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

Y -- HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK PROJECT NPS-HOSP 8(1) SOL DTFH71-00-B-00030 DUE 082500 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 Hot Spring National Park Project NPS HOSP-8(1), in Garland County, Arkansas. The project consists of reconstructing a retaining wall located along North Mountain Loop Road. The work includes the removal of the existing stone wall, removal of asphalt pavement, roadway excavation, structure excavation for the retaining wall, and construction of a Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) wall. Approximate quantities for the principal items of work are as follows: Structure excavation, 805 yd3; Mechanically stabilized earth wall, 2,160 sqft, Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Class C, Grading C, 60 t; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Class C, Grading E, 135 t; Rubble masonry, rock face finish, 120 cuyd; Turf establishment, 350 sqyd. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $100,000 to $250,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00030 to be issued on or about August 25, 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 September 25, 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 08/09/00 (W-SN483930). (0222)

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