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

Y -- BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY PROJECT PRA-BLRI 1G24,H13 SOL DTFH71-97-B-00025 DUE 090497 POC Contact for verifying availibility of bidding documents: Contract Specialist Sue Stanton, 703-285-0006; Contact for technical information: Engineering Coordinator, Gary Brown, 703-285-0075; Contracting Officer, Mary W. Daigle This procurement is 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. Blue Ridge Parkway Project PRA-BLRI 1G24,H13, in Amherst County, Virginia, consists of the rehabilitation of Bluff Mountain Tunnel at Milepost 53, slope stabilization at Milepost 66.5, and other miscellaneous work. Principal items of work and approximate quantities are as follows: Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement: 475 Metric Tons; Shotcrete, 50mm Depth: 275 m2; Drainage Chase: 96 m; Paved Waterway: 285 m2; Horizontal Drain Pipe: 288 m. The project is expected to fall within the price range of $500,000 to $1,000,000. Invitation for Bids No. DTFH71-97-B-00025 to be issued on or about August 5, 1997. 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 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. Bid opening on or about September 4, 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. (0199)

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