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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-96-B-00038 DUE 091896 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 WA FS ERFO 96-22(6), Gifford Pinchot National Forest, FDR 25 & 99, Mount St. Helens Area Roads, Lewis & Skamania Counties, Washington. This solicitation consists of 8 reconstruction sites involving grading, drainage, base and paving. Project includes: construction survey & staking; contractor sampling & testing; 1,500 tons minor asphalt concrete; 4 acres clearing & grubbing; 1,500 tons untreated aggregate courses (Government supplied); 500 lnft 24'' to 36'' culvert; 1,000 lnft silt fence; 30,000 cuyd excavation; 10,000 cuyd select borrow (Government supplied); 2,000 sqft alternate retaining walls; 1,500 cuyd riprap; 600 hours flagging; 8,000 lnft permanent pavement markings; 50 slry units seeding; and 50 slry units mulching. Project is located approximately 15 miles south of Randle, Washington in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Work shall be completed by June 15, 1997. Estimated price range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. NOTE: This solicitation will be on a short ad and award schedule. Get your requests for plans/specs in early. FAX (360) 696-7932. 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. (0226)

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