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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-95-B-00017 DUE 030596 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 ID DPI-188(2), Salmon-Montana Stateline Highway, Salmon National Forest, Lemhi County, Idaho. This solicitation consists of 9.549 miles of grading, paving, gabion faced walls, drainage, plus Contractor design/build soil nail wall. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; plants, trees, shrubs, vines & groundcover; seeding, dry method; 71,500 ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 28,220 ton dense-graded emulsified asphalt pavement; 78,113 sqyd asphalt pavement milling; 75,250 sqyd recycled aggregate course; 52,647 sqyd cold recycled asphalt base course; 85 acres clearing & grubbing; 2,700 lnft asphalt concrete curb; 13,500 sqft simulated stone masonry surface treatment; 21,000 ton untreated aggregate courses; 4,359 lnft culverts & drains; 8,000 lnft underdrains; 6,000 lnft gravel filter beam; 532,534 cuyd excavation & embankment; 75,250 sqyd recycled aggregate course; 8,406 sqft gabions; 66,789 sqft gabion faced retaining wall; 19,100 lnft guardrail; 43,000 sqyd placing conserved topsoil; 4,550 sqft soil nail wall; 18,725 lnft riprap lined ditch; 3,990 lnft removal of guardrail; 6,000 hr pilot car; 12,000 hr flagging; 348,625 lnft permanent pavement markings; 6,500 sqyd type 2 matting; 0.8 acre wetland mitigation; and other small items of work. PRELIMINARY PLANS will be available on or about October 2, 1995. Fixed completion date is either November 1, 1997 or September 1, 1998. Estimated price is over $10,000,000. Presolicitation notices are being provided to firms on this agency's mailing list concurrently with the publication of this synopsis.----The following applies only to Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (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 $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also 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 OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0237)

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