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

Y -- BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY PROJECT PRA-BLRI 1T14 SOL DTFH71-99-B-00006 DUE 031699 POC To order plans: 1-800-892-8776, For technical assistance: Gary L. Brown, 1-703-285-0079 WEB: EFLHD-FHWA Web Site, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Blue Ridge Parkway Project PRA-BLRI 1T14, in Patrick County, Virginia. The project consists of the rehabilitation of the bridge over Round Meadow Creek at Mile Post 179.26, and pavement rehabilitation at the Round Meadow Overlook. The project work includes drainage improvements, asphalt pavement milling and overlay, structural concrete bridge deck overlay, painting the bridge structural steel, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Structural Concrete, 78 m3; Repair Concrete, 330 m2; Surface Preparation and Painting, Steel Structure, Lump Sum; Bridge Painting Containment System, Lump Sum; and Seal Surface Concrete, 660 m2. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $500,000 to $1,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-99-B-00006 to be issued on or about February 12, 1999. 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 703-285-0212 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 16, 1999, 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. Posted 01/28/99 (W-SN292264). (0028)

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