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99 -- SEASONAL AIDS TO NAVIGATION ON THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER SOL DTCG89-00-Q-JAN019 DUE 041000 POC Ms Terry Craft, (510) 437-3004 FAX (510) 437-3014 E-MAIL: Please click here to contact the above Purchasing, tcraft@d11.uscg.mil. The U.S. Coast Guard will issue a solicitation for Seasonal ATON Service at Kuskokwim River located in Alaska. Contractor shall fabricate and set at least 29 buoys no later than 01 June 2000 in the Kuskokwim River. Maintain the buoys for the summer and remove the buoys no later than 15 October 2000. Performance shall be in accordance with the standards contained in the Statement of Work and applicable purchase order clauses contained in the solicitation. This solicitation is set-aside 100% for small business. The SIC Code is 4499. The small business size standard is $5 million annually. The contract type will be Firm Fixed Price. The solicitation will be issued on or about 20 March 2000 and shall close on or about 10 April 2000. All interested parties shall request a copy of the solicitation from the POC listed above via e-mail, fax or written request. NO VERBAL REQUEST WILL BE ACCEPTED. The following notice is for informational purposes: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). 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 contracts. Maximum line of credit of $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information and application forms concerning STLP, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. See Note 1. Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429593). (0060)

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