Commanding Officer (FP), ISC Ketchikan, PO Box 25517, Juneau, AK 99802-5517

99 -- SEASONAL AIDS TO NAVIGATION ON THE KISKOKWIM RIVER SOL DTCG35-99-JAN011 DUE 040199 POC Contact Christine Tinsley, 907/463-2115, Contracting Officer E-MAIL: clikc here to contact the Contracting Officer via, ctinsley@cgalaska.uscg.mil. Fabricate and set at least 29 buoys not later than 1 June 1999 in the Kuskokwim River, Alaska. Maintain the buoys for the summer and remove all buoys on or about 15 October 1999. The buoys shall be installed under the supervision of a competent person who has not less than five seasons of experience in the operation of motor vessels of at least 10 foot draft on the section of the river in which the buoys are to located. The contractor shall have recent experience operating vessels upon the Kuskokwim River. Recent experience is defined as having made no less than ten transits in vessels of at least 10 foot draft upon the river between Port of Bethel and the mouth of the Kuskokwim River in the past 12 months. The person shall have local knowledge of the location of the most desirable channel for vessels within a maximum draft of fifteen feet. The specified buoys, and any additional buoys that river conditions require, shall be installed in positions to best mark that channel. Solicitation to be issued onor about 3/10/99. This is a total small business set aside. The standard Industrial Classification, classified as 4492, and the applicable size standard is 5 million in annual average gross revenue of the concern for the last three fiscal years. Award will be made to the responsible firm offering the lowest price. All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Contracting Office will accept request for solicitations via fax 907/463/2179. Faxed quotations will be considered in response to CDB. Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)! 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 $500,00 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. Posted 02/17/99 (W-SN299301). (0048)

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