Commander (KO), Civil Engineering Unit, Juneau, P.O. Box 21747, 709 W. 9th St., Room 817, Juneau, AK 99802-1747

Z -- IMPROVEMENTS TO BOATHOUSE AT USCG STATION KETCHIKAN, ALASKA SOL DTCG87-98-B-643069 DUE 081898 POC Rebecca Wade, Contracting Officer (907) 463-2418 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, rwade@cgalaska.uscg.mil. DTCG87-98-B-643069 -- Improvement to the Boathouse at USCG Station Ketchikan, Alaska. Provide all materials, equipment, transportation, incidentals to perform labor to make improvements to the boathouse at USCG Station Ketchikan, Alaska in accordance with the plans and specifications. Work includes, but is not limited to: remove and discard the following five-foot by forty-five foot steel tide bridge; 100 feet of six foot and ten foot floating wood docks; all utilities on wood docks including electrical/telephone, potable water, and pneumatic lines; removal of 185 linear feet of six foot floating wood docks; removal of all marine growth from the docks and transport docks to a storage site as designated by the COR; install a new five foot by sixty foot galvanized steel tide bridge; provide an option for steel frame and cover for the ramp; install 210 linear feet of six foot, ten foot and twelve foot floating wood docks; install continuous fendering along the edge; install one nine inch galvanized steel guide pile, drill and socket pile into rock; perform reinforced concrete work to modify the existing concrete pier decking; install an eight cubic yard submarine concrete pad; install new utilities for three moorage locations on the floating docks to include electrical, telephone, hot and cold potable water and supplied air; construct a small storage shed, approximately fifty square feet on the floating dock and install miscellaneous items including handrails, life ring stations and small capacity hoist. The estimated cost range for this project is between $125000 and $250000. The time for completion of this contract is 120 calendar days after notice of award. The work required by this solicitation is identified as Industry Standard #1629 and the applicable size standard is $17.0 million dollars in annual receipts for the past three years. This procurement is issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, Public Law 100-656, as implemented by the OFPP Policy Directive and Test Plan dated 8/31/89. This is not a small business set-aside. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the U. S. Coast Guard. Requests for bid documents must be submitted and received by this office no later than 6 January 1998. 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 and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short- term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontractor at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guarantee of the bid 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. Themaximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. Interested parties can obtain a bid package by sending a check or money order issued to the U. S. Coast Guard in the amount of $25.00 to Commanding Officer (ko), Civil Engineering Unit, P. O. Box 21747, Juneau, AK 99802-1747. This is a non-refundable fee for the plans and specifications. R. Wade. Contracting Officer Posted 06/25/98 (0176)

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