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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00001 DUE 111396 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Sandy L. Nagel, or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, William L. Parsons, (360) 696-7753 OR BLM ERFO 96-31(1), Prineville BLM District, Maupin BLM Roads, Sherman & Wasco Counties, Oregon. This solicitation consists of repairs at 16 intermittent sites involving riprap, base and grading. Project includes: construction survey & staking; 100 tons minor asphalt concrete; 42,000 cuyd aggregate surfacing; 70 lnft 24'' culvert; 25,000 cuyd excavation & embankment; 20 hrs grader, 125 EHP Minimum; 20,000 cuyd loose riprap, class 5; 10 ea type 3 barricades; and 10 ea concrete barriers. Project is located approximately 40 miles south of The Dalles, Oregon along the Deschutes River. NOTE: This solicitation will be on a short ad and award schedule. Get your requests in early FAX (360) 696-7932. Work has a fixed completion date of June 1, 1997. Estimated price range is between $1,000,000 and $2,500,000. 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. (0282)

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