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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00045 DUE 031098 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520; Barbara A. Allen, Program Assistant, (360) 696-7520. MT PRA-GLAC 10(10), GOING TO THE SUN ROAD, Glacier National Park, Flathead County, Montana. This solicitation consists of 6.916 kilometers of grading, drainage, base, paving, bridge, and stone masonry. Project includes: contractor survey & staking; contract scheduling; contractor sampling/testing; timber decking/rails for footbridge; 6,740 metric ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 2,100 metric ton minor hot asphalt concrete; 4,710 sq meters geotextiles; 405 ton asphalt cement; 67 ton hydrated lime; 45,140 sq meter cold recycled asphalt base course; 121 metric ton emulsified asphalt; 76 metric ton lime; 16 metric ton asphalt tack coat; 8 hectare clearing/grubbing; 60 cu meter minor concrete; 530 meter curb/gutter; 7 cu meter structural concrete; 5,200 sq meter road reconditioning; 720 cu meter aggregate -- topsoil; 148 meter culverts; 2,250 meter silt fence; 20 meter diversion channel; 10,110 cu meter excavation/embankment; 1,590 cu meter subexcavation; 3,310 cu meter select borrow; 18,199 sq meter scarify asphalt surface; 19,000 cu meter watering; 6,950 sq meter roadway obliteration; 933 meter log rail fence; 110 cu meter dry-laid stone wall; 30,000 sq meter topsoil; 1,405 cu meter riprap; 2,190 sq meter sidewalk; 160 sq meter stone masonry; 86 meter glu-lam timber beams for foot bridge; 8,000 hr flagger; 1,000 hr pilot car; 1,200 hr traffic control laborer; 200 days traffic/safety supervisor; 31,200 meter pavement markings; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 44 kilometers east of Columbia Falls, Montana in Glacier National Park by Avalanche Campground. PRELIMINARY PLANS will be issued in early Fall 97 with solicitation documents available in February 98. -- - 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. (0237)

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