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

Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00043 DUE 091597 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520; Barbara A. Allen, Program Assistant, (360) 696-7520 WA PRA-MORA 10(4), NATIONAL PARK HIGHWAY, MATHER MEMORIAL PARKWAY, Mt. Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. This solicitation consists of 1,430 kilometers of grading, base, paving, and walls. This project will be bid under two schedules. Quantities for both schedules are identical except that Schedule A has 2,520 metric ton of hot asphalt concrete pavement, and Schedule B has 20 metric ton of asphalt prime coat. Items found on both schedules are: construction scheduling; contractor sampling/testing; 2.14 hectare clearing/grubbing; 886.8 meter of concrete barrier; 150 cubic meter minor concrete structures; 26.6 meter curb/gutter; 108 cubic meter structural concrete; 382.5 square meter reinforced concrete retaining wall; 1.43 kilometer survey/staking; 3,227 metric ton untreated aggregate course; 495 meter riprap lined ditch; 1,026 meter silt fence; 539 cubic meter excavation; 2,000 cubic meter watering; 239 square meter gabion; 5,958 kilogram reinforcing steel; 61 square meter rockery wall; 157 square meter rockery retaining wall geogrid reinforced; 805 cubic meter riprap; 3,034 square meter stone masonry; 8,300 hr flagger; 5,890 meter pavement markings; 18 slry unit turf establishment; 6,000 square meter wetland mitigation; & other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 65 kilometers SE of Enumclaw, WA. Work shall be completed within a maximum of 284 calendar days. 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. (0191)

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