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

Y -- BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY SOL DTFH71-00-B-00006 DUE 120199 POC Mr. Gary Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-404-6284 WEB: Eastern Federal Lands Highway Administration, http:/www.fhwa.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Blue Ridge Parkway Project PRA-BLRI 2M20, N14, in Mitchell, McDowell, Yancey, and Buncombe Counties, North Carolina. The project consists of the rehabilitation of paved ditches and other drainage features from Milepost 336.8 to Milepost 359.8 along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Cleaning paved waterway, (Type 2 or Type 5): 22,300 m; Paved waterway (Type 5): 1,600 m2; Recondition paved waterway, type 5 (overlay): 2,900 m2; Recondition paved waterway, type 2 (repair masonry): 1,400 m2. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $500,000 and $1,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00006 will be issued on or about November 1, 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) 404-6287 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 December 1, 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 10/14/99 (W-SN391612). (0287)

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