Federal Highway Administration, Loudoun Tech Center, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia

Y -- JEFFERSON DRIVE PROJECT PLH-NACC 501(2) SOL DTFH71-97-B-00023 DUE 091197 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Contract Specialist Leonette Akerson, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary L. Brown, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for Jefferson Drive Project PLH-NACC 501(2), in Washington, D.C. The project consists of the reconstruction of Jefferson Drive between 3rd and 14th Streets and the rehabilitation of 12th Street between Jefferson Drive and Independence Avenue, including drainage improvements, hot ashpalt concrete pavement, sidewalk and curb installation, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement, Class A, Grading D, 2,900 TON; Asphalt pavement milling, 19,500 SQYD; Plain portland cement concrete pavement, 9-inch depth, 1,250 SQYD; 18-inch pipe culvert, 3,325 LNFT; Catch basin, Type 1, 33 EACH; Stone curb, Type 1, 11,100 LNFT; Exposed aggregate concrete sidewalk, 10,550 SQYD. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 to $2,500,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-97-B-00023 to be issued on or about August 11, 1997. 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 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. Bid opening on or about September 11, 1997, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the Federal Highway Administration address listed above, Attn: 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. (0204)

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