USCG, CEU Providence, 300 Metro Center Blvd, Warwick, RI 02886

Z -- REPLACEMENT OF DIESEL FUEL TANK SOL DTCGG1-00-Q-3WK165 DUE 041000 POC Mattie Walker, Contract Specialist, 401-736-1766 The contractor shall provide all the equipment, labor, transportation and material required for removal and disposal of the existing above ground 4,000 gallon steel diesel fuel storage tank and provision of a new 4,000 gallon diesel fuel storage steel tank in secondary a containment, leak detection, high level alarm and incidental related work at the USCG Communications Center Boston Sandwich, Massachusetts (Barnstable County). Completion Time is 75 calendar days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed. PAYMENT BONDS REQUIRED. Estimated Cost of this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. The Sic Code is 1711. SOLICITATION PACKAGES TO BE AVAILABLE ON OR ABOUT March 21, 2000, and may be obtained from: Rhode Island Blueprint, 335 Webster Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920. Please fax your requests to RIBP and include your credit card number and expiration date along with the solicitation number. Solicitation will not be released until the issue date referenced in the CBD. RIBP accepts VISA, MASTERCARD AND AMERICAN EXPRESS. REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX ONLY. YOUR ORDERS WILL BE SHIPPED UPS UNLESS YOU REQUESTS OVERNIGHT DELIVERY. CONTRACTORS are required to verify the number of amendments prior to bid opening with the Contracting Officer. This project is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, and is unrestricted. The following NOTICE IS PROVIDED AS INFORMATON FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Dept of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquired short-term capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any prime subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, payment and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are available under the DOT Short-term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The max. line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding these programs, call the DOT (OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the Contracting Official listed above. Posted 03/01/00 (W-SN430028). (0061)

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