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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00015 DUE 052197 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520; William L. Parsons, Contracting Officer, (360) 696-7753 OR BLM ERFO 96-30(3), QUARTZVILLE AREA ROADS, Salem BLM District, Linn County, Oregon. This solicitation consists of 26 intermittent flood damaged repair sites with grading, drainage, base, and riprap revetment. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; roadway obliteration; 325 ton minor asphalt concrete; 10 acres clearing & grubbing; 80 cuyd pumbed grout; 6,600 ton untreated aggregate course; 1,150 lnft culvert; 600 lnft underdrain; 1,300 lnft silt fence; 160 ea straw bales; 500 lnft temporary diversion channel; 37,000 cuyd excavation & embankment; 1,400 cuyd rock borrow; 2,000 cuyd unclassified borrow; 17,000 ton class 3 keyed riprap; 42,000 ton class 5 riprap; 1,200 hr flagger; 100 slry units seed/mulch; 4,500 sqyd matting; and other smaller items of work. Project is located approximately 40 miles east of Albany, Oregon. Work shall be completed by October 20, 1997. 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. (0090)

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