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

Y -- SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK SOL DTFH71-00-B-00012 DUE 021500 POC Mr. Gary Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-404-6284 WEB: Federal Highway Administration, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Saratoga National Historical Park Project PRA-SARA 10(2), 12(1), 200(1), 500(1) Saratoga County, New York. The project consists of the rehabilitation of roadways and parking areas within the park. The work includes clearing and grubbing, removal of inlets, pipe culverts, and asphalt pavement; excavation, embankment, 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: 1,970 m; Removal of asphalt pavement: 12,700 m2; Removal of concrete pavement: 8,000 m2; Roadway excavation: 14,200 m3; Aggregate base: 22,000 tons; Aggregate-topsoil course: 4,900 tons; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, class B, grading B: 3,900 tons; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, class B, grading D: 9,600 tons; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, wedge and level: 4,300 tons; Concrete headwalls (assorted sizes): 25 each;Pipe culvert (assorted diameters): 1,800 m; End sections (assorted sizes): 150 each; Paved waterway: 1,650 m2; Furnishing and placing topsoil, 50mm depth: 27,000 m2; Pavement markings: 30,000 m. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00012 will be issued on or about January 14, 2000. 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 703-404-6288 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 February 15, 2000, 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 12/28/99 (W-SN411826). (0362)

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