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Y -- GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY PROJECT PRA-GWMP 1A84 SOL DTFH71-97-B-00009 DUE 040897 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Contract Specialist Sue Stanton, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Robert Sparrow, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the George Washington Memorial Parkway Project PRA-GWMP 1A84, in Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Virginia. The project consists of placing concrete barrier and guardrail in the median at various locations along the George Washington Memorial Parkway from Interstate 495 to south of National Airport, constructing a test section of precast concrete guardwall, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Guardrail, system G4, type 5, class A (steel posts), 840 m; Guardrail, system MB4, type 5, class A (steel posts), 3,100 m; Terminal section, type flared end section, 6 each; Terminal section, type BCT, 1 each; Terminal section, type G4-BAT, 2 each; Operational crash cushion, G-R-E-A-T system, 3 each; Concrete barrier (median), 4,300 m; Concrete barriar (Bridge median), 720 m; Precast concrete guardwall, type 1, rubble masonry finish, 10 m.The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Construction is expected to begin on May 1, 1997, and has a construction completion date of September 1, 1997. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-97-B-00009 to be issued on or about March 24, 1997. Plans, proposal and contract booklets, standard specifications, and other bid documents, will be available on or after the issuance date, from the Federal Highway Administration, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20166-6511, telephone: 800-892-8776, at no charge to bidders, subcontractors, and suppliers. Please call to verify availability of the bid documents. All requests for bid documents and planholder's lists will be mailed first class. It is strongly recommended that all requests for bid documents and planholder's lists be received 7 calendar days before bid opening to ensure receipt of requested materials. Requests for 'faxing' or overnight mailing will not be accepted. Bid opening on or about April 8, 1997, at 2:00 pm, local time at the Office of the Division Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20166-6511. The following applies to Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has bonding programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises in acquiring short-term capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. (0066)

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