Federal Highway Administration, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA 20166

Y -- CHICKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK PROJECT PRA-CHCH 106(1) SOL DTFH71-98-B-00008 DUE 031798 POC Contact for verifying availabilty of plans: Leonette Akerson, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary L. Brown, 703-285-0075 This procurement is open to all business concerns. Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park Project PRA-CHCH 106(1), in Hamilton County, Tennessee consists of repairing a sinkhole on Sanders Road, and includes roadway reconstruction, drainage improvements, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Removal of ashpalt pavement, 175 m2; Removal of rock retaining wall, Lump Sum; Solid rock embankment for choker hole, 15 m3; Culvert excavation, 170 m3; Granular backfill, 300 t; 600 mm corrugated metal pipe culvert, 60 m; Rustic stone masonry, 18 m3. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $100,000 to $250,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-98-B-00008 to be issued on or about February 13, 1998. 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. Bids will be opened on March 17, 1998, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the address listed above for the 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. (0028)

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