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Y -- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SOL DTFH70-96-B-00030 DUE 090496 POC Julee K. McTaggart or Debra L. Buchanan, (360) 696-7520; Contracting Officer, Raymond L. Schadt, (360) 696-7753 AK PFH 9-1(7), Big Salt Lake Road, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales Island Borough, Alaska. This solicitation consists of 7 kilometers of grading, drainage, base and paving. Project includes: construction survey & staking; construction scheduling; electronic documentation; contractor sampling & testing; roadway obliteration; residential housing; 12,500 metric tons hot asphalt concrete pavement; 8,000 metric tons hot asphalt treated base course; 18 hectares clearing & grubbing; 24,000 meters controlled blast hole; 22,000 metric tons untreated aggregate courses; 44,000 metric tons subbase; 800 meters pipe culvert; 4,300 meters silt fence, 307,000 cubic meters excavation & embankment; 60,000 cubic meters subexcavation; 725 meters guardrail; 800 meters riprap lined ditch; 6 each culvert outlet control; 4,000 hours flagging; 1,500 hours pilot car; 40,000 meters temporary pavement markings; 10 square meters signs; 27,000 meters permanent pavement markings, 83 slurry units turf establishment; 1,050 square meters erosion control mats; and other small items of work. Project is located approximately 16 kilometers north of Klawock, Alaska. NOTE: This project was designed under the FP-96, Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects. Please FAX your requests for the FP-96 to (360)696-7932. NOTE: Plans, specifications and other solicitation information will also be available on the Internet at: http://www.wfl.fha.dot.gov/edi/wflhd/. Work shall be completed by October 1, 1998. Estimated price range is between $2,500,000 and $5,000,000. 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: 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 subcontract 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 OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0171)

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