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Y -- PAVING, PHASE I - III, PHILADELPHIA BULK MAIL CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA 19116 SOL 232098-996-A-0231. Due 090396. Contact Architect-Engineer Firm of Maida Engineering Inc, Attn: Bill DiCarlo, 710 East Third Street, Essington, PA 19029, telephone 610-521-5850, fax 610-521-5893. The scope of work is as follows: (a) The contractor shall phase construction in accordance with the contract drawings. The purpose of the phased construction is to maintain access into and within the bulk mailing facility during the construction effort; (b) The contractor shall cold mill three inches (3'') of existing bituminous pavement and dispose of the material in approved manner; (c) The contractor shall remove 2'' of the existing base course and proof roll surface, perform proof rolling in the presence of a USPS representative, excavate soft spots and install compacted crushed aggregate on a unit cost basis, re-use the removed existing base course material and compact to bring the top of base course to finish profile, dispose of the remaining base course material to an off site location, demonstrate an event base course surface material to an off site location, demonstrate an even base course surface by string lining in the presence of the USPS representative; (d) The contractor shall furnish and install a finished total thickness of 4'' of bituminous pavement. The bituminous pavement shall consist of 2 1/2'' of binder course and 1 1/2'' of wearing course, PennDot ID-2; (e) The contractor shall furnish and install a bituminous tack coat between the new binder course and new wearing course; (f) The contractor shall apply a bituminous prime coat to all vertical surfaces of curbs, structures, gutters, and pavements that will be in contact with bituminous mixtures; (g) The contractor shall provide vertical or notched joints in existing pavements as indicated on the contract drawings, furnish and install bituminous primer at all joint faces prior to placing fresh bituminous against the joint, furnish and install asphalt cement at the surface of all joints between existing bituminous material and fresh bituminous material as indicated on the contract drawings; (h) The contractor shall provide and maintain all traffic barriers and flagmen for traffic control to temporarily divert traffic around the work area and shall coordinate the position of barriers and traffic control with the USPS site representative to minimize impact to the facility; (i) The contractor shall re-establish all pavement markings, and striping disturbed as a result of the re-paving effort; (j) The contractor shall submit with the base bid, unit prices, including labor and material, as follows: excavation (cubic yard), compacted backfill (cubic yard), cold milling 3'' thick (sq yard), haul & dispose of bituminous material (ton), haul & dispose of excavated material (ton), compacted crushed aggregate (cubic yard), bituminous pavement 4'' thick (sq foot), striping (linear foot), bituminous tack coat (sq yard), asphalt cement (sq yard), and bituminous prime coat (sq yard). A preproposal confrence is scheduled at the facility on Friday, August 16, 1996 at 10:00 am. Award will be made in September and construction will start April 16, 1997. Proposals will not be publicly opened. The number of offers received, the identify of the offerors, the amount of any one offer, or relative standing of the offer will not be disclosed to anyone except those postal personnel whose official duties require such information until award of the contract is made. The Postal Service reserves the right to reject any or all offers. (211)

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