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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AK PFH 9-1(9), BIG SALT LAKE ROAD SOL DTFH70-99-B-00030 DUE 081999 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. AK PFH 9-1(9), BIG SALT LAKE ROAD, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. This project will bid with a Base Schedule (B) plus 2 Options (1) & (2). The Options may be awarded should funding become available. Project length: (B) 9.52 km (1) 1.76 km (2) 5.85 km. Project includes: survey & staking; sampling & testing; construction schedules; silt fence -- (B) 4,900 m (1) 520 m (2) 4,500 m; watering for dust control -- (B) 7,000 m3 (1) 1,000 m3 (2) 3,000 m3; clearing & grubbing -- (B) 33.32 ha (1) 6.5 ha (2) 16.9 ha; removal of guardrail -- (B) 579 m (2) 543 m; excavation -- (B) 602,600 m3 (1) 116,900 m3 (2) 310,000 m3; rock blasting -- (B) 20,500 m (1) 8,500 m (2) 20,300 m; roadway obliteration -- (B) 25,426 m3 (1) 150 m3 (2) 8,420 m3; riprap -- (B) 500 m3 (1) 1,500 m3 (2) 1,300 m3; MSE walls -- (B) 988 m2 (2) 423 m2; untreated aggregate courses -- (B) 54,000 t (1) 10,000 t (2) 33,000 t; emulsified asphalt treated base course -- (B) 29,500 t (1) 5,500 t (2) 18,500 t; hot asphalt concrete pavement -- (B) 21,500 t (1) 4,000 t (2) 13,500 t; minor hot asphalt concrete -- (B) 285 t (1) 90 t (2) 235 t; asphalt tack coat -- (B) 32 t (1) 6 t (2) 20 t; membrane waterproofing -- (B) 720 m2 (2) 281 m2; headwall for 4.6 m culvert -- (B) 1 ea; headwall for 3 m culvert -- (2) 1 ea; headwall for 4.6 m culvert -- (2) 2 ea; culverts -- (B) 1,475 m (1) 221 m (2) 1,182 m; structural plate structures (B)39 m (2) 89 m; underdrains -- (B) 200 m; guardrail -- (B) 1,800 m (1) 625 m (2) 1,300 m; turf establishment -- (B) 18 ha (1) 4.2 ha (2) 12 ha; signs -- (B) 5.1 m2 (1) 0.6 m2 (2) 2.7 m2; permanent pavement markings -- (B) 38 km (1) 8 km (2) 23 km; permanent pavement recessed markers -- (B) 794 ea (1) 150 ea (2) 490 ea; flagger hrs -- (B) 10,240 (1) 1,000 (2) 5,120; pilot car hrs -- (B) 1,710 (2) 850; and other smaller items of work. Project is located approximately 2.5 km north of Klawock, Alaska. Work shall be completed by (B) November 1, 2001 (1) November 21, 2001 (2) September 4, 2002. Estimated price range for Base plus Options is over $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 05/14/99 (W-SN331977). (0134)

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