Federal Highway Administration, 610 East Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661-3893

Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00030 DUE 070297 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520 WA FS ERFO 96-22(8), Benham Creek Bridge & FDR 25 North, Gifford-Pinchot National Forest, Lewis County, Washington. This solicitation consists of a bridge site and 3 roadway repair sites. The work includes grading, drainage, riprap, base, paving, MSE walls, and a 39 meter 3-span curved concrete bridge consisting of WSDOT W50G prestressed girders & cast-in-place concrete deck. The bridge is supported on 2 single column piers founded on spread footings on rock. Project includes: construction scheduling; construction survey & staking; contractor sampling & testing; removal of temporary bridge; 1,150 metric ton minor asphalt concrete; 2 hectares clearing/grubbing; 274 cu meters structural concrete; 4 ea precast prestressed concrete structural members I-beams WSDOT W50G (length 15,640 millimeters); 8 ea precast prestressed concrete structural members I-beams WSDOT W50G (length 11,154 millimeters); 1,100 cu meters government furnished untreated aggregate course; 600 millimeters pipe culvert; 150 meters silt fence; 23,000 cu meters excavation/embankment; 380 sq meters mechanically stabilized earth walls; 240 meters guardrail; 12,000 kilograms reinforcing steel; 3,850 cu meters class 5 riprap; 1,000 hr flagger; 1,750 meters pavement markings; 20 slry units hydraulic seeding/mulching; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 17 miles south of Randle, WA. Work shall be completed by September 15, 1998. 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. (0122)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0177 19970507\Y-0041.SOL)