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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-95-B-00009 DUE 091295 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 WY PRA-YELL 13(2), East Entrance Road-Section A, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming. This solicitation consists of 5.5 miles of grading, drainage, base, paving, bridge and miscellaneous retaining walls. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; consultant services; contractor sampling & testing; electronic documentation; 31,700 ton asphalt concrete pavement; 68 acres clearing & grubbing; 500 lnft curb; 2,500 cuyd structural concrete; 4,200 cuft subsealing grout; 1,600 lnft drilled holes; 58,500 ton aggregate base; 800 ton sand; 2,800 lnft culverts; 29,300 lnft underdrains; 1,400 lnft concrete filled steel pipe piles in place; 13,500 lnft silt fence; 109,000 cuyd roadway excavation; 4,000 m-Gal watering; 9,000 sqyd roadway obliteration; 6,400 cuyd structure excavation; 10,500 cuyd subexcavation; 108,800 ton select topping; 43,000 sqft simulated stone masonry surface treatment; 23,800 sqyd earthwork geotextiles; 1,570 lnft guardwall; 200,000 sqyd placing conserved topsoil; 8,000 lnft landscaping log; 4,900 sqyd polystyrene foam; 2,700 sqyd geomembrane; 13,800 lbs reinforcing steel; 1,760 hrs rental equipment; 2,000 cuyd reinforced concrete retaining walls; 1,400 sqft geotextile reinforced earth wall; 12,500 ton riprap; 3,400 lnft ditch lining riprap; 6,300 sqft stone masonry; 1 ea removal of bridge; 10,000 hrs flagging; 3,500 hrs pilot car; 1,800 sqft construction signs; 4,000 lnft plastic fence; 182,200 lnft permanent pavement markings; and other small items of work. Work shall be completed by November 1, 1997. Estimated price range is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Presolicitation Notices are being provided to firms on this agency's mailing list concurrently with the publication of this synopsis.----The following applies only to Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0188)

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