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

Y -- CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK PROJECT PRA-CHOH 235(1) SOL DTFH71-00-B-00028 POC Mr. Gary Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-404-6284 WEB: Eastern Federal Highway Administration, Federal Highway, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Project PRA-CHOH 235(1) in Montgomery County, Maryland. The project consists of reconstruction and resurfacing access roads and parkings areas in the Carderock Picnic Area. Project work includes roadway excavation; placement of aggregate base; placement hot asphalt concrete pavement; pavement milling; placement of aggregate base; paving geotextile; and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Removal of asphalt pavement, 5,200 m2; Roadway excavation 1,770 m3; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, varying grades,2,450 t; Asphalt pavement milling, 3,400 m2; Paving geotextile 2,700 m2. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $500,000 and $1,000,000.Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00028 will be issued on or about September 12, 2000. Plans, proposal and contract booklets, standard specifications, and other bid documents, will beavailable 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 October 12, 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 06/14/00 (W-SN464598). (0166)

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