Federal Highway Administration, Loudoun Tech Center, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Virginia

Y -- GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY PROJECT PRA/NPS GWMP 1A75,77 SOL DTFH71-97-R-00003 DUE 072197 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Contract Specialist Sue Stanton, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary L. Brown, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle This project will be procured utilizing a competitive negotiated process. Proposals from eligible business concerns will be accepted for the George Washington Memorial Parkway Project PRA/NPS-GWMP 1A75,77, in Fairfax County, Virginia. The project consists of the rehabilitation of the bridges over Dead Run and Turkey Run, including total replacement of the existing bridge decks with precast deck panels, and replacing the railing on the southbound Dead Run bridge, and on the northbound and southbound Turkey Run bridges. The work also includes hot asphalt concrete pavement placement, latex modified concrete overlay, stone masonry construction, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Replace bridge deck, 3,600 m2, including 42,000 kg of prestressing steel; Hot asphalt concrete pavement, 3,400 metric tons; Structural concrete (latex modified) for bridge deck overlay, 4,070 m2; Bridge railing, 690 m; and Stone masonry guardwall, Type 1, 560 m. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $2,500,000 to $5,000,000. Evaluation of the proposals will be based on, but will not be limited to: The offeror's price; construction methodology; estimated contract completion time; and past performance history on similar construction projects. Final criteria will be detailed in the request for proposal and contract booklet. Request for Proposal No. DTFH71-97-R-00003 to be issued on or about July 22, 1997. Plans, proposal and contract booklets, standard specifications, and other proposal 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 to verify availability of the proposal documents. All requests for proposal documents and planholder's lists will be mailed first class. It is strongly recommended that all requests for proposal documents and planholder's lists be received 7 calendar days before receipt of offers to ensure receipt of requested materials. Requests for 'faxing' or overnight mailing will not be accepted. Proposals due on or about August 20, 1997, at 2:00 pm, local time, at the Federal Highway Administration address listed above, Attn: Office of the Division Engineer. 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. (0183)

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