The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-10
INVITATION FOR BIDS. U. s.

Department O1 ASrlculIule, Dui SeN |Aof Public Roads, Juneau, Alaska' August 8, 1892. SEALED BIDS, sup feet to the conditions contained herein, will be received until 9:oo a. m.. August IT, 1892, and then publicly opened, for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for reconstructing and nm.
 proving three trestles for overhead tramway and Hume crossings on the Glacier Highway, Juneau -Thane Section, National Forest Road Fro feet, located adjacent to the ron |. ass National Forest, First Judicial Division. Territory of Alaska. The length of the project to be recon structed and improved is approxl- mately 0294 mile and the prlnclpai items of work are approximately as follows: Unclassified Excavation 800 cubic yards Structure Excavation 195 cubic yards, Untreated Timber 25 5OM. it. BM., Class B Concrete $50 cubic yards, Structural Steel 5050O lbs. Removal of Old Trestle lump sum. The contract form ana the plans, specifications, speclal provisions and estimate of quantl- ties may be examined and the standard questionnaires and imam cial statement for bidders secured by the prospective bidders at the following addresses: U. s. Bureau of Public Roads, Federal & Ferr: Bldg, Juneau, Alaska; U. $. For est Service, Commercial Bldg, Ket- chikan, Alaska. Each bidder must submit with his bid, or previously, an attested statement of his busl- ness and technical organization Col the bidder) on forms to be supplied by the District Engineer, which IS available for the con te m plated work, including his financial re- sources, his highway construction experience and other construction experience, compared with the pro- feet bid upon The United States expressly reserves the right to re-
 feet any bid in which the facts as to business and technical or ganization, financial resources or construction experience, compared with the project bid upon, justify such rejection. The contractor VIII be required to state in hlS bld the lnininlum rate of wage per day to be paid common labor. The atten- ton of the bidder is directed to the special provisions covering suplet- ting or assigning of the contract. Where copies of plans are request- ed, a deposit of 5000 will be re- uuired to insure their return. II within fifteen (15) days after open ing bids plans are not returned, the deposit will be forfeited to the . Government. Guarantee will be re- uuired with each bid as follows: Eive (5%) per cent of the amount of the bid. Performance bond will be required as follows: In amount of 1OOR5 of the total contract price. Performance will begin within ten i1O) calendar days after date of notice to proceed and will be com pleted within sixty (60) 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 &ur accepted. Partial payments will be made on work and material de- liyered if such work and material meet the approval of the contract ing officer. Article on patents Will be made a part of the contract Bids must be submitted upon the Standard Government Form of Bio and the successful bidder will be required to execute the Standard Government Form of Contract TOT Construction. The right is reserved, as the interest of the Government 4inay require, to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in bids received, and to accept or re- feet any items of any bid, unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation. Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked, and as follows: Bid for Road Improve ment, Glacier Highway, Juneau Thane Trestles. To be opened August IT, 1882. at o'clock a. m., Federal and Terr. Bldg, Juneau, Alaska M. D. Williams, District sEngineer, U. s. Bureau of Public Roads,