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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-97-B-00048 DUE 060398 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520; Barbara A. Allen, Program Assistant, (360) 696-7520 ID PFH 62-1(1), MESA FALLS HIGHWAY, Targhee National Forest, Fremont County, Idaho. This solicitation consists of 25.76 kilometers of grading, base, paving and drainage. Project includes: construction survey/staking; schedules for construction; contractor sampling/testing; 36,032 metric ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 48,000 or 151,000 cu meter cold recycled asphalt base course; 60 hectare clearing/grubbing; 183 sq meter sidewalk; 5 kilometer dust palliative; 86,000 metric ton emulsified asphalt treated base; 960 meter culvert; 55 meter structural plate structure; 3,700 meter silt fence; 213,700 cu meter excavation; 1,800 cu meter watering; 400 meter guardrail; 313,000 sq meter topsoil; 4 ea stone masonry headwall; 88 sq meter (2) rock-faced headwall; 2,000 hr flagger; 500 hr pilot car; 94,000 meter pavement markings; 320 slurry units seeding/mulching; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 10 kilometers northeast of Ashton, Idaho. Preliminary plans will be issued in early October 1997 with solicitation documents available in spring 1998. Work shall be completed by October 30, 1999. Estimated price range is between $2,500,000 and $5,000,000. 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. (0261)

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