40 -- 40 -- 40 ? SMALL SIZE BUOY CHAIN

Notice Date

June 6, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), = Commandant (G-ACS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St., SW, = Washington, DC, 20593-0001

ZIP Code

20593-0001

Solicitation Number

DTCG23-01-B-TCB002

Response Due

July 18, 2001

Point of Contact

Jennifer Woolard, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-267-2523, Fax = 202-267-4019, Email jwoolard@comdt.uscg.mil -- Linda Dearing, = Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 267-2489, Fax (202) 267-4019, Email = ldearing@comdt.uscg.mil

Description

This announcement is a Modification to the original announcement. = Block 17 is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following: The = U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has a full and open requirement for small size = buoy chain, which will be used for mooring navigational buoys in the = coastal and inland waters of the United States. The open-link chain is = made from low carbon steel and electronically welded. It is to be = manufactured in accordance with USCG specification number 377J dated = October 2000. The specification will be included with the solicitation = package. The chain sizes required are half inch and three quarter inch = in diameter. The half inch chain is furnished in 45 foot and 90 foot = lengths, and the three quarter inch chain is furnished in 90 foot = lengths. The estimated annual chain requirements, including all sizes, = are 3,400 shots. Delivery will be FOB destination to various USCG = locations. Per statute 14 U.S.C. Section 97(a), Coast Guard Buoy = Chain, or substantially all of its components, must be produced or = manufactured in the United States. The USCG anticipates awarding a = requirements type contract for a base year with four (4) one year = option periods. The NAICS code is 332999 and the size standard is 500 = employees. The U.S. Coast Guard intends on issuing an Invitation for = Bid (IFB) solicitation on or about 20 June 2001 at http://www.eps.gov/. = To receive a solicitation, interested businesses may download the IFB = at this web site. Sealed bids will be due thirty (30) days after = issuance of the IFB. The primary Point of Contact for this = solicitation may be reached at email address jwoolard@comdt.uscg.mil. = The alternate may be reached at ldearing@comdt.uscg.mil. For Minority, = Women Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, the Department of = Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business = Utilization (ASDBU) has a program to assist minority, women-owned and = disadvantaged enterprises to acquire short term working capital = assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available = under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) 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 STLP, please call the USDBU at (800) 532-1169. This is an = unrestricted procurement.

Web Link

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Record

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