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

Y -- NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY PROJECT PRA-NATR 1H10,J14 SOL DTFH71-00-B-00015 DUE 030700 POC Gary Brown, Engineering Coordinator: (703)404-6284 WEB: EFLHD-FHWA Website, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. This project is being re-procured for competition restricted to those 8(a) program participants served by the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) district offices in Nashville, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; and Jackson, Mississippi. Contact an SBA district office to determine eligibility. THIS IS THE SECOND SOLICITATION FOR THIS PROJECT. The previous solicitation was canceled on December 16, 1999. PREVIOUS PLANHOLDERS DO NOT NEED TO REQUEST BID DOCUMENTS AGAIN. New bid documents will be mailed to all planholders of the previous solicitation. Sealed bids from all eligible business concerns will be accepted for the Natchez Trace Parkway Project PRA-NATR 1H10,J14, in Wayne County, Tennessee. The project consists of removing and replacing the bridges over Cypress Creek and Cypress Creek Relief; Dullen Branch; and Sweetwater Branch. The project work also includes aggregate base and hot asphalt concrete pavement placement, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Removal of Bridges (4): LPSM; Structural Concrete, Class A (AE): 780 m3; Structural Concrete, Class D (AE): 995 m3; Concrete Bridge Railing, Natchez Trace Rail: 412 m; and Embankment Construction: 10,480 m3. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00015 will be issued on or about February 4, 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 703-404-6287 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 March 7, 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 BondingAssistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. Posted 01/18/00 (W-SN416765). (0018)

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