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

Y -- NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS-CENTRAL PROJECT PLH-NACC 502(3),505(2) SOL DTFH71-00-B-00023 DUE 071900 POC Gary Brown, Engineering Coordinator: (703)404-6286 WEB: EFLHD-FHWA Website, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for National Capital Parks-Central Project PLH-NACC 502(3),505(2), in Washington, DC. The project consists of the rehabilitation of the Independence Avenue bridge over Maine Avenue, and rehabilitation of westbound Maine Avenue from 17th Street to Raoul Wallenberg Place. The work consists of removal of asphalt pavement, placement of Superpave asphalt concrete pavement, removal and placement of structural concrete, drainage work, installation of stone curb, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Aggregate Base, grading C or D, 150 mm depth: 1,650 square meters; Superpave asphalt concrete pavement: 1,000 metric tons; Structural concrete, class D: 98 cubic meters; Stone curb, type 1, 400 mm depth: 1,285 m; Signal Sytem: Lump sum; and Removal of concrete, full and partial depth: 250 square meters. 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-00023 to be issued on or about June 16, 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 July 19, 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 04/27/00 (W-SN449398). (0118)

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