Milford chronicle., 1948-11-05
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
DELAWARE CROSSING DIVISION
THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
CONTACT Mo

CON TRACT NO. 8
approach Piers and ANCHORAGE Block
sealed proposals for construction n
! tAppIOdch Piers and AnchOraga TEIocI1
Ioi The Delaware Memorial Rri6,,n'
oHeI Ihe Delaware River near XVn
b,, b,t''7 I'll DelaWare, will be receive,
~ the Delaware State Highway no
/ PdIInehJ at the office of the Director
| DSidWafe Crossing Division. Continan
iaI American Building NVilp1ingto,,
/ teIa ware until II o'clock noon. IS9 g
/ IeIn standard time. November 90. 1919
/ ba i(,CiIG;Jy TIGlJy thereafter proposals will
/ HHSS ~ PuDicly opened and read i'm IN,
/ Hall. p 'oH CllS
/ Ire work will he let either car undo,
4 single contract for the entire (vorIF
/ contract No. 3; or (b) under fo1t,. 80,
arate contracts. C0ntract a 70, fo, HTP- ., r.
approach River Piers, Contract No RI
lot tue West Approach Land piars
contract No &c for the East ADDro9cI
41dhd IIerS and Contract No. Sd for
me me anchorage Blocks; or (c) under
certain combinations of two or more nj
these four contracts. -
ne ehIlre work involves the follow
ing approximate Quantities.
CONTRACT NO. 3
THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL.
BRIDGE
Concrete i'm Bases 10 QOO ~, I'd.
Concrete i'm Shafts II O00 -, 80 -
Concrete in Anchorage vs.
cronith biGfhs w.. $4,000 Gu. yds.
Reinforcing Steel 3570 O00 Ihc
Untreated Timber Piles 245. OO0 lin f.
Treated Timber Piles "a, 700 lin Fl
Test Piles % '''' IT,
Test Pile Castings A30 III, e.
Pile Load Tests
Pile Shoes . 2o0
Sand BackfH . fO0 On, Vi.
Setting Anchorage
Metalwork 1,7OO,OOO lbs.
Work on Contracts Nos "A 2R and
~ Shall begin promptly after eXccu-
Iloh OF the contract and ON. Contract
NO. 81 promptly after the cOmploti0u
oI the anchorage foundations The var
louS parts shall be completed on or be-
ing schedule:
Contract No. 3A Approach River
C,o,,t5!.S.+ tSas ~. on December 1, 1919
Contract No. &c East Approach '''
Contract No. BID Anchorage Blocks
EaSt Anchorage Block ID April /. 1850
Entire Contract lime iQS0
Monthly payments will be made for
ninety (9O) per cent of the construction
completed each month.
bidders must submit DrODOSaIs 11DO1,
torms provided by the Department
zach proposal must be ACCOMPANIED
by an acceptable surety bond or cprti-
ned check to the amount of at least
ten (lO) per cent of the total amount
OF the proposal Where proposals are
submitted for more than one contract
single bond or check based on the
largest amount of work which the Con-
tractor Will accept will he sufficient
The contract will be awarded or pro-
DOS1lS re- ipcfad wit him tyVapt,y fOOA d.
from the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids
The Plans and Specifications and
other contract documents may be eX-
amlned at the office of the Director
Delaware Crossing Division, and at the
office OF the Engineers. Howard, Nee
dies Tammen Il BergcndOtf, 50 Liberty
Street New York 5. N. Y One com
plete set OF the Plans and two copies
OF the Specifications may be obtained
from the Engineers after October q,
1913 upon payment of $4,000 Any pros
pectiVe bidder who has made such a
deposit may secure extra blueprint
copies of the Plans upon payment of 50
cents per drawing, and extra copies Of
the Specifications upon payment of
$500 per copy
All Plans and Specifications shall he
returned to the Engineers. and on such
return $1,000 of the above payment will
ne feIuHueu. NO feIund VIII he made
out OF payments for extra prints of the
Plans. Full refund of deposit will be
made out Of payments for extra copies
of the Specifications. All such refunds
will be made only upon return of the
documents within 10 days after the
opening of proposals.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
BY: f. Y. DUPONT, Chairman
w. w. Mack, Director
Delaware Crossing Division
Wilmington, Delaware
October u, 1913. n5-n19-2t