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Y -- VIRGIN ISLANDS PROJECT NH-756(1) SOL DTFH71-98-B-00003 DUE 121797 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Leonette Akerson, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary Brown, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Virgin Islands Project NH-756(1), on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The project consists of pavement reconstruction, resurfacing, and rehabilitation of Lobster, Garden, and Hospital Streets in Christiansted, including hot asphalt concrete pavement; concrete curb and gutter installation; lighting installation; and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Minor Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement, 1,000 TON; Portland cement concrete curb, 18-inch depth, 1,000 LNFT; Portland cement concrete curb and gutter, 12-inch depth, 900 LNFT; Lighting installation, LPSM. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $500,000 to $1,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-98-B-00003 to be issued on or about November 17, 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 December 17, 1997, at 10:00 am, local time, at the Office of the Director of Highway Engineering, Public Works Department, U.S. Virgin Islands, 6002 Estate Anna's Hope, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 00820. 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. (0303)

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