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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00028 DUE 070197 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520 OR FS ERFO 96-11(2), FDR 18 -- DRY RUN BRIDGE, Mt. Hood National Forest, Hood County, Oregon. This solicitation consists of 0.24 miles of grading, base, paving, riprap, drainage, and bridge. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; bridge removal; abutment removal; bridge (51" ODOT Bulb I girders, cast-in-place deck, 2-span, 190 ft long, spread footings); 200 ton minor asphaltconcrete; 2 acres clearing & grubbing; 600 ton untreated aggregate course; 160 lnft culvert; 150 lnft underdrain; 12,000 cuyd excavation/embankment; 4,000 cuyd borrow; 300 lnft guardrail; 1,500 cuyd riprap; 3,000 lnft pavement markings; 650 hr flagger; 8 slry units seeding/mulching; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 15 miles southwest of Hood River, Oregon. Estimated price range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. 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. (0118)

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