Federal Highway Administration, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA 20166

Y -- CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK PROJECT PRA-CHCH 27(5) SOL DTFH71-98-B-00027 DUE 091598 POC Engineering Coordinator, Gary L. Brown, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle Sealed bids will be accepted from all business concerns for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Project PRA-CHCH 27(5), in Walker and Catoosa Counties, Georgia. The project consists of constructing the U.S. Route 27 Battlefield Bypass from McFarland Gap Road to State Route 2, and miscellaneous work on Little Street, Church Street, Washington Road, Park City Road, and State Route 2. The project work includes construction of bridges over McFarland Gap Road, Dewberry Road, and Little Street; grading; drainage improvements; paving; waterline relocation, and other work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows (note that quantities for roadway work are English units, and the quantities for bridge work are metric units): Roadway excavation, 680,000 cuyd; Aggregate base, Grading C or D, 30,500 ton; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Georgia state grading, 16,600 ton; 12-foot span, 6-foot rise reinforced concrete box culvert, single barrel, 1,000 lnft; Signal system, lump sum; Structural concrete, Class A(AE), 1,500 m3; Reinforcing steel, 94,000 kg; Epoxy coated reinforcing steel, 160,000 kg. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-98-B-00027 will be issued on or about August 14, 1998. 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 703-285-0006 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 notbe accepted. Bids will be opened at 2:00 pm, local time, on September 15, 1998, at the address listed above for the office of the Division Engineer. The following applies for Minority, Women, 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 to acquire 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 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT bonding assistance program enables firms to apply for a 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 STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. Posted 07/28/98 (W-SN229154). (0209)

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