The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-25
Invitation for Bids

United States Department of Ag-
 riculture, Bureau of Public Roads,
 Juneau, Alaska, February 21, 1881.
 Sealed Bids subject to the condi-
 tions contained herein, will be re-
 ceived until g o'clock A. M, March
 28, 1881, and then publicly opened,
 for furnishing all labor and mater
 ials and performing all work for
 reconstructing and improving the
 Glacier Highway, Switzer Bridge
 Rocky Point Section, National For-
 est Project, located within and ad- jacent to the Tongass National For est, First Judicial Division, Terri tory of Alaska. The length of the project to be reconstructed is ap- proximately 1925 miles and the principal items of work are ap- proximately as follows: Clearing 3.5 Acres, Grubbing 20 Acres; Un- classified Excavation $500 Cu.Yds: Unclassified Borrow 11,400 Gu. .Yds; Crushed Rock, bottom course, 2,6OO l CuYds; Crushed Rock, top course 1,250 Cu.Yds; Untreated Timber 33.5 M. Ft. BM.; Treated Timber 20.5 M. Ft. BM; Corrugated Metal
 Pipe 268 Limit; Treated Filing l. 300 Lin.Ft.; Log Corduroy 1,500 Lin. Ft. The contract form and the plans, specifications, special provis- ions and estimate of quantities may be. examined and the Standard Questionnaires and Financial State- ment for Bidders secured by tho prospective bidders at the following addresses: US. Bureau of Public Roads, Federal & Territorial Bldg, Juneau, Alaska; US. Forest Service, Commercial Bldg, Ketchikan, Alas ka; Associated General Contractors, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore gon; Associated General Contract
 CTS, Arcade Bldg, Seattle, Wash
 ington; Associated General Con-
 tractors, Spokane Hotel, Spokane, Washington. Each bidder must sub-
 init with his bid. or previously, an attested statement of his busi-
 ness and technical organization (of
 the bidder), on forms to be supplied
 by the District Engineer, which is
 available for the contemplated work.
 including his financial resources and
 his highway construction experi- ence, and other construction experi-
 ence, compared with the project bid
 upon. The United States expressly
 reserves the right to reject any bid in which the facts as to busi-
 ness and technical organization, financial resources, or construction
 experience, compared with the pro-
 ject bid upon, justify such rejec-
 tion. Where copies of plans are
 requested, deposit of $10.00 will be required to insure their return
 If within fifteen 016 days afts
 opening of bids, plans are not re-
 turned, the deposit will be forfeit
 ed by the Government. Guarantee
 will be required with each bid as
 follows: Five t5T) per cent of the amount of the bid Performance
 bond will be required as follows:
 In amount of 100ee of the total
 contract price Performance will
 begin within ten Q0) calendar days after date of receipt of notice
 to proceed, and will be completed with One Hundred (100) calendar days from that date. Liquidated damages for delay will be the amount stated in the Special Pro- visions" for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted Partial payments will . be made as the work progresses on work and material delivered if such work and material meet the ap-
 proval of the contracting officer.
 Article on patents will be made a part of the contract. Bids must be
 submitted upon the Standard Gov ernment Form of Bid and the suc-
 cessful bidder will be required to
 execute the Standard Government Form of Contract for Construction.
 The right is reserved, as the inter est of the Government may require,
 to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in bids received,
 and to accept or reject any items
 of any bid, unless such bid is Quali-
 fled by specific limitation. Envel-
 opes containing bids must be seal
 ed, marked, and addressed as fol-
 lows: Bid for Road Improvement,
 Glacier Highway. Switzer Bridge
 Rocky Pt. Section to be opened at
 o'clock A. M. March 28, 1881.
 Federal & Territorial Bldg, Juneau,
 Alaska. M. D. Williams, District
 Engineer. U. s. Bureau of Public