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

Y -- VANDERBILT MANSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE PROJECT PRA-VAMA 10(2) SOL DTFH71-98-B-00012 DUE 041498 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Leonette Akerson, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary Brown, 703-285-0075 This procurement is open to all business concerns. Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site Project PRA-VAMA 10(2), in Dutchess County, New York, consists of the rehabilitation of White Bridge over Crum Elbow Creek, minor repair to Dock Street Bridge and NPS Route 13 Bridge over Crum Elbow Creek, resurfacing of the entrance road, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement: 150 TON; Structural Concrete, Class D, for Bridge Deck: 25 CUYD; Structural Excavation: 500 CUYD; Structural Backfill: 500 CUYD; and Removal of Asphalt Pavement: 450 SQYD. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $250,000 to $500,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-98-B-00012 is to be issued on or about March 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 April 14, 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. (0056)

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