Contracting Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, 1240 East Ninth Street, Rm. 2179, Cleveland, Ohio 44199-2060

20 -- COMPOSITE PILING SYSTEM POC Audrey L. Overholt, Telephone (216) 522-3934, ext. 683. Composite Piling System. The U.S. Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, is conducting a MARKET SURVEY to identify sources interested in providing a composite piling system in accordance with the following criteria; 1) provide approximately 90 piles (5,400 VLF (vertical linear foot) 14'' diameter, 60 ft. in length pipe pilings that are impervious to attack by marine borers, will not corrode, will not weaken with age, are ice resistant, can be driven with no damage, can be drilled and cut with ordinary hand tools with no loss of the pile's design abilities and no loss of the pile's warranties, with a minimum thickness of .25'', and a minimum bending stiffness (EI) of 1,000,000 KIP x IN x IN. All interested parties are encouraged to submit a letter which identifies their interest in this project directly to: Contracting Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, 1240 East Ninth Street, Room 2179, Cleveland, Ohio 44199-2060; Attn: Audrey L. Overholt. You may telefax the information to (216) 522-7107. In addition, please identify your firm as either large, small, women-owned, or socially and economically disadvantaged business. This RFI is issued for the sole purpose of obtaining information from prospective offerors. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. No solicitation document is available at this time. Responses for this Request for Information are due by October 18, 1996. (269)

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