Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, 1240 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, 44199-2060

Z -- INSTALL FLOATING DOCK AT USCG STATION CRISFIELD, MD. SOL DTCG83-00-Q-3WF064 POC Brian Jarrell, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-902-6220, Fax 216-902-6277, Email BJarrell@ceucleveland.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=DTCG83-00-Q-3 WF064&LocID=256. E-MAIL: Brian Jarrell, BJarrell@ceucleveland.uscg.mil. Provide all labor, material, equipment, transportation and supervision required to remove existing 6_ x 24_ concrete floating dock and transport, by truck, to USCG Station Annapolis, MD and place at location chosen by station personnel. Remove (2) 20_-0_ x 3_ diameter camels and associated hardware and relocate to opposite side of pier. Remove (1) 20_-0_ x 3_ diameter camel and relocate to area designated by station personnel. Remove existing 20_-0_ x 4_-0_ aluminum gangway and store in protected area for future reinstallation. Remove (6) 6_ x 6_ D-bore rubber fenders and relocate to locations shown on drawings. Provide and install 104_-0_ x 8_-0_ concrete floating dock and all associated hardware at location shown on drawing. The SIC code assigned to this project is 1629. Estimated range of the project is between $25,000 and $100,000. All relevant solicitation documents, including the specification and drawings shall be available for download exclusively from the Internet on or around 12/03/99, by clicking onto the U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland_s website at: http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/ceucleveland. Go to Contracting, Available Solicitations, EPS (For Vendors), DOT (Offices), USCG (Locations), CEU Cleveland (Posted Dates), and then, Solicitation for DTCG83-00-Q-3WF064. This project is unrestricted and is not a set-aside. Attn: Minority, Women-owned and Disadvantaged Enterprises (DBE_s)! The Dept. of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT_s Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOT_s Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. The maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. The Internet address is: Posted 10/25/99 (D-SN394748). (0298)

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