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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-96-B-00019 DUE 070396 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 WY PRA-YELL 10(11) & 208(1), Grand Loop Road (Madison to Biscuit Basin, Segment B), Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming. This solicitation consists of 8.465 kilometers of grading, base, paving, bridge. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; blasting consultant services; 25,500 metric tons hot asphalt concrete pavement; 500 metric tons minor asphalt concrete; 19 hectares clearing & grubbing; 210 meters concrete barriers & precast guardwalls; 1,000 meters log curb; 110 meters stone curb; 170 cubic meters structural excavation; 369 cubic meters structural concrete; 175 meters bridge railing; 200 cubic meters seal concrete for cofferdams; 5,000 metric tons untreated aggregate courses; 42,000 metric tons emulsified asphalt treated base; 61,000 square meters recycled aggregate course; 470 meters culverts & drains; 400 meters underdrains; 4,000 meters silt fence; 4,400 meters fiber log; 40,000 cubic meters excavation; 16,500 cubic meters embankment; 7,600 metric tons select borrow; 4,900 cubic meters subexcavation; 19,000 cubic meters watering; 3,200 square meters roadway obliteration; 202 cubic meters gabions; 69,200 square meters topsoil; 8 hectares mulch; 35,310 kilograms reinforcing steel; 1,000 meters controlled blast holes; 95 square meters sidewalks, drive pads & paved medians; 85 stone masonry headwalls; remove of structures & obstructions, 2-1/2 bridges; 13,500 hrs traffic control; 45,500 meters permanent pavement markings; and other small items of work. Project is located approximately 27 kilometers east of West Yellowstone, Montana. NOTE: This project was designed under the FP-96, Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects. Please FAX your requests for the FP-96 to (360) 696-7932. Work shall be completed by October 1998. Estimated price range is between $5,000,000 and $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. (0123)

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