations within and occasionally outside Alaska. The summary of work includes providing all materials, equipment, supplies, transportation, engineering/design services and labor to conduct tower inspections, installations, investigations, designs, repairs and corrective action. Services may include the acquisition of environmental data for proposed design sites along with investigation of design options and final design of self supporting and guyed towers. The procurement shall be issued under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price contract including one base year and four option years. Each firm's selection criteria will include in order of importance (1) past performance on contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required (3) professional qualifications to perform the services required and (4) equipment inventory. The Coast Guard is required to place a minimum order of $25,000. against the contract for the base year and each option year awarded. The Coast Guard may exercise a contract option before the expiration of the base contract period or preceding option period if the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. The small business size standard is identified as Standard Industrial Code 1799 and the applicable size standard is $7.0 million dollars in average annual receipts for the past three years. If selected, a large business offeror will be required to submit a small/small disadvantaged and women owned small business subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. Task orders shall be placed on an as needed basis against the contracts and shall not exceed the following limitations: no individual order shall exceed $300,000, the total amount of each contract shall not exceed $1 million per contract. This is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (Public Law 100-656) as implemented by the OFPP Policy Directive and Test Plan dated 8/31/89. This project is open to all businesses regardless of size. THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS PROVIDED AS INFORMATION FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contacts. The Department of Transportation (DOT), also has the Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBDU), program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short term contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontractor at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guarantee of the bid bond amount to a surety against losses. Maximum line of credit is $500,000. with interest at the prime rate. For further information call (800) 532-1169. Internet address : http://www.osdbuweb.dot.gov. Request for bid documents must be submitted and received by this office no later than March 10,2000. Interested parties can obatin a bid package by sending a request to the U.S. Coast Guard to the following address; Commanding Officer (ko), United States Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit, P.O. Box 21747, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1747. This is no fee for the solicitation. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Posted 02/22/00 (W-SN427229). (0053)

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