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

Y -- GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE PROJECT PRA-GUIS 14(1) (SECOND ADVERTISEMENT) SOL DTFH71-98-B-00028 DUE 091598 POC Engineering Coordinator, Gary L. Brown, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle This procurement is open to all business concerns. Gulf Islands National Seashore Project PRA-GUIS 14(1) (Second Advertisement), in Jackson County, Mississippi, consists of the replacement of a box culvert over Stark Bayou and other miscellaneous work on Magnolia Park Road. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Precast Concrete Bottomless Box Culvert, 11 m; Box Culvert Wingwalls, 4 Each; Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement, 465 ton; Structural Excavation, 910 m3; and Structural Backfill, 530 m3. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $500,000 to $1,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-98-B-00028 will be issued on or about August 14, 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 703-285-0006 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 at 2:00 pm, local time, on September 15, 1998, at the address listed above for the office of the Division Engineer. The following applies for Minority, Women, 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 to acquire 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 $500,000per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT bonding assistance program enables firms to apply for a 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 STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. Posted 07/28/98 (W-SN229142). (0209)

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