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Y -- HERBERT HOOVER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE PROJECT PRA-HEHO 104(1) SOL DTFH71-96-B-00008 DUE 080196 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 Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Project PRA-HEHO 104(1) in Cedar County, Iowa, consisting of the reconstruction of the Entrance Road and the Entrance Road Parking Areas, rehabilitation of the Loop Road, rehabilitation of the lighting and drainage systems, removal and replacement of the Second Street bridge and the Parkside Drive bridge approach slabs, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Removal of Asphalt Pavement, 4,500 square meters; Roadway Excavation, 3,000 cubic meters; Earthwork Geotextile, 5,000 square meters; Aggregate Base, 4,000 metric tons; Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement, 1,200 metric tons; Reinforced Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, 150 mm and 200 mm depth, 800 square meters; Ductile Iron Waterline, 100 mm and 150 mm diameter, 300 meters; Signal Installation, lump sum; Lighting Installation, lump sum. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $500,000 to $1,500,000 and has a construction completion date of August 31, 1997. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-96-B-00008 to be issued on or about July 1, 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 August 1, 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. (0165)

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