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19 -- 19-DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTI-PURPOSE GREAT LAKES SOL Reference-Number-DTCG23-01-R-AGLMSA DUE 061900 POC Carl McGill, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 267-2480, Fax (202) 267-4019, Email cmcgill@comdt.uscg.mil -- Carl McGill, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 267-2480, Fax (202) 267-4019, Email cmcgill@comdt.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=Reference-Num ber-DTCG23-01-R-AGLMSA&LocID=14. E-MAIL: Carl McGill, cmcgill@comdt.uscg.mil. 17. The Coast Guard will release a DRAFT Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design and construction of a new multi-purpose icebreaker for the Great Lakes. This procurement will be a single-phase acquisition for design and construction. The draft RFP Performance Specification has been posted to the Great Lakes Icebreaking (GLIB) Capability acquisition project web site: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-a/glib/. Additional draft RFP documents will be posted sequentially for industry review and comment. The Coast Guard will conduct a pre-solicitation conference in conjunction with this draft solicitation. The PSC will be held at Coast Guard Headquarters, room 2415, on Tuesday, August 1, 2000, beginning at 8:00 AM. Additional details will be posted on the web site in mid-July. The Coast Guard will not provide copies of the draft RFP and recommends attendee bring their own copy. There will not be a separate CBD notice to announce the PSC. The planned release of the final RFP is November 2000. Updates to the projectschedule will be posted to the GLIB web site. This solicitation is intended to be full and open competition. The standard industrial classification code for this acquisition is 3731. Posted 06/19/00 (D-SN466043). (0171)

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