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Y -- REPLACE WATER TANK AT AVIATION HILL, USCG SUPPORT CENTER, KODIAK, AK SOL DTCG50-96-B-643EJ3 POC Contact point, Contracting Officer, Ms. Maggie Laviguer, (206)220-7424, for general information Ms. Christine Peckman, (206) 220-7425 The contractor shall provide all labor, material, equipment, transportation, mobilization, and demobilization for the construction of a new 679,000 gallon water tank at US Coast Guard Support Center Kodiak, AK. The water tank will serve theAviation Hill housing area currently under construction. The tank will also service the Coast Guard base by providing an automated bypass in the existing pump house at the bottom of Aviation Hill. The tank is to be engineered by the manufacturer. Thetank material is required to be steel bolted plates of glass fused to steel. The tank foundation will be a reinforced concrete ring wall constructed on an over excavated hillside, and backfilled with imported material. Rock excavation is required.The proposed tank will be constructed next to an existing tank, which will later be demolished and removed off site as a part of this contract. Construction accessibility is limited. Miscellaneous work in the pump house is required. New utilitieswhich interface at the housing project will be required with the construction. The utilities include water piping, electrical power and drainage. SIC Code 1791. The estimated price range for this contract is between $500,000 and $1 million. Durationof the contract is approximately 5 months. The following notice is for informational purposes: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned anddisadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firmsto apply for bid, payment, and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at primeinterest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information regarding the bonding and lending programs, please call the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800)532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. There is a Nonrefundable Charge of $20.00 for each solicitation set. Make checks payable to the ''U.S. Coast Guard.'' Plans and specifications will beavailable approximately 25 March 1996 and must be ordered in writing with a check attached. All responsible sources may submit a bid, which shall be considered by the agency. For Bid Results call (206)220-7429 one hour after bid opening.(0061)

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