Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-25
LEGAL NOTICE
INVITATION FOR BIDS

United States Department of Agriculture
 Bureau of Public Roads. Juneau Alaska. May 17th, 1929. Sealed bids subject to the 'onditions contained herein, will be received until o'clock A. RI. June 27th 1929 and then publicly opened for Furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for constructing and improving the Eenai River Highway. Schooners Bend Bridge Section h tiona' Forest R0ad Project located within the Chugach National Forest. Territory of AL ka, Third Judicial Division. The length of the project to De constructed and improved $ approximately 0.53 miles and the principal ,fems~<of work are auprovina tely as follows: Clearing 25 acres Grabbing Is acres; C0m- raon excavation 3100 cu yds.; Solid Rock Ex- cayation $50 GU. vds.; Unciassified Excavation for Structures e0 yds.: Finishing 0.53 miles: Untreated Timber 11.0 M Ft. BM; Treated Timber 9.5 IA Ft. RIM; 122' Timber Truss l Span; Corr. Metal Pipe (nestabIe) 96 Lin Ft.; Treated Timber Filing 900 Lin. Ft 1; Hand Laid Rock Embankment 25 cn. yds. The contract form and the plans. specifications. sfeciai provisions, and estimate of quantities may he examined and the standard Question raires and Financial Statement for Bidders secured by the prospective Bidders at the fol-
 owing addresses: U. S. Buraus of Public Roads, 4oS Goldsten Building. Juneau, All sska; U s. Bureau of Public Roads, Federal Building, Seward, Alaska; Associated Gen. eral Contractors, MultnOmah Hotel, Portland
 Oregon; Associated General Contractors, Arcade Building, Seattle, Washington; As sociated General Contractors Spokane Hotel Spokane Washington. Proposals will be re- teiyed from canable and responsible contract Ors who must submit with their request for Standard Government form of Bid, and on forms to be supplied by the District Engineer
 ar attested statement of their experiences and financial resources. Standard Government form of bid will be supplied only to contract showing sufficient experience and finan- cial resources to properly construct the work contemplated. Where copies of plans are re- uuested deposit of S1O00 will be required to insure their return. If within fifteen Q5) days after opening of bids, plans are not re- turned the deposit will be forfeited to the Government. Guarantee will be required with each bid as follows: Five (5) percent of the amount of the bid. Performance bond will he required as follows: In amount of 100 per- cent of total contract price. Performance will begin within ten IO) calendar days after date of receipt of notice to proceed and will be completed within one hundred twenty (l2O) calendar .days from that date. Liquidated damages for delay will be the amount stated III the Special Provisions for each calendar day of delay until the work IS completed or a aaceDted Partial payments will be made as the work progresses work, and material delivered, if such work and material meet the approval of the contracting officer. Article o, patents will be made part of the con- tract. Bids must be submitted upon the Standard Government Form of Bid and the succe ssful bidder will be required to execute the Standard Government Form of Contract for Construction. The right is reserved, as the interest of the Government may require, to re- ject any and all bids, to waive any informant ty in bids received, and to accept TO reject any items of any bid, unless such bid is quail flied by specific limitaton. Envelopes con taining bids must be sealed marked. and ad- dressed as follows: Bids for Road improve- ment, Kena River Highway, Schooners Bend Bridge Section, to be opened June 27, 1929 at 3 o'clock A. M. at 409 Goldstein Building, Juneau Alaska M. D. Williams, District En- g neer, Bureau of Public Roads.