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J -- USCG AIR STATION SITKA EXTERIOR PAINTING SOL DTCG87-00-Q-JZV007 DUE 011700 POC Rebecca Wade (907) 463-2418 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, rwade@cgalaska.uscg.mil. RESIDENTIAL PAINTING, SOLICITATION DTCG87-00-Q-JZV007 DUE 011700. Provide all materials, equipment and provide labor to power wash, treat, prepare, prime and paint all exterior surfaces of the U. S. Coast Guard owned housing located on Life Saver Drive in Sitka, Alaska. Anticipate painting five four-plexes with the possibility of one additional four-plex from May 2000 through and including September 2000. Solicitation to be issued on or about 1/5/00. Quotations must be submitted to this office no later than 1/17/00. There is no charge for these documents. The work required by this solicitation is identified as Industry Standard #1721, and the applicable size standard is $7 million dollars in annual average gross revenue of the concern for the past three fiscal 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. 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 U. S. Coast Guard. Contracting Office will accept request for solicitations via fax at (907) 463-2416. Faxed quotations will be considered in response to the CBD. Alternate payment protection shall be required after Purchase Order award, in the form of a payment bond, certified or cashier's check, bank draft, money order or currency. The penal amount of payment protection shall equal 50% of the contract price. For Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), the Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime subcontractor at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for quote, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guarantee of the quote amount to a surety against losses. Loans are available under the DOR Short Term Lending Program (STPL) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STPL, call the OSDBU at (900) 532-1169. Posted 12/14/99 (W-SN408549). (0348)

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