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

Y -- GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY SOL DTFH71-99-B-00011 DUE 042799 POC Gary L. Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-285-0075 WEB: EFLHD-FHWA Website, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION EASTERN FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY DIVISION Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the George Washington Memorial Parkway Project NPS-GWMP 1A83, in Fairfax County, Virginia. The project consists of the cleaning and painting of the structural steel on the bridge over Dead Run. The work includes surface preparation and painting of the structural steel, traffic control, and other work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Surface preparation and painting, steel structure, LPSM; Containment system and worker protection plan, LPSM; Temporary concrete barrier, 650 m; Moving temporary concrete barrier, 230 m; Variable message sign, 2 each; Shadow vehicle, 1 each; Sod 2100 m2; Temporary crash cushion, inertial barrier system, 3; Construction sign, 50 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-00011 to be issued on or about March 26, 1999. Bids will be opened on or about April 27, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the address listed above for the Office of the Division Engineer. 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. Posted 03/09/99 (W-SN306294). (0068)

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