The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-24
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 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-
 prcximately as follows: Clearing
 3.5 Acres; Grubbing 20 Acres; Un-
 classified Excavation $500 Gu. u.Yds;
 Unclassified Borrow l1.400 Cu.Yds;
 CuY Yds: Crushed Rock, top course
 1,250 u.Yds; Untreated Timber 335 M Ft. BM.; Treated Timber
 20.5 M. F't. B.M; Corrugated Metal
 Pipe 268 Limit; Treated Filling L.
 300 Limit; 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 ard Financial State-
 ment for Bidders secured by the
 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
 ors, 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-
 ton. Where copies of plans ara requested, deposit of 5000 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 forfeit ed by 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 100so of the total
 contract price. Performance will
 begin within ten (10) calendar
 days after date of receipt of notic0 to proceed. and will be completed with One Hundred u00) 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 slic- 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 t9 o'clock A. M March 28, 1881, Federal & Territorial Bldg, Juneau.
 Alaska. M D. Williams, District
 Engineer, U. s. Bureau of Public Dpodc 7l