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

Y -- GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK SOL DTFH71-99-B-00008 DUE 052599 POC Gary L. Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-285-0075 WEB: Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, www.efl.fha.dot.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION EASTERN FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY DIVISION Competition for this project is being restricted to only those participants having a bona fide place of business within the geographical boundaries of the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Philadelphia District Office, the SBA's Pittsburgh District Office, and the SBA's Baltimore District Office. Contact the SBA district office to determine eligibility. Sealed bids will be accepted from all eligible business concerns for the Gettysburg National Military Park Project PRA-GETT 11(1), 28(1) in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The project consists of the rehabilitation and resurfacing of several roads, and the obliteration of roadside pull-offs. The work includes removal of asphalt pavement, placement of aggregate base and hot asphalt concrete pavement, installation of pipe culverts, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Removal of pipe culverts, 350 m; Removal of asphalt pavement, 37,000 m2; Roadway excavation, 4,200 m3; Embankment construction, 1,050 m3; Roadway obliteration, 5,100 m2; Aggregate base, grading E, 3,100 t; Aggregate base, grading C or D, 3,900 t; Ditch reconditioning, 2,050 m; Aggregate topsoil course, 3,100 t; Hot asphalt concrete pavement (HACP), class A, grading C, 3,800 t; HACP, class A, grading C, pavement patching, 1,750 t; HACP, class A, grading D, 10,465 t; Asphalt pavement milling, 40 mm depth, 4,000 m2; Paving geotextile, 1,850 m2; 300 mm pipe culvert, 100 m; 375 mm pipe culvert, 120 m; Paved waterway, type 5, 1,000 m2; Portland cement concrete curb, 450 mm depth, 380 m; Exposed aggregate concrete sidewalk, 600 m2; Remove and reset stone masonry headwall, 15 each; Solid sod, 18,890 m2; Pavement markings, type H, solid, 5,500 m; Construction sign, 220 m2; Flagger, 2,000 hours; and Temporary fence, rope and post, 4,000 m. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-99-B-00008 to be issued on or about April 23, 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. Additional information is available at our website "www.efl.fha.dot.gov". The following applies to Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Officeof 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 May 25, 1999, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the address listed above for the Office of the Division Engineer. INVITATION NO. DTFH71-99-B-00008 DATED: April 23, 1999 Posted 04/06/99 (W-SN317068). (0096)

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