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20 -- SHIP & MARINE EQUIPMENT SOL DTCG40-00-B-50018 DUE 060200 POC Sharon Johnson, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-762-6465, Fax 410-762-6056, Email sjohnson@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=P&ProjID=DTCG40-00-B-5-B-5 0018&LocID=493. E-MAIL: Sharon Johnson, sjohnson@elcbalt.uscg.mil. Hulls, NSN 2050-01-225-7276, Plastic Material, Can Daymarkers, NSN 2050-01-222-3938, Plastic Material, and Nun Daymarkers, NSN 2050-01-224-6042, Plastic Material. All items to be made in accordance with Specification No. 472. Various quantities for above descriptions. Delivery will be F.O.B. Destination to U.S. Coast Guard ELC, Baltimore, MD and/or U.S. Coast Guard ELC, Columbia, MD. Contract to be requirements, firm fixed price with one base year and two (2) option years. Delivery to be approximately 90 Calendar days after date of each individual delivery order. When calling be prepared to state name, address, and solicitation number. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which will be considered. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned adn disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contract. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition contact the contracting official listed above. See Numbered Note 1 & 26. Posted 05/03/00 (D-SN450711). (0124)

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