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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-96-B-00041 DUE 101596 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Sandy L. Nagel or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 OR FS ERFO 96-13(2), Siuslaw National Forest, FDR 3200 & 3259, Lane County, Oregon. This solicitation consists of grading, drainage, base, paving & geogrid wall at 12 intermittent sites. Project includes: clearing & grubbing; construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; rental equipment; flagging; 360 tons minor asphalt concrete; 300 cuyd crushed aggregate; 1,000 cuyd subbase; 260 lnft 24'' culvert; 40 lnft 36'' culvert; 6 ea removal of culvert; 150 lnft 6'' underdrain system; 50 lnft 6'' outlet pipe; 5 ea energy dissipator; 3,000 lnft silt fence; 200 ea straw bales; 4,500 cuyd roadway excavation; 1,000 M-Gal watering; 2,300 sqft geogrid wall; 2,000 lnft permanent pavement markings; 3 acres mulching, hydraulic method. Project is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Florence, Oregon in the Siuslaw National Forest. ---NOTE: This solicitation will be on a short ad schedule, get your requests in early. FAX (360) 696-7932. Be sure to indicate your interest as either a prime contractor, subcontractor, supplier, or plan center.--- Work shall be completed by August 15, 1997. Estimated price range is between $250,000 and $500,000. 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. (0241)

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