Milford chronicle., 1947-12-12
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,
1947 Immediately thereafter propos-
ais will be publicly opened and read in
Court Room No. g. 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.
IA for the West Anchorage Founda-
ton, Contract No. 2B for the Tower
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 a single
contract for the entire work, Contract
No. 2.
The entire work involves the follow
ing approximate quantities.:
CONTRACT NO. 2
THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE
Tower Pier Caissons-
Displacement $1,000 Gu. yds.
Anchorage Caissons-
Displacement $4,000 Gu. yds.
Concrete
exclusive of Caissons $4,000 Gu. yds.
Reinforcing Steel
Exclusive of CaisSons 3,200 900 lbs.
Granite Masonry $4,000 Gu. #.
Performance of contract shall begin
promptly after execution of the con-
tract and shall be completed in ac-
cordance with the following schedule:
/ West Anchorage Foundation-June /,
West Tower Pier-February l, 1949
East Tower Pier-May l, 1949
East Anchorage Foundation-M March /,
1949.
ninety (90) per cent of the censtruc-
ti0n completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied
!, by an acceptable surety bond or GER
ten (10) per cent of the total amount
of the proposal. Where proposals are
submitted for more than one contract
a single bond or check based on the
largest amount of work which tbs
Contractor will accept will be sufi-
cient
The contract win 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 anC
other contract documents may be ex
amined at the Office of the Director
Delaware Crossing Division. and q
3 the office Of the Engineers, Howard
Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, 5
Liberty Street, New York 5. N. Y
One complete set of the Plans and tw'
copies of the Specifications may be OBJ
tanned from the Engineers after No
venber II, 1947 upon payment o
$4,000 Any prospective bidder VIII
has made such a deposit may secur
y extra blueprint copies of the Plan
upon payment of 80 cents per drawing
and extra copies of the Specification
upon payment of $500 per copy.
All Plans and Specifications shall b
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 extr
prints of the Plans. Full refund G
: deposit will be made out of payment
for extra copies of the Specifications
All such refunds will be made onl
upon return of the documents prompt
] ly after the opening of proposals.
. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
BY: +. V. dupont. Chairman
Eugene Reyb0ld. Director
Delaware Crossing Division
Wilmington, Delaware
October 81, l947. n2l-d12-s