THIS ACTION IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TOTAL HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (Details Below). Prime Contractors who are HUBZone small businesses and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation MUST submit the following by e-mail to CFLContracts @fhwa.dot.gov or by telefax to 720-963-3360 for receipt by close of business(4:30 p.m. local Denver time) on March 1, 2005; (1) a positive statement of your intention to submit a bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor; (2) date of HUBZone small business certification (must be obtained prior to date of this synopsis); (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, and dollar amounts. 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. PROJECT DETAILS: This project will consist of grading, drainage, asphalt surfacing, bridge replacement on 3.32 miles of roadway for TX RRP ANAH 10(1), Anahuac Entrance Road, in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Area, Chambers County, State of Texas. Estimated price range is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This project contains one schedule and two options. Principal work items include: 28 ea drainage structure survey and staking; 6.6 mi grade finishing stakes; 16 ea approach road survey and staking; 3.4 mi roadway cross section survey; lump sum contractor testing; 11,220 ln ft silt fence; 1,000 mgal watering for dust control; 20 ac clearing and grubbing; 2,540 cu yd subexcavation; 36,000 cu yd unclassified borrow; 31,000 tons aggregate base; 8,900 tons hot asphalt concrete pavement class B, grading C or 3, type 1 pavement smoothness; 600 tons asphalt cement grade PG 65-10; 65 tons prime coast grade CM-70; 734 sq yd plain portland cement concrete pavement, 6-inch depth; 435 ln ft precast prestressed concrete piles, in place; 404 sq yd vinyl sheet piles, in place; 27 cu yd structural concrete, class a; 8 ea precast, prestressed concrete structural members, Texas box boom, 4B20; 645 ln ft pipe culvert, corrugated metal, various size; 6,600 cu yd placing conserved topsoil 24,350 sq ft pavement markings, Type H; along with associated removal of structures, fencing, and traffic control. 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 $750,000 with interest at prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information and applicable forms concerning the Bonding Assistance Program and/or the STLP, please call (800) 532-1169.

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