Federal Highway Administration, Loudoun Tech Center, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia

Y -- NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY PROJECT NPS-NATR 3P11 SOL DTFH71-97-B-00017 DUE 061197 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 Natchez Trace Parkway Project NPS-NATR 3P11, in Hinds County, Mississippi. The project consists of the construction of 1.7 kilometers of Cynthia Road; the Cynthia Road Bridge over the Natchez Trace Parkway; Cemetery Spur Road; and 1.6 kilometers of ramps for the Route 49 interchange. The project work includes grading, drainage improvements, aggregate base and hot asphalt concrete pavement placement, construction of one structure, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Embankment Construction: 36800 m3; Aggregate Base, Grading MSHD, Class 5, Group C: 31,000 m2; Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement: 3370 t; Precast prestressed concrete piles: 1300 m: Structural Concrete: 1100 m3; Reinforcing steel: 130,000 kg. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-97-B-00017 to be issued on or about May 12, 1997. Plans, proposal andcontract 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 June 11, 1997, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the Federal Highway Administration address listed above, Attn: Office of the Division Engineer. 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 to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1,000,000 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. (0114)

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