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

Y -- KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST HIGHWAY PROJECT LA PFH 6-1(2) SOL DTFH71-00-B-00013 DUE 012000 POC Mr. Gary L. Brown, Engineering Coordinator, 703-404-6284 WEB: Federal Highway Administration, http://www.efl.fha.dot.gov. Sealed bids from all business concerns will be accepted for the Kisatchie National Forest Highway Project LA PFH 6-1(2), located in Grant Parish, Louisiana. The project consists of the replacement of the bridge over Clear Creek on Parish Route 140, Walker Ferry Road, and the work includes: asphalt wedge and leveling, asphalt overlay, rehabilitation of aggregate shoulders, pavement striping, and miscellaneous work. The project is divided into three schedules. Schedule A consists of asphalt wedge and level and overlay, rehabilitation of aggregate shoulders, pavement striping, and miscellaneous work. Schedule B consists of constructing a cast-in-place bridge replacement. Schedule C consists of constructing a precast concrete bridge replacement. This project will be awarded as Schedule A+B or Schedule A+C. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Hot asphalt concrete pavement, Class C, Grading D, Type 4 pavement smoothness: 400 tons; Structural concrete, Class D (AE), for superstructure: 160 m3; and Structural concrete, class A (AE), for substructure: 42 m3. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $300,000 and $700,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-00-B-00013 will be issued on or about December 15, 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' or overnight mailing will not be accepted. Bids will be opened on January 20, 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 11/30/99 (W-SN404513). (0334)

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