The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-08
Invitation For Bids

U. 5. Department Of Agr1cul-
 ture, Bureau of Public Roads, Ju-
 neau, Alaska, March 5, 1928.
 Sealed bids, subject to the condi-
 tions contained herein, will be
 received until $500 o'clock A. M. April 12, 1928, and then publicly opened. for furnishing all labor
 and materials and performing all work for constructing and im- proving the Petersburg Highway, Scow Bay-Canpery Section, Ma tiOnal Forest Road project, To- cated within Or partly within the Tongass National Forest, Terri tory of Alaska, First Judicial
 Division The length of the pro- iect to be constructed and i'm
 proved is Approximately 2.6S
 miles and the principal items of
 work are. approximately as fol- lows: Cle@ihe. 16,0 acres; Grub
 vatiDn. $500 cu. yds. Solid Rock
 Excavation. 70O % eli. yds.; Unclassi- fled Excavation for Structures, $50 |cu. yds. Overhaul, 5000 sta. yds; Fine Grading, 2.6S miles; Gravel,
 top course, 52O0 GU. yds.; Supple
 mental Gravel, 750 cu. yds; Un-
 treated Timber Trestle. 12.5 mft.
 NIB; Log Cribbing.. 1850 sd. it.;
 Corrugated Metal Pipe, 1890 Lin.
 it.; Log Corduroy, 800 Lin. Ft.
 The contract form and the plans, |specificati0nS, special provisions, and estimate of quantities may be examined and Standard Ques- |tiounaffes and Financial State merit for Bidders secured by the prospective bidders at the fol-
 lowing addresses: U. s. Bureau of
 Public Roads, 400 Goldstein
 Building. Juneau, Alaska; Asso- ciated General Contractors, Mutt
 nomah Hotel Portland, Oregon; Associated General Contractors, Arcade Building, Seattle. Wash ington: Associated General Con- tractors, spokane Hotel, Spokane, Washington. Where copies of
 plans are requested; a deposit of $10.0O will be required to insure theyr return. IF Within tS 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 fotIows: per cent |of the amount of the bid. Per formance bond will be required as follOws: In amount of 100 per cent of total contract price. Per |formance wlfT begin within 10 call |end6r, days after date of receipt of notice to proceed and will be |coni pleted within 1SO calendar
 working days from that date. Liauid ated dainates for delay will be the amount stated In the Special Provfsions'' for each call endar day of delay until the work |ts completed or accepted. Partial |tayments will be made as the Wofk pr0gYeases on work and ma teriSl delivered, fk such work an]l
 msfefial meets fke approval Of
 the cof1tractin6 officer. Article on |bateritb Wirrs be ruAde a part of
 the contract. Bid6s must be sub |mitted upon the Staqdard Gov |eriiment Form pf Bid and the
 successful bidders VIII ste required |yO execute tu8 St8uuQ90 OOycEu-
 lnef{t Form of C0ntract for Con-
 StfjI1tion The ri8ht is reserved,
 as the interest of the Government
 may require, to reject any and
 All bids, to waive any inf0rmality
 jn bias received, and to accept or Pej1ct any ttelnb of any bid, lin-
 it1f such bid is qualified by spec il&1imitation Envelopes contain
 !n siaf @st es sssi @a'5kss '5 ss,
 Rond Iinproybihsnt, Petersburg
 I4i6hway, scoW Bay -Candery Sec
 tio1l. to Do opened Aprif 11, 1928, |Af 3: CD o'cl04k "A Ms 409 Gold
 ptela Bui l4itt. @pnoau, Alaska.
 '. I'D. WilIiatlG bfetict Engineer,
 Bureau of Publis Roeda.