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Z -- SEAWALL AND FENCE REPAIRS AT U.S. COAST GUARD GOVERNORS ISLAND, NYC FACILITY SOL IFB DTCGG1-99-B-3WK222 DUE 083099 POC Mr. John O'Boyle, Conracting Officer (718) 354-4017 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer, jo'boyle@actny.uscg.mil. Presolicitation Notice: Furnish all labor, material and equipment necessary to repair the seawall and perimeter fence at the former U.S. Coast Guard Facility on Governors Island, New York City. The Base Bid consists of seawall repair and repairs to approximately 3,650 lineal feet of PVC coated chain link fence. The seawall repair portion of the Base Bid shall consist of repairs to approximately 340 lineal feet of 9.5 feet high granite seawall. Seawall repairs include but are not limited to repointing of joints, resetting displaced granite coping stones and other stones below the coping stones, installing new stones, pressure injection of tremie grout and restoration of depressed asphalt pavement adjacent to areas of the seawall being repaired. The chain link fence repair shall consist of removal and replacement of the fence in some areas, the replacement of posts and/or wire mesh in others and the restretching of the links where the fabric is not be replaced. The solicitation shall also include an additional three optional items authorizing the Coast Guard to award additional seawall repairs up to maximum of 1,050 lineal feet. This Invitation for Bids is being issued pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and is open to both large and small business participation. This project including all Optional Items is estimated between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The applicable SIC Code is 1629. The tentative date for receipt of bids is 30 August 1999. Bid packages will be available on or about 30 July 1999 at a non-refundable charge of $38. Certified Checks or money orders should be made payable to Commercial Blue Print and Supply and mailed to the firm at: 83 Waverly Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306. Do not send fees to the Coast Guard. For minority, women owned and disadvantaged business enterprises: the Department of Transportation (OSDBU) has programs to assist minority, women owned and disadvantaged 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 firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. 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 bonding assistance program and or the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. All responsible sources are invited to submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the Coast Guard. Posted 06/29/99 (W-SN348295). (0180)

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