Federal Highway Administration, 610 East Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661-3893

Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION WA FS ERFO 96-22(13), FDR 26 PERMANENT REPAIRS SOL DTFH70-98-B-00034 DUE 120198 POC Julee McTaggart, Contract Specialist or Barbara Allen, Program Assistant at (360) 696-7520 E-MAIL: mailto:contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov, contracts@!wfl.fha.dot.gov. WA FS ERFO 96-22(13), Gifford Pinchot National Forest, FDR 26 PERMANENT REPAIRS, Lewis and Skamania counties. This project consists of intermittent roadway repairs at 40 sites. Project includes: construction survey/staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; soil erosion control; precast open bottom culvert (design & construction); 5,500t minor hot asphalt concrete; 9ha clearing/grubbing; 80m concrete slope paving; 162m structural concrete; 4 Deck Bulb Tee girders; 8,000t roadway aggregate; 370m pipe culvert; 16m pipe arch culvert; 15ea grated top box culvert; 90m underdrain system; 55,000m excavation & embankment; 22,000m rock borrow; 500m structure excavation; 50m gabions & revet mattresses; 4,000 m Earthwork Geotextiles Type II-A; 164m guardrail; 200 ea willow bundles; 10,400kg reinforcing steel; 470 m geogrid wall; 110 m rockery wall; 12,000m Class 5 keyed riprap; 450m riprap lined ditch; 60m energy dissipator; 93m bridge railing; 182m membrane waterproofing; 500 hrs flagger; 12,000m pavement markings; 22 slry units seeding/mulching; 14 slry units bonded fiber matrix; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approximately 160km Northeast of Vancouver, Washington. PRELIMINARY PLANS WILL BE AVAILABLE 9/15/98. Work shall be completed by 10/1/2000. Estimated price range is between $2,500,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. 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 (DBEs): The Department of Transportation (DOT), offers working capital financing and bonding assistance for transportation related contracts. DOT's Bonding Assistance Program (BAP) offers bid, performance and payment bonds on contracts up to $1,000,000. DOT's Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers lines of credit to finance accounts receivable. Maximum line of credit is $500,000 with interest at prime rate. For further information call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov.***** Posted 09/01/98 (W-SN244355). (0244)

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