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

Y -- GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY PROJECT NPS-GWMP 100A27 SOL DTFH71-98-B-00020 DUE 080698 POC Contact for verifying availability of bidding documents: Sue Stanton, 703-285-0010; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary Brown, 703-285-0075 This procurement is open to all business concerns. George Washington Memorial Parkway Project PRA-GWMP 100A27, in Montgomery County, Maryland, consists of the rehabilitation of 12.7 km of the Clara Barton Parkway, access ramps, and parking areas from the I-495 interchange to Glen Echo Park. The work includes asphalt pavement milling, placement of hot asphalt concrete pavement, repair of inlets, replacement of portland cement concrete curb, and other work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement: 11,700 metric tons; Asphalt Pavement Milling: 97,000 m2; Inlet Adjustment: 163 Each; Pavement Markings: 48,700 m. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-98-B-00020 is to be issued on or about July 6, 1998. The Government will issue this solicitation through the use of compact disks (CD-ROM). Plans, proposal and contract booklets, standard specifications, and other bid documents will be available in electronic format on CD-ROM only and will be provided free of charge. The disk will be self-contained with bid documents in (.pdf) file format; drawings in (.cal) group 4 raster format; and viewing/printing software. The number of compact disks will be limited to one (1) per firm. Plans and specifications WILL NOT be provided in printed paper format. All bid forms, bid bonds, and other normal documents required for the bid submittal shall be submitted to the Federal Highway Administration in paper format. Electronic submission of bids WILL NOT be accepted. Amendments to the solicitation will be issued in paper format to all planholders. The CD-ROM will be available on or July 6, 1998, from the Federal Highway Administration, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20166-6511, telephone: 800-892-8776. Please call to 703-285-0010 verify availability of the CD-ROM. All requests for the CD-ROM will be mailed first class. It is strongly recommended that all requests for the CD-ROM be received 7 calendar days before bid opening to ensure receipt of requested materials. Requests for e-mailing' or overnight mailing will not be accepted. Bid opening will be on or about August 6, 1998, at 2:00 p.m., local time, at the Federal Highway Administration address listed above, Attn: 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. (0170)

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