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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-98-B-00024 DUE 071698 POC Julee McTaggart, contract Specialist or Barbara Allen, Program Assistant (360) 696-7520 E-MAIL: mailto:contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov, contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov. OR FS ERFO 97-18(2), Siskiyou National Forest, FDR 33 (MP 43.5 -- MP 47.3), FDR 3347, FDR 3347020, Coos County, Oregon. This project has been designed using the metric system. The project consists of intermittent emergency flood damage repair at 16 sites on three routes. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; bridge removal; 1,600 metric ton minor asphalt concrete; 2 hectare clearing & grubbing; concrete headwall for 2,250mm culvert; 70 cu meter structural concrete; 11 cu meter shotcrete; 3,500 metric ton crushed aggregate; 130 meter culverts; 16 meter structural plate; 80 meter underdrain; 1,000 meter silt fence; 40 meter temporary diversion channel; 20,000 cubic meter roadway excavation; 1,700 cubic meter rock borrow; 700 cu meter unclassified borrow; 150 sq meter type 1-A earthwork geotextiles; 130 meter guardrail; 16 meter approach railing; 250 ea willow bundle; 2,826 kilogram reinforcing steel; 63 kilogram structural steel; 280 sq meter geogrid retaining wall (topsoil faced) which includes 50 cu meter topsoil, 1,300 sq meter mulch blanket, 1,100 cu meter granular backfill, 3,000 sq meter geogrid; 1,600 cu meter class 5 keyed riprap; 3,000 cu meter class 4 placed riprap; 300 cu meter riprap blanket; 3,700 meter controlled blast hole; 12 meter guardrail removal; 240 hrs flaggers; 3,500 meter pavement markings; 10 slry units seeding & mulching; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 17 miles south of Powers, Oregon. Work shall be completed by October 15, 1999. Estimated price range is between $1,000,000 and 2,500,000. 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 (DBEs): The Department of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT's Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOT's Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at prime rate. For further information call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov.***** (0133)

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