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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-98-B-00006 DUE 040498 POC Julee K. McTaggart, Contract Specialist, (360) 696-7520; Barbara A. Allen, Program Assistant, (360) 696-7520 AK PFH 9-1(8), BIG SALT LAKE ROAD, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. This project has been designed using the metric system. This solicitation consists of 1.3 kilometers of grading, base, drainage, and 3 simple span bridges. Project includes: construction survey/staking; schedules for construction; contractor sampling/testing; clean & paint structural steel; 4.0 hectare clearing & grubbing; 68,000 cu meters roadway excavation; 3,600 cu meters selected borrow for topping; 2,200 cu meters riprap; 900 cu meters bridge excavation; 2,300 cu meters grade D aggregate base; 141 meters pipe culvert; 29 meters structural plate structures; 260 meters guardrail; 114 meters bridge transition railing; 14 slry units hydraulic seeding/mulching; 15 prestressed concrete girders; 342 cu meters structural concrete; 15,590 kilograms reinforcing steel; 10,520 kilograms epoxy coated reinforcing steel; 4,800 hr flagger; and other smaller items of work. This job will be bid using A plus B bidding. Each bid consists of two parts, the construction cost plus the administrative cost. Contract time will be set by the bidder with a fixed completion date of approximately 10/15/99. This project is located approximately 4 kilometers south of Klawock, Alaska. 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. (0346)

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