Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, SOUTH LOOP ROAD, PEACEFUL VALLEY TO OLD EAST ENTRANCE

Notice Date

April 16, 2001

Contracting Office

Federal Highway Administration, Central Federal Lands Highway Division (HPA-16), 555 Zang St., Room 259, Lakewood, CO 80228

ZIP Code

80228

Solicitation Number

ND PRA-THRO 11(2)

Response Due

May 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Lori Kliethermes 303-716-2015 or Jim Schroeder 303-716-2017

Description

THIS IS A MODIFICATION TO THE INITIAL NOTICE POSTED TO THE CBD ON 4/3/01. THIS CBD NOTICE IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR A TOTAL HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Prime Contractors who are HUBZone small businesses and who intend to submit an bid for this solicitation MUST submit the following by e-mail to contracts@road.cflhd.gov or by telefax to 303-969-5971 for receipt by close of business on April 20, 2001: (1) a positive statement of your intention to submit an bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor; (2) date of HUBZone small business certification; (3) statement of bonding capability, to include single and aggregate totals; and (4) listing of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and points of contact with phone numbers. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on availability of interested HUBZone concerns. Failure to submit all information requested will result in a contractor being considered "not interested" in this solicitation. A decision on whether this will be pursued as a HUBZone small business set-aside or on an unrestricted basis will be posted as a modification in the Commerce Business Daily, including CBDNet on April 25, 2001. This project consists of grading, drainage, and hot asphalt concrete pavement resurfacing on 9.9 km of roadway for South Loop Road, in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Billings County, North Dakota. Estimated price range is between $1,000,000 and $3,000,000. Principal work items include: lump sum contractor testing; 3,015 m2 clearing and grubbing; lump sum removal of structures and obstructions; 2,500 m3 unclassified borrow; 50 m3 gabions, galvanized or aluminized coated; 520 metric tons aggregate-topsoil course; 430 m3 roadway aggregate method 2, recycled asphalt pavement; 835 metric tons asphalt cement grade PG 58-34; 13,300 metric tons superpave asphalt concrete pavement; 4,885 metric tons minor hot asphalt concrete; 9.90 km continuous cold recycled asphalt base course type A; 194 metric tons emulsified binder agent grade HFMS-2sp; 80 m2 Reinforced Portland cement concrete pavement, 200 mm depth; 554 m pipe culvert (various); 2,810 m asphalt concrete curb; 305 m guardrail system G4, type 1, class A (wood posts); and associated surveying, staking, fencing, seeding, mulching, signing and traffic control. No onsite work will begin until July 9, 2001. All work must be completed by October 31, 2001. The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontractor at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80% guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call (800) 532-1169.

Web Link

Information regarding solicitation opportunities (www.cflhd.gov/edi/pna/index.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010418/YSOL009.HTM (W-106 SN50J3K5)