Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-16
EASTMAN KODAKS AND PHO. rOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. Schaller CTS Alaska Shop
INVITATION FOR BIDS

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Bureau of Public Roads. Juneau Alaska. April 2. 1929. Sealed Bids subject to the conditions contained herein. will be received until $500 o'clock A NJ May 10. 1929, and then publicly opened, for furnishing all labor and materials and per- forming all work for constructing the Crow Creek Ht~hway. Crow Creek-Cache Section. and resurfacing the Crow Creek Highway Girdwood-Crow Creek Section National For est Road nroieotsa located within the Gnu gaoh National Forest Territory of Alaska thlrd Judicial Division. The length of the section to be constructed is approximately IT'S miles The length of the section to be re- surfaced is approximately miles The prin- "ipal items of work are approximately as fol- lows: Clearing 9.6 Acres; Grubbing 54 Acres; ComrnoH Excavation 34OO Gu Yds Solid Rock Excavation 5400 Gu. Yds Un- classified Excavation for Structures 300 Gu Yds.: Crushed Rock Surfacing 4600 Gu Yds. Untreated timber 95 M Ft BM; Treated Timber 10.0 M Ft. BM.: 70 Span Timber Truss Span; Corrugated Metal Pipe (nest- able) 936 Lin. Ft.; Hand-laid Rock Enbank- ment 80 Gu. Yds. The contract form and the plans. specifications. special provisions and estimate of quantities may be examined and the Standard Questionnaires and Finan- cial Statement for Bidders secured by the prospective bidders at the following addresses. IT. S Bureau of Public Roads, 409 Goldstein
 
 Public Roads. Federal Building, Seward, AL aska Associated General Contractors Mutt nomah Hotel. Portland. Oregon: Associated General Contractors Arcade Building, Seat. tle, Washington: Associated General Con- tractors, Spokane Hotel, Spokane, Washing ton. Proposas will be received from capable and responsible contractors who niust subnait with their request for Standard Government Form of Bids and forms to be supplied 1 by the, District Engineer. an attested state ment of their experiences and financial sources. Standard Government form of Bid will be supplied only to contractors showing sufficient experience and financial resources to properly contruct the work contem plated. Where copies of plans requested, depo- sit of 5000 will be required to insure their return. If within IS 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: 5 percent of the amount of the bid. Per- formance bond will be required as follows: The amount of 100 percent of total contract price Performance will begin within IS calendar days after date of receipt of notice to proceed, and will be completed within 1So calendar days, from that date. Llquidated damages for delay will be the amount stated in the Special Provisions" for each caien- dar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted. Partial payments will De made as the work nrogresses work and m8reriai delivered if such work and material meets the approval of the contracting officer Arti- cle on patents will De made a part of the contract Bids must be submitted upon the Standard Government Form of Bid and the successful bidder will be required to execute the Standard Government Form of Contract l for Construction The right is reserved, as the interest of the Government may require to reject any and all bids, to waive any in formaty in bids received, and to accept or reject any items of any bid. unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation. Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked and addressed as follows: Bid for Road Improve n1ent, Crow Creek Highway, Crow Creek Cache Section and Girdwood-Crow Creek Re surfacing. to be opened May 10, 1929 at $500 o'clock A. M at 409 Goldstein Building, Ju- neau. Alaska, M. D. Williams, District En- gineer, Bureau of Public Roads.