Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer (vpl), USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command -- Atlantic, 300 East Main Street, Suite 600, Norfolk, VA, 23510-9102

46 -- REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION PLANTS SOL DTCG80-00-Q-3FCT03 DUE 091200 POC Daniel Dyer, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 628-4646, Fax (757) 628-4675/6, Email djdyer@mlca.uscg.mil -- Marion Veber, Supervisory Contract Specialist, Phone 757-628-4633, Fax 757-628-4676, Email mveber@mlca.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTCG80-00-Q-3FCT03&LocID=497. E-MAIL: Daniel Dyer, djdyer@mlca.uscg.mil. The United States Coast Guard, Maintenance & Logistics Command, Atlantic intends to issue a five year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for twenty-nine (29) commercial _off-the-shelf_ Reverse Osmosis (R/O) Desalination Plants. The Coast Guard intends to conduct this procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The simplified acquisition will be issued as a best value Request for Quote (RFQ), on or about August 21, 2000 with quotes due on or about September 12, 2000. The RFQ will be issued via the Electronic Posting System (EPS) at www.eps.gov. Hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the EPS system for RFQ release and all subsequent amendments. This procurement is being issued as a 100% small business set-aside in accordance with FAR 52.219-6. The standard industrial classification code is 3559 -- Special Industry Machinery, N.E.C., and the small business size standard is 500 employees. Three different R/O plants capacities will be solicited for various Coast Guard class 210_, 270_ and 378_ vessels. Estimated quantities are as follows: 13 ea R/O Desalination Plants for 210_ class with a capacity of 5,000 gallons of potable water per day (gpd); 13 ea for 270_ class with a capacity of 7,000 gpd, and 3 ea which shall produce 10,000 gpd. The initial quantity of one (1) R/O system for 270_ class vessel with a capacity of 7,000 gpd must be delivered not later than 15 January 2001. The R/O desalination plants will be ordered by delivery order and delivered F.O.B. Destination to the U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Command, Baltimore, MD. All interested sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the Coast Guard. Additional specifications are included in the formal RFQ. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE). The Department of Transportation (DOT) Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines 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. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. For information concerning the acquisition, please forward all inquiries to Mr. Daniel Dyer at DJDyer@mlca.uscg.mil, facsimile (757) 628-4676 or call (757) 628-4646. Posted 08/03/00 (D-SN481839). (0216)

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