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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-96-B-00042 DUE 051596 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Debra L. Buchanan or Sandy Nagel (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 MT PRA-GLAC 11(2), Glacier National Park, Camas Road, Flathead County, Montana. This solicitation consists of 12,285 miles of grading, drainage, base, paving and structure. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; 3,000 hrs flagging; temporary traffic control; permanent traffic control; 34,250 ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 1,550 ton minor asphalt concrete; 172 ton asphalt tack coat; 370 lnft log curb; 2,200 lnft portland cement curb & gutter; 5,500 ton untreated aggregate courses; 500 lnft culvert & drains; 3 ea manholes, inlets & catch basins; 1,400 underdrains; 100 lnft silt fence; 15,700 ton select borrow; 11,500 cuyd subexcavation; 5,000 M-Gal watering; 9,500 sqyd roadway obliteration; 600 lnft log fence; 1 gate; 15,000 sqyds earthwork geotextiles; 9,000 sqyd topsoil; 200 hrs rental equipment; 1,300 sqyd sidewalks; 2 stone masonry headwalls; 249,000 lnft permanent pavement markings and other small items of work. PRELIMINARY PLANS will be available on or about October 9, 1996. This project is located approximately 21 miles northeast of Columbia Falls, Montana. Estimated price range is between $2,500,001 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. (0268)

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