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J -- S.S. BEAVER STATE, MACHINERY REPAIRS, DOCK AND SEA TRIAL SOL DTMA93-96-B-03010 DUE 022996 POC Contact Point, Matthew A. McNally, III, (504)589-6915, Contracting Officer, Bruce R. Lohfink, Jr., (504)589-6539, Additional Contact, Kathleen R. Doran, (504)589-3652 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. Loans are available under 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 OSDBU (800) 532-1169. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. Miscellaneous machinery repairs, ABS special survey #6, dock trial and sea trial for the S.S. Beaver State. This is a T-ACS-10 vessel with an overall length 665'-9'' and a molded breadth of 74'-0'' located at the Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Beaumont, Texas. (0361)

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