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99 -- REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF NEW RAILROAD CROSS TIES SOL NNEPRA 01-99 DUE 040299 POC Michael J. Murray, 207-287-2346 The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) of Augusta, Maine, requests submission of bids from individuals and/or firms for the purchase of new railroad cross ties. Any correspondence, questions, or requests for bid documents and specifications should be directed to Michael J. Murray, PE, NNEPRA, Child Street, 16 State House Station, Augusta, Maine, 04333-0016, Telephone (207) 287-2346. Sealed bids will be received at NNEPRA, Child Street, 16 State House Station, Augusta, Maine, 04333-0016, by Michael Murray until 2:00 p.m. prevailing local time, until Friday, April 2, 1999 at which time they will be publicly opened and announced. Any bid received thereafter will not be considered for award and will be returned to the bidder unopened. Bid security shall be required as called for in the Instruction to Bidders. Requests for clarification or for extension of the bid opening must be submitted in letter form a minimum of seventy-two (72) hours prior to the bid opening date. The NNEPRA reserves the right to determine whether an extension is justified. All bidders will be notified in writing of any extension or clarification. Issuance of the Invitation for Bids does not commit the NNEPRA to award any contract, to pay any costs incurred in preparation of a bid pursuant to this request or to procure or contract for services or supplies. NNEPRA reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to re-advertise. As an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, NNEPRA prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, marital status, national origin, being handicapped, a disadvantaged person, or a disabled or Vietnam era veteran in all terms and conditions of contracting. Disadvantaged (DBE) business enterprises shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in this project. The extent of Disadvantaged business involvement shall be specified in the Bid Documents. No officer member, or employee of NNEPRA, and no members of its governing body, and no other public official or employee of the governing body of the locality or localities included within NNEPRA, (for governing bodies, only as to contracts performed within the locality of such governing body), during his or her tenure or for one year thereafter, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this solicitation or any contract excecuted subsequently, or the proceeds thereof. Posted 03/22/99 (W-SN311020). (0081)

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