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

Z -- REHAB CARPENTER SHOP AT USCG MARINE SAFETY OFFICE (MSO) VALDEZ, AK SOL DTCG87-00-B-643055 DUE 042000 POC Rebecca Wade (907) 463-2418 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, rwade@cgalaska.uscg.mil. Provide all materials, supplies, equipment, transportation and perform labor to rehab carpenter shop at USCG Marine Safety Office (MSO), Valdez, Alaska. Work includes, but is not limited to the following: earthwork for approximately 70 lf of strip footing/foundation wall and 420 sf of slab-on-grade to be added to the existing 1800 gross sf building; selective building demolition including doors, columns, beams, stud walls, gypsum wall board, insulation, sheathing, trim and roofing; installation of approximately 360 sf of new sidewalk; modification and/or installation of new walls, tubular steel columns, glulam beams, sheathing, metal-plate-connected wood trusses, traffic barriers and shelving and replacement of approximately 100 feet of sill plate at top of foundation wall; installation of new building wrap; installation of new vinyl siding and vented soffit; installation of new building sign; installation of new roofing underlayments, steel standing seam metal roofing and trim; salvage two existing doors, installation of 5 new metal doors and installation of 2 new sectional overhead doors; installation of 3 new steel frame, double-pane windows; installation of new gypsum board ceilings and walls and appropriate fire barrier and new paint; installation of a prefabricated modular woven wire security partition; provide new shop furnishings to include work bench, wall-mounted shop desk, trash binds, rag bin, clamp rack and flammable/paint storage lockers; installation of new fire extinguishers and cabinets; installation of new central vacuum dust collection system with galvanized ducting; provide connections to shop equipment and 2 floor sweeps; clean existing in-slab HVAC ducting; install approximately 130 ft of new buried conduit and electrical feeder to building; demolish existing building electrical system on the load side of the service entrance; relocate service entrance and install new building service entrance equipment; install new conduits, conductor and wiring devices for approximately 30 new powercircuits; install new 42-pole breaker panel; connect carpentry power tools to new circuits and test system, and install new exterior incandescent lighting and exit emergency lighting with battery back-up. The estimated cost range of this project is between $250,000 and $500,000 dollars. The time for completion is 150 calendar days from date of award. This procurement is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program, Public Law 100-656, as implemented by the OFPP Policy Directive and Test Plan dated 8/31/89. The Industrial Standard Code is #1541, and the applicable size standard is $17.0 million dollars in annual receipts for the past three years. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the U. S. Coast Guard. Request for bid documents must be submitted and received by this office no later than April 11, 2000. This is not a Small Business Set-Aside. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBDU), has a 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. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide for accounts receivable. The maximum line of credit is $500,000 dollars. For further information please call OSBDU at (800) 532-1169. There is a $35.00 non-refundable fee for the bid documents. Interested parties can obtain a bid package by sending a check or money order to the U. S. Coast Guard in the amount of $35.00 to Commanding Officer (ko), Civil Engineering Unit, P. O. Box 21747, Juneau, AK 99802-1747. This is a non-refundable fee for the plans and specifications. Posted 03/21/00 (W-SN436794). (0081)

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