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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ID PFH 63-1(2), COUNCIL-CUPRUM ROAD SOL DTFH70-99-B-00029 DUE 090299 POC Julee McTaggart, Contract Specialist or Barbara Allen, Program Assistant (360) 696-7520 E-MAIL: mailto:contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov, contracts@wfl.fha.dot.gov. ID PFH 63-1(2), COUNCIL-CUPRUM ROAD, Payette National Forest, Adams County, Idaho. Project consists of 27.820 km grading, paving, replacement and upgrading drainage, bridge rail replacement, and guardrail installation. Project includes: construction survey & staking; contractor sampling & testing; construction schedules; 27,000 meter silt fence; 400 meter 1,800 mm temporary culvert pipe; 3,000 cu meter watering for dust control; 65 ha clearing & grubbing; 1,000 meter fence removal; 307,000 cu meter excavation & embankment; 30,000 meter roadway obliteration; 2,000 meter lined ditch; 700 sq meter gabion faced MSE wall; 1,000 ton minor crushed aggregate; 105,000 ton hot open graded asphalt concrete pavement; 280 ton asphalt prime coat; 60 cu meter structural concrete; 3,940 kg reinforcing steel; 73.2 meter post & beam bridge railing; 39 meter thrie beam bridge railing; 12 ea concrete headwalls; 3,211 meter 600 mm culvert; 481 meter 3,470 mm x 2,220 mm culvert; 1,557 meter underdrain; 2,736 meter guardrail; 42 ea guardrail terminal sections; 25,208 meter fence; 45 ha placing conserved topsoil; 450 slurry units turf establishment; 20 sq meter permanent traffic control devices; 165,000 meter permanent pavement markings; 100 sq meter signs; 4,000 flagger hrs; 1,000 pilot car hrs; and other smaller items of work. Project is located approximately 18.5 km SW of Council, Idaho. Work shall be completed by November 2001. Estimated price range is between $7.5 million and $12 million. 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 05/13/99 (W-SN331478). (0133)

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