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

Y -- ARKANSAS FOREST HIGHWAY PROJECT AR PFH 65-3(6) SOL DTFH71-00-B-00009 DUE 010600 POC Gary Brown, Engineering Coordinator: (703)404-6284 WEB: EFLHD-FHWA Website, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for Arkansas Forest Highway Project AR PFH 65-3(6), in Franklin County, Arkansas. The project consists of reconstructing Arkansas Forest Highway from Indian Creek to the Johnson County line. The project work includes roadway and structural excavation, replacement of a bridge, placement of aggregate base and ACHM binder and surface courses, construction of retaining walls, drainage work, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Aggregate base course, class 7: 7,200 mTON; Class S Concrete: 416 CU M; Stacked Roack: 1,100 CU M; Compacted Embankment: 14,800 CU M; Mineral Aggregate in ACHM Binder Course: 2,000 mTON; Mineral Aggregate in ACHM Surface Course: 1,250 mTON; and Unclassified Excavation: 8,800 CU M. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00009 will be issued on or about December 3, 1999. 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) 404-6288 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' will not be accepted. Bids will be opened on January 6, 2000, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the address listed above. The following applies to Minority, Women-Owned 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 in acquiring 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 to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for 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 the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. Posted 11/04/99 (W-SN398080). (0308)

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