Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland, 1240 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, 44199-2060

H -- H -- PERFORM TESTING & REPAIRING OF WEIGHT HANDLING EQUIPMENT IN THE USCG 9TH DISTRICT. SOL DTCG83-00-B-3WF039 POC Opal Arnold, Contracting Officer, Phone 216-902-6219, Fax 216-902-6277, Email oarnold@ceucleveland.uscg.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=DTCG83-00-B-3 WF039&LocID=256. E-MAIL: Opal Arnold, oarnold@ceucleveland.uscg.mil. Provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision required to perform testing of and repair services to weight handling equipment in the geographical location of the United States Coast Guard Ninth District. Service will be performed at 35 different locations in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and New York. Task orders will be issued for jobs at specified locations. It is the Government's intent to issue a Requirements type contract that will be awarded for a two-year period with the Contracting Officer's option to award two additional two-year option periods. The SIC Code is 8734. This solicitation can be downloaded from the USCG CEU web-site at http://www.uscg.mil/mlclant/ceucleveland on approximately November 30, 1999. If it does not appear on that day, please check back daily. (Other solicitations, amendments, bid opening results and miscellaneous acquisition documents are also available at the above web-site). This is a set-aside for small business. The Bid Opening date is approximately January 4, 2000. ATTN: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)! The Department of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT_s Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1M. DOT_s Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at the prime rate. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address:http://osdbuweb.dot.gov. Posted 11/08/99 (D-SN399110). (0312)

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