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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-95-B-00020 DUE 041696 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 OR PRA-CRLA 12(3), Munson Road, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County, Oregon. This solicitation consists of 2.775 miles of base, recycling, drainage, paving and bridge wingwall. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; major concrete structures; 5,600 ton asphalt cement; 44,500 sqyd cold recycled asphalt base course; 1,250 lnft asphalt concrete curb; 3,700 ton untreated aggregate courses; 4,100 cuyd roadway excavation; 4,100 ton select borrow; 2,100 sqyd roadway obliteration; 9,200 sqyd earthwork geotextiles; 1,900 lnft asphalt curb; 2,500 fixed hourly rate flagging; 1,000 hr pilot car; 30,000 lnft temporary pavement markings; 1,000 lnft plastic fence; 57,650 lnft permanent pavement markings; and other small items of work. PRELIMINARY PLANS will be available on or around October 10, 1995. Work shall be completed by November 1, 1996. Estimated price range is between $1,000,000 and $2,500,000. 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. (0257)

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