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

Y -- BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY PROJECT PRA-BLRI 2Q12 SOL DTFH71-00-B-00017 DUE 041800 POC Gary Brown, Engineering Coordiator: (703)404-6284 WEB: EFLHD-FHWA, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Blue Ridge Parkway Project PRA-BLRI 2Q12, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The project consists of resurfacing the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 375.1 to 383.3. The project work includes removal of asphalt pavement, cold recycling asphalt pavement as base course, placement of aggregate base and hot asphalt concrete pavement, installation of steel-backed timber guardrail, shoulder reconditioning, and other miscellaneous work. The project is divided into three schedules. Schedule A consists of asphalt wedge and level and overlay, placement of aggregate-topsoil shoulders, pavement striping, and miscellaneous work. Schedule B consists of milling and placement of hot asphalt concrete pavement base. Schedule C consists of cold-in-place recycling of the existing asphalt. This project will be awarded as either Schedule A+B or Schedule A+C. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Removal of asphalt pavement: 33,200m2; Aggregate base, grading C or D, 200 mm depth: 27,900 m2; Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement, Class C, Grading D, Type 3 smoothness: 9,600 metric tons; Cold recycled asphalt base course, grading C, 50 mm depth: 64,200 m2; and Guardrail system, steel backed timber, type B: 5,610 m. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $2,000,000 and $5,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00017 will be issued on or about March 15, 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 April 18, 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 andapplicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. Posted 02/25/00 (W-SN428735). (0056)

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