Z -- Z -- RECONSTRUCT LIGHT TOWER WICKFORD HARBOR LIGHT AT = WICKFORD, RI

Notice Date

May 22, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), = Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Providence, 300 Metro = Center Boulevard, Warwick, RI, 02886

ZIP Code

02886

Solicitation Number

DTCGG1-01-B-3WK174

Response Due

July 10, 2001

Point of Contact

Mattie Walker, Contract Specialist, Phone (401)736-1766, Fax = (401)736-1704, Email MWalker@CEUProvidence.USCG.mil

Description

ISSUE DATE: 6/7/01. Contractor shall provide all labor, = materials, equipment, transportation, supervision, and disposal = necessary to temporarily relocate the existing 13' tall steel skeleton = frame light tower to an adjacent stone jetty and Remove an existing 50' = diameter and 12' tall steel caisson, soil/cement fill, brick, and = reinforced concrete within the caisson and dispose. Install a new 20' = tall steel pipe framed tower on a new 10' diameter precast and = cast-in-place foundation. Place new stone riprap around new light = tower. Relocate the existing navigation equipment and materials from = the existing tower to the new tower. Remove and dispose of the = existing tower. MARINE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Estimated cost of this = project is between $100,000 and $250,000 dollars. NAICS code is = 234990. Solicitation packages to be available on or about 6/7/01. The = bid opening date is on or about 07/10/01. Our office no longer issues = solicitations or amendments in paper form. All relevant solicitation = documents, including specifications and drawings may be accessed for = download beginning on the date of issue at the following site: = http://www.eps.gov. Any amendments issued to the solicitation will be = posted solely on this web site. Companies not having the capability to = download solicitation documents may refer to a list of printers on the = CEU Providence web site at http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/ceuprovidence. = Printers on this list can download and print the information for a fee. = A bidders list is no longer available. This project is issued = pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, = and is unrestricted. THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS PROVIDED AS INFORMATION = FOR MINORITY, WOMEN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The = Dept of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business = Utilization (OSDBU) has programs to assist minority, women-owned and = disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working = capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. = This is applicable to any eligible prime or 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 this acquisition, contact the Contracting Official listed = above.

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