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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ID PFH 63-1(2) COUNCIL-CUPRUM ROAD SOL DTFH70-00-B-00022 DUE 112200 POC Contracts Section, (360) 696-7520 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting office via e-mail, contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov. ID PFH 63-1(2), COUNCIL-CUPRUM ROAD, Payette National Forest, Adams County, Idaho. Project consists of 27.8 km of grading, drainage, base, paving, gabion-faced retaining wall, guardrail, turf establishment, and bridge modifications. Project includes construction survey & staking; contractor sampling & testing; construction schedules; monuments & markers; 17,000 m soil erosion control devices; 21,600 cu m watering for dust control; 70 ha clearing & grubbing; 8,000 m removal of fence; 340,000 cu m excavation & embankment; 1,800 sq m earthwork geotextiles; 28,623 sq m roadway obliteration; 51,000 sq m subgrade stabilization with lime; 1,850 cu m riprap; 2,608 sq m MSE walls; 4,000 t untreated aggregate courses; 5,000 t minor crushed aggregate; 2,000 t minor hot asphalt concrete; 320 t asphalt surface treatment; 400 t asphalt prime coat; 82 t asphalt tack coat; 94,000 t hot open graded asphalt concrete; 60 cu m structural concrete; 3,940 kg reinforcing steel; 100 m steel bridge railing;3,110 m culverts; 1,500 m std underdrain; 300 m underdrain outlet; 350 m paved waterways; 3,300 m guardrail; 35,000 m fences, gates, & cattle guards; 33,000 sq m topsoil; 450 slry units turf establishment; 40 sq m permanent traffic control devices; 156,000 m permanent pavement markings; 262 ea temporary traffic control; 12,000 flagger hrs; 1,000 pilot car hrs; 1,000 ea willow cuttings; 9 ea mailbox supports; and other smaller items of work. Project is located approximately 18 km Northwest of Council, Idaho. This action is being considered for a Total HUBZone Small Business Set-Aside. Prime Contractors who are HUBZone small businesses and who intend to submit an offer for this solicitation, MUST submit by e-mail to contracts@wlf.fha.dot.gov the following for receipt by COB on August 31, 2000: (a) a positive statement of your intention to submit an offer for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor; (b) date of HUBZone small business certification; (c) statment of bonding capability, to include both single and aggregate totals; and (d) listing of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and points of contact with their phone numbers. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on availability of interested HUBZone concerns. Failure to submit all information requested will result in a contractor being considered "not interested" in this solicitation. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone small business set-aside or on an unrestricted basis will be posted as a modification in the Commerce Business Daily including CBDNet. Work shall be completed by September 1, 2002. Estimated price range is over $10,000,000. The following applies only to Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs): The Department of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT's Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOT's Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at prime rate. For further information call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov.***** Posted 08/18/00 (W-SN487926). (0231)

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