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

Y -- SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK PROJECT ER-SHEN 1A9,B10 SOL DTFH71-97-B-00020 DUE 071797 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Contract Specialist Sue Stanton, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary Brown, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle This procurement is open to all business concerns. Shenandoah National Park Project ER-SHEN 1A9,B10, in Green, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, and Rockingham Counties, Virginia consists of slide repair, guardwall and overlook restoration, and drainage improvements and includes construction of a hand-placed rock embankment, placement of mortared rubble paved waterway, milling and overlaying asphalt pavement, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Stone Masonry Guardwall: 180 m; Hand-placed Rock Embankment: 120 m3; Unclassified Borrow: 500 m3; Paved Waterway, Type 2: 700 m2; Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement: 135 metric tons. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $250,000 to $750,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-97-B-00020 to be issued on or about July 18, 1997. Plans, proposal and contract 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 August 19, 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. (0183)

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