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20 -- RESOLUTE REVERSE OSMOSIS UNIT SOL DTCG40-00-Q-50005 DUE 051500 POC Kelly Carney, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-762-6472, Fax 410-762-6056, Email kcarney@elcbalt.uscg.mil -- Nancy Dean, Contracting Officer, Phone 410-762-6461, Fax 410-762-6056, Email ndean@elcbalt.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=DTCG40-00-Q-50005&LocID=493. E-MAIL: Kelly Carney, kcarney@elcbalt.uscg.mil. The U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center has a requirement to procure 1 each Reverse Osmosis Unit, Village Marine Tech Model 2/2K RO Seawater Delsalination System. Unit must be model cited. The Government intends to solicit only Village Tech Marine, the Original Equipment Manufacturer, and/or their authorized distributors. Interested parties must verify they are an authorized distributor of the OEM. All technical specifications, drawings, etc., required to manufacture this Unit are proprietary information to the OEM: the Government does NOT possess this information to release with the RFQ. However, other potential sources may submit information concerning their capability to supply this item. Concerns that respond to this notice must fully demonstrate their capability by submitting the following information: (1) Data that the offered item has been satisfactorily manufactured for the Government or the Original Equipment Manufacturer, which includes complete and current engineering data to demonstrate the acceptability of the offered item (i.e., salient physical, functional and serviceability chracteristics); and (2) Data that the required item has previously been provided to the Government or the Original Equipment Manufacturer. INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 16 MAY 2000. INFORMATION RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROCUREMENT! This synopsis is issued pursuant to FAR 5.207(e)(3) and TAM 1205.207. See Numbered Note 22. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE's)! The Department of Transportation (DOT), Shirt Term Lending Program (STLP), offers working capital financing in the form of line of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information call (800) 532-1169 or Internet address http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For Information regarding this acquisition, contact the contracting officials listed above.***** Posted 05/01/00 (D-SN449985). (0122)

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