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

Y -- ELEANOR ROOSEVELT NHS AND VANDERBILT MANSION NHS SOL DTFH71-99-B-00018 DUE 081999 POC Mr. Gary Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-285-0075 WEB: Federal Highway Administration, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site Project PRA-ELRO 10(1) and PRA-VAMA 12(2), 13(2), in Dutchess County, New York. The project consists of the rehabilitation of various roads within the parks and rehabilitation of two bridges. The work includes placement of aggregate base and hot asphalt concrete pavement, asphalt surface treatment, shotcrete, miscellaneous drainage improvements, construction of concrete curb and gutter, removal of concrete by hydrodemolition, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Aggregate base: 1,430 tons; Hot asphalt concrete pavement: 1,930 tons; Shotcrete, 50 mm depth: 145 m2; Asphalt surface treatment, 4,800 m2; PCC curb and gutter, 700 m; Removal of concrete, 145 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-00018 will be issuedon or about July 19, 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. Bids will be opened on or about August 19, 1999, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the address listed above. 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 07/01/99 (W-SN349701). (0182)

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