Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-19
LEGAL NOTICES
INVITATION FOR BIDS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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 Bureau of Public Roads. Juneau,
 Alaska. August 8, 1927.
 SEALED BIDS, subject to the con- ditions contained herein, will be re- ceiyed until o'clock a. m., September 1, 1927, and then publicly opened, for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for reconstruc- tion and improving the Kenai Lake Highway, Reconstruction Bridges Sec tion, National Forest Road project located within or partly within the Chugach National Forest, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Division The length of the project to be reconstruct ed and improved is approximately 40 miles and the principal items of Work are approximately as follows: Un- classified EXcavation-6,SOO GU yds. Structure Excavation-4O GU. yds. Clearing and Grubbing-Lump amount. Overhaul-10,O00 Sta yds. Untreated Timber Trestles-S4 M. A. B. NJ. 102 in. Span Timber Trusses-2 Spans. Treated Timber Piling-4,100 Lin. 1t. Hand-laid Rock Embankment-35 Gu. yds. The contract form and the plans, specifications, special provisions, ana estimate of quantities may be exam 4a d by the prospective bidders at the following addresses. U. 5. Bureau of Public Roads, 409 Goldstein Bldg, Juneau, Alaska. U. s. Bureau of :, Public Roads, Federal Bldg, Seward, Associated General Contract ors, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore. Associated General Contractors, Spok- ane Hotel, Spokane, Wash Associat- ed General Contractors, Arcade Bldg, Seattle, Wash Where copies of plans are requested, deposit of 5000 will be required to insure their return. Ii within 15 days after opening of bids, plans are not returned, the deposit will be forfeited to the Government. Guarantee will be required with each bid as follows: Five (5) per cent of the amount of the bid. Performance bond will be required as follows: In amount of fifty (50) per cent of total contract price Performance shall begin within 10 calendar days after date of receipt of notice to proceed and shall be completed within 180 cal endar days from the date of receipt of said notice. Liquidated damages for delay will be the amount stated 1n Special Provisions" for each calen- dar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted. Partial pay ments will be made as the work pro- gresses on work and material deliver ed, if such work and material meets the approval of the contracting officer. Article on patents will be made part wf the contract. Bids must be sub- mitted upon the Standard Government Form of Bids and the successful bid der will be required to execute the Standard Government Form of Con-. tract for Construction. The right Is reserved, as the interest of the Gov ernment may require, to reject any and all bids, to waive any informal1ty in bids received, and to accept or re ject any item of any bid, unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation. Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked, and addressed as fol- lows: Bids for Road Improvement, Kenai Lake Highway, Reconstruction Bridges, 409 Goldstein Bldg, Juneau, Alaska To be opened September l, 1927, at 9:00 o'clock a. m. M. D. Will Hams, Acting District Engineer, U. $. Bureau of Public Roads.
 NOTE:-See Standard Government Instructions to Bidders and copy of the Standard Government Form of q Contract, Bid Bond, and Performance Bond, which may be obtained upon ap- plication.>