Federal Highway Administration, 610 East Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661-3893

Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00002 DUE 111596 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Debra L. Buchanan, or Sandy Nagel, (360) 696-7520 WA PFH 86-1(1), CURLY CREEK ROAD, Skamania County, Washington. This solicitation consists of 5.064 miles of drainage, grading, & select topping. Project includes: temporary traffic control; contract scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; construction survey & staking; 68 acre clearing & grubbing; 3,000 ton untreated aggregate course; 216 lnft structural plate arch pipe; 3,400 lnft culvert; 2,700 lnft underdrains; 5,270 lnft silt fence; 424,000 cuyd excavation & embankment; 98,000 ton select topping; 35,000 sqyd roadway obliteration; 4.2 miles obliteration of existing roadbed; 1,235 sqyd earthwork geotextile; 45,000 sqyd topsoil; 1,090 ea plants; 1,050 live fascines; 104 cuyd structural concrete; 13,115 lb reinforcing steel; 1,200 cuyd riprap; 13,300 lnft ditchlining/loose riprap; 5,000 cuyd mechanically placed rock embankment; 40 hrs traffic control; 412 slry units turf establishment; 15 acres temp turf establishment; 11 acres dry seeding; 12,700 sqyd matting; and other small items of work. Work shall be completed by October 1, 1998. Estimated price range is between $2,500,000 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. (0297)

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