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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-95-B-00011 DUE 090195 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 OR PFH 16-1(3), Canyonville-Trail Highway, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon. This solicitation consists of 6.0 miles of grading, drainage, base and paving. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; electronic documentation; 30,000 ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 32,000 ton emulsified treated base; 71 acres clearing & grubbing; 88,000 ton untreated aggregate courses; 3,116 lnft pipe culvert; 134 lnft structural plate culvert; 2,000 lnft underdrains; 260 lnft pipe arch culvert; 9,300 lnft silt fence; 190,000 cuyd excavation; 4,000 M-Gal watering; 18,000 sqyd roadway obliteration; 50,000 cuyd unclassified borrow; 33,000 lnft fence; 5,300 sqft gabions; 30,000 sqyd earthwork geotextiles; 15,000 lnft guardrail; 141,000 sqyd topsoil; 340 hrs rental equipment; 33,920 cuyd riprap; 10,500 lnft controlled blast hole; 4,500 hrs flagging; 300 hrs pilot cars; 116,000 lnft permanent pavement markings; 2,500 slry units seeding & mulching; 800 lnft waterline; and other small items of work. Work shall be completed by November 1, 1996. 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. (0191)

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