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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-96-B-00029 DUE 081596 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 OR PFH 115-1(2), Middle Fork John Day River Road, Malheur National Forest, Grant County, Oregon. This solicitation consists of road reconstruction including grading, drainage, base, paving and bridge. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; 16,000 ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 950 ton asphalt cement; 65 acres clearing & grubbing; 76,500 ton aggregate base; 21,700 ton road maintenance rock; 3,800 lnft pipe culvert; 312 lnft pipe arch culvert; 165 slry units temporary turf establishment; 2,255 lnft underdrains; 7,340 lnft silt fence; 220,000 cuyd roadway excavation; 22,500 ton unclassified borrow; 11,000 ton select borrow; 7,000 sqyd roadway obliteration; 42,000 lnft fences; 26,000 sqyd earthwork geotextiles; 200,000 sqyd topsoil; 15,000 ea Government provided plants, trees, shrubs, vines & groundcover; 6,400 lb epoxy coated reinforcing steel; 5,280 cuyd riprap; 39,495 lnft removal of fence; 4,000 hrs flagging; 400 hrs pilot car; 155,000 lnft permanent pavement markings; 30,000 sqyd dry seeding; 330 slry units hydraulic seeding/mulching; and other small items of work. Project is located approximately 31 miles northeast of John Day, Oregon. Work shall be completed by July 15, 1998. Estimated price range is between $2,500,000 and $5,000,000. 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. (0171)

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