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

Z -- REPLACE HEATING TANKS IN TWENTY-ONE USCG HOUSING UNITS, GROUP MORICHES, WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY SOL DTCGG1-00-Q-3WK186 DUE 050800 POC contracting office ISSUE DATE: ON OR ABOUT APRIL 14, 2000. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, transportation and disposal necessary to remove and dispose twenty-one existing 275 gallon heating oil storage tanks and provide forty-two NEW 138 gallon heating oil storage steel tanks, fill and vent piping, and incidental related work. The Government may add additional housing units for tank replacement as identified in the option. Work shall be accomplished at US Coast Guard Group Moriches, Westhampton Beach, NY. (Suffolk County) (SIC: 1711) Performance period is ninety (90) calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed. ALL SITE WORK SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BETWEEN JUNE 1, 2000 thru September 1, 2000. Interruption of heating oil supply in each housing unit shall not exceed two calendar days.Estimated Cost of this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. SOLICITATION PACKAGES TO BE AVAILABLE ON OR ABOUT Apil 13, 2000 and may be obtained from: RHODE ISLAND BLUEPRINT, 335 Webster Ave, Cranston, RI 02920, 401-942-3225. R.I. BLUEPRINT accepts most major credit cards. Offerors are required to verify the number of amendments prior to offer opening with the Contracting Officer. The offer opening date is scheduled for on or about MAY 8, 2000, 4:00 PM at place of issue. NOTE: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION, RESULTS WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC. 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. Robert J. Kruzewski Contracting Officer CEU Providence (401) 736-1764 rkruzewski@ceuprovidence.uscg.mil Posted 04/07/00 (W-SN442629). (0098)

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