TEC Associates, P.O. Box 2747, South Portland, Maine 04116-2747

99 -- REQUEST BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF RAILROAD BALLAST. SOL NNEPRA 05-99 DUE 043099 POC Randolph N. Pike, 207-767-6068 The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (hereinafter referred to as "NNEPRA") of Augusta, Maine, requests submission of bids from individuals and/or firms for the purchase of railroad track ballast. Any correspondence, questions or request for bid documents and specifications should be directed to: Mr. Randolph N. Pike PE, TEC Associates, 46 Sawyer Street, South Portland, Maine 04106, Telephone: (207) 767-6068. Sealed bids will be received at, NNEPRA, 5 Industry Road, South Portland, Maine, 04106 by Mr. Michael J. Murray, PE Executive Director, until 2:00 p.m., prevailing local time, Friday, April 30, 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 Instructions 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 readvertise. 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 executed subsequently, or the proceeds thereof. Posted 04/13/99 (W-SN319839). (0103)

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