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

Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OR PFH 85-1(1), WARNER HIGHWAY SOL DTFH70-98-B-00039 DUE 070199 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. OR PFH 85-1(1), WARNER HIGHWAY, Fremont National Forest, Lake county, Oregon. The project consists of 13.9km of grading, drainage, and paving. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; contractor sampling & testing; 39,000 metric ton hot asphalt concrete pavement; 42 metric ton asphalt tack coat; 51 hectare clearing & grubbing; 35 cubic meter concrete for headwall; 113,000 metric ton aggregate base Grading D; 10km dust palliative; 125,000 metric ton subbase Grading A; 2,135 meter pipe; 7,500 meter silt fence; 350,000 cubic meter excavation & embankment; 5,000 cubic meter watering; 70,200 square meter roadway obliteration; 16,400 meter barbed wire fence; 250 cubic meter gabions; 9,100 square meter earthwork geotextiles; 2,000 meter guardrail; 17,000 cubic meter place conserved topsoil; 1,050km reinforcing steel; 1,600 cubic meter riprap; 3,300 meter riprap lined ditch; 3,000 hrs flagger; 600 hrs pilot cars; 76,200 meter permanent pavement markings; 580 slurry units seeding & mulching; 4,400 square meter erosion control mat; 6,800 each willows; and other smaller items of work. This project is located approx. 8 km north of Lakeview, Oregon. PRELIMINARY PLANS WILL BE AVAILABLE APPROX. 10/9/98. Work shall be completed by 10/30/2000. Estimated price range is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. 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 (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 09/10/98 (W-SN248275). (0253)

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