Smyrna times., 1950-06-01
THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
CONTRACT NO. ANCHORAGE
TOPS AND CONCRETE DECK

TOPS AND CONCRETE DECK
/. Sealed proposals for construction of
THE Delaware Memorial BRIDGE over YER
the Delaware River near Wilmington,
Delaware, will be received by the Della
ware State Highway Department at the
office of the Director, Delaware Crossing
Division. Continental American Building,
wilmington. Delaware. until IL o'clock
noon. Eastern Daylight Saving Time
I'll 100 A. M. Eastern Standard Tme),
June Is, 1850. Immediately thereafter
proposals will be publicly opened and
read in the Council Chamber, Whining
ton City Hall.
The work will be let either (a) under
a single contract for the entire work,
Contract No. Z or (b) under two sepa-
rate contracts; Contract No. IA for the
Anchorage Tops and Contract No. 7B for
the Concrete Deck and incidental work.
The entire work involves the follow
ing approximate quantities
CONTRACT NO.
THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE
Concrete in Deck Slab 1880 Gu, yds.
Concrete in Bridge APP
proach Slab 100 Gu. yds.
Concrete in Abutments 40 Gu. yds.
Concrete in Anchorage
Blocks 14,500 Gu. yds.
Reinforcing Steel 3,240,O00 lbs.
Structural Steel 803, 900 lbs.
LDimensioned Stone Ma
sonry and Coping 260 Gu. ft.
Work on Contract IA shall begin as
lsoon as the completion of the preceding
anchorage contracts and the erection of
the steel work in the suspended spans
Twill allow and work on Contract 7B shall
begin promptly after the execution of
this Contract. They shall be completed
in accordance with the following schedule
Deck slab on east approach
spans November l. 1850
Deck slab on west approach
spans November Is, 1850
Concrete in anchorage blocks
except anchor chamber
| closures March 1, 1851
Entire contract May 15, 1851
Monthly payments will be made fol-
completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by an acceptable surety bond or certified
check to the amount of at least ten (10)
per cent of the total amount of the pro
posal. Where proposals are submitted fol
.more than one Contract a single bond OF
check, based on the largest amount oi
work which the bidder will accept, will
De Su1nclenL.
The Contract will be awarded or pro
lposals rejected within twenty (20) day:
lfrom the date of opening proposals. The
fright is reserved to reject any or al
bids.
| The Plans and Specifications and othei
contract documents may be examined a
the office of the Director, Delaware Cross
ling Division, and at the office of the En-
fgineers Howard, Needles, Tammen 9
Bergendoff, 55 Liberty Street, New Yorl
S, N. Y. One complete set of the Planl
and two copies of the Specifications ma,
be obtained from the Engineers aftei
May 15, 1850 upon payment of $4,000
Any prospective bidder who has mad,
such deposit may secure extra blue
Eprint copies of the Plans upon paymen
of SO cents per drawing, and extra copie
of the Specifications upon payment o.
$500 per copy.
All Plans and Specifications shall b,
returned to the Engineers, and on sucl
lreturn $1,000 of the above payment will
be refunded. No refund will be made ou
of payments for extra prints of tn
Plans. Full refund of deposit will b
made out of payments for extra copie
Gof the specifications. All such refund
will be made only upon return of tn
documents within 10 days after the open
ing of proposals.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
II By: J. Gordon Smith, Chairman
w. w. Mack, Director,
Delaware Crossing Division
Wilmington, Delaware
May 4, 1850