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

Y -- EDISON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE SOL DTFH71-99-B-00010 DUE 042299 POC Gary L. Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-285-0075 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, EASTERN FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY DIVISION Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Edison National Historic Site Project PRA-EDIS 10(1), in Essex County, New Jersey. The project consists of the rehabilitation of Honeysuckle Avenue. The work includes roadway excavation, placement of aggregate base and hot asphalt concrete pavement, and construction of paved waterways. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Roadway Excavation, 500 m3; Aggregate base, Grading C or D, 650 t; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Class C, Grading C, 180 t; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Class C, Grading D, 145 t; Paved Waterway, type 6, 360 m2. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $100,000 to $500,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-99-B-00010 to be issued on or about March 17, 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. 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. Bids will be opened on or about April 20, 1999, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the address listed above for the Office of the Division Engineer. INVITATION NO. DTFH71-99-B-00010 DATED: March 17, 1999. Posted 03/01/99 (W-SN303175). (0060)

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