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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00037 DUE 082697 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520 OR PFH 159-1(1), ELK CREEK ROAD, Jackson County, Oregon. This solicitation consists of 4.5 miles of grading, drainage, base, paving, walls, & concrete box culverts. Project includes: clearing & grubbing; construction survey & staking; scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; blasting consultant; 19,000 ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 1,500 sqyd asphalt pavement milling; 30 ton asphalt tack coat; 6 ea concrete headwalls for box culverts; 650 lnft concrete curb; 150 cuyd structural concrete; 25,000 ton untreated aggregate; 12,500 ton emulsified asphalt treated base; 4,000 lnft culverts & drains; 2,000 lnft underdrains; 120 lnft concrete box culverts; 3,000 lnft silt fence; 200 ea check dams; 5,000 lnft straw wattle; 70,000 cuyd excavation & embankment; 500 m-gal watering; 1,000 sqyd roadway obliteration; 4,000 lnft wire fence; 4,000 sqft wire faced wall; 4,000 sqft earthwork geotextile; 1,000 lnft guardrail; 40,000 sqyd topsoil; 6,500 ea plants/tress/shrubs; 11,000 lb reinforcing steel; 400 cuyd riprap; 3,200 lnft rock blasting; 2,500 hr flagger/pilot car; 130,000 lnft permanent pavement markings; 70 slry unit turf establishment; 14,000 sqyd matting; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 8 miles north of Shady Cove, Oregon. Work shall be completed by July 1999. 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. (0158)

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