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

Y -- GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA PRA-GATE 60(1), 61(1) SOL DTFH71-00-B-00018 DUE 070600 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 Gateway National Recreation Area Project PRA-GATE 60(1), 61(1) in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The project consists of the reconstruction of Hartshorne Drive from South Beach Area C to the South Maintenance Area. The work includes embankment construction, geotextiles, roadway obliteration, placement of aggregate base and hot asphalt concrete pavement, pavement milling, pavement striping, and other work. Approximate quantities for the principal items of work are as follows: Construction Survey and Staking, LPSM; Contractor Testing, LPSM; Embankment Construction, 7,000 m3; Earthwork geotextile, 14,500 m2; Roadway Obliteration, 23,000 m2; Aggregate-Sand course, 125mm depth, 4000 m2; Aggregate base, Grading C or D, 13,800 t; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Class A, Grading B, 3,800 t; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Class A, Grading D, 3,000 t; Pavement milling, 3,900 m2; and Pavement markings, type H, 20,000 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-00018 to be issued on or about June 1, 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 6, 2000, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the address listed above for the Office of the Division Engineer. 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 05/17/00 (W-SN455744). (0138)

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