Contracting Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit Oakland, 2000 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606-5337

Z -- PORTABLE MAINTENANCE SHELTER AT BASE SAN FRANCISCO, YERBA BUENA ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CA SOL DTCG88-95-B-623E23 due 092695. Contact Bid Issuing Clerk, (510) 535-7219; Contract Specialist Marily S. Van de Loo, 510/535-7283. Only written requests for solicitation will be accepted FAX (510)(535-7288). Contractor shall furnish all labor, material, and equipment to erect a maintenance shelter, semicircular roof (quonset style), 28 feet wide by 50 feet long with a minimum peak height of 23 feet and wall height of 12 feet at Coast Guard Base San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, CA. The estimated cost of this procurement is between $25,000 and $50,000. The performance period is 9 calendar days after receipt of Notice to Proceed. This procurement is subject to the Small Business Competitive Demonstration program and is open to small business participation only. The applicable SIC code is 1541. The Small Business size standard is small if its average annual sales or receipts for its preceding three fiscal years do not exceed $17.0 million. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which will be considered. FOR MINORITY, WOMEN AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprise to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. Anticipated bid issue date is 05 September 1995 with opening date 26 days later. (229)

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