Milford chronicle., 1947-11-21
THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed proposals for construction of
Tower Piers and Anchorage Founda
tions for THE Delaware Memorial
Bridge" over the Delaware River near
Wilmington, Delaware, will be receiv-
ed by the Delaware State Highway
Department at the office of the Direc-
tor. Delaware Crossing Division, Con-
tinental American Building, Whining
ton. Delaware, until IL o'clock noon,
Eastern Standard Time, December IL,
ais will be publicly opened and read in
Court Room No. 2, County Court
House, which is on King Street .di-
rectly opposite the office of the Direc-
tor.
Two tower piers and foundations for
two anchorages are to be built The
work will be let either (a) under
three separate contracts. Contract No.
"a for the West Anchorage Founda-
ton, Contract No. 2B for the Tower
Piers and Contract No. &C for the
East Anchorage Foundation; or (b)
under two contracts, one of which is
for Contract No. "a, 2B or &c alone
with the remaining work under a
single contract; or (c) under single
contract for the entire work, Contract
No. g.
The entire work involves the follow
ing approximate quantities:
CONTRACT NO. 2
.tT1E DEEAWAnE NJ EmOhiAE
BRIDGE
Tower Pier Caissons-
Displacement $1,000 Gu. yds
/ Anchorage Caissons-
| Displacement 135, 1000 Gu. yds
Concrete
exclusive of Caissons $4,000 GU yds
Reinforcing Steel
Exclusive of Caissons 5000, 900 lbs
Granite Masonry $4,000 Gu. #
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promptly after execution of the con-
tract and shall be completed in ac-
cordance with the following schedule
West Anchorage Foundation-June /
1949
West Tower Pier-Eebruary I, 1s49
East Tower Pier-May 1, 1949
East Anchorage Foundation-March l
/ 1949.
Monthly payments will be made fol
ninety 600 per cent of the conStruc-
/ tion completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upor
forms provided by the Department
Each proposal must be accompanied
by an acceptable surety bond or Ger
! titled check to the amount of at leas
ten (10) per cent of the total amoun
of the proposal Where proposals ar,
submitted for more than one contrac
a single bond or check based on th'
| largest amount of work which tn
Contractor will accept will be sufh
i cient
/ The contract will be awarded or pro
posals rejected within twenty GO
days from the date of opening pro
poSals. The right is reserved to re
ject any or all bids.
The Plans and Specifications an
other contract documents may be eX
amined at the office of the Director
Delaware Crossing Division, and a
the office of the Engineers, Howard
Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, 3
Liberty Street, New York 5, N.
One complete set of the Plans and tw
. copies of the Specifications may be oh
tanned from the Engineers after No
!, vember II. 1947 upon payment c
$4,000 Any prospective bidder VIII
has made such a deposit may secur
, extra blueprint copies of the Plan
upon payment of so cents per drawing
and extra copies of the Specification
upon payment of $500 per copy.
| All Plans and Specifications shall h
, returned to the Engineers, and o
such return $1,000 of the above pay
+, ment will be refunded. No refund Wi
] be made out of payments for eXtT
. prints of the Plans. Full refund {
deposit will be made out of payment
for extra copies of the Specification
All such refunds will be made onl
upon return of the documents prompt
ly after the opening of proposals
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMEN
s By: +. V. DUPONT, Chairman
Eugene Reybold, Director
Delaware Crossing Division
. Wilmington, Delaware
! October 81, l947 MI -dl2-