Federal Highway Administration, Loudoun Tech Center, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20166-6511

Y -- CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK PROJECT NPS-CHCH 27(3) SOL DTFH71-96-B-00007 DUE 051596 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Contract Specialist Sue Stanton, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Robert Sparrow, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle. Sealed bids will be accepted from all business concerns for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Project NPS-CHCH 27(3) in Walker County, Georgia, consisting of grading, installing drainage structures, lime stabilization, and placing aggregate base from Lytle Road to McFarland Gap Road (Station 220+00 to 281+00) and includes the McFarland Connector. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Roadway Excavation, 1,000,000 CY; Subgrade Stabilization with Lime, 50,000 SY; Loose Riprap, 5,000 CY; Aggregate Base, 35,000 TON; Pipe Culverts, 15 to 36-inch dia., 4,000 FT; Box Culverts, single and double barrel, 500 FT; Turf Establishment, 50 AC; Various Trees, 300 EACH. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 and has a construction completion date of August 15, 1997. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-96-B-00007 to be issued on or about April 15, 1996. Plans, proposal and contract booklets, standard specifications, and other bid documents, will be available on or after the issuance date, from the Federal Highway Administration, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20166-6511, telephone: 800-892-8776, at no charge to bidders, subcontractors, and suppliers. Please call to verify availability of the bid documents. All requests for bid documents and planholder's lists will be mailed first class. It is strongly recommended that all requests for bid documents and planholder's lists be received 7 calendar days before bid opening to ensure receipt of requested materials. Requests for 'faxing' or overnight mailing will not be accepted. Bid opening on or about May 15, 1996, at 2:00 pm, local time at the Office of the Division Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20166-6511. The following applies to Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has bonding programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises in acquiring short-term capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. (0079)

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