Federal Highway Administration, Contracts Section, 610 East 5th St., Vancouver, WA 98661

Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-96-B-00042 DUE 051597 POC Julee McTaggart, Sandy Nagel, or Debra Buchanan at (360)696-7520 or William Parsons, Contracting Officer at (360) 696-7753 WEB: WFLHD Procurement Home Page, http://www.wfl.fha.dot.gov/edi/wflhd. E-MAIL: Debra Buchanan, buchanan@wfl.fha.dot.gov. 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; 34,250 ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 1,550 ton minor asphalt concrete; 172 ton asphalt tack coat; 2,200 lnft curb & gutter; 5,500 ton untreated aggregate courses; 500 lnft culverts & drains; 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; 15,000 sqyd earthwork geotextiles; 9,000 sqyd topsoil; 200 hrs rental equipment; 1,300 sqyd sidewalks; 2 stone masonry headwalls; 3,000 hrs traffic control; 249,000 lnft permanent pavement markings; and other small items of work. PRELIMINARY PLANS are currently available for this project. This project is located approximately 21 miles northeast of Columbia Falls, Montana. Estimated price range is between $2,500,000 and $5,000,000. Presolicitation notices have been 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 futher information and applicable forms concerning the Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0038)

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