The Nome nugget., 1962-05-16


 INVITATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS
 STATE or ALASKA
 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Sealed proposals in single copy will be received in the office of the Commits sioner of Highways, 20. Box 1841, Ju- neau, Alaska until 10:00 ann, PST, June ', 1862, at which time they will be publicly opened and read in the Com. missioner's office. Island Center Build :s..s :s..sss, Douglas, Alaska, for the purpose oi awarding a contract for the construction of Project SP-4009, Teller-Lost River HaSiI Toad, described as follows: Con structing haul road suitable for two way traffic by trucks hauling ore. ol other heavy loads, from the end of the spit on the north side of Grantley liar. Dor to the air strip at the mouth o1 Lost River, all on the Seward Peninsula and near Teller, Alaska. The length o1 haul road to be constructed is approxi- nately twenfy-six f26) miles. All con- struction work shall be completed or or before October l. 1863.
 The State of Alaska will not furnish plans or specifications for the proposed construction of said road, except thai the following minimum standards must be maintained:
 fI) No grades in excess of ten t101
 per cent will be allowed.
 
 less than two hundred forty f240)
 feet Approximately 24e1.
 f31 The m l n 1 m Il m shoulder to
 shoulder width of the finished
 roadway must be not less than
 twelve f12) feet. and in addition
 tnrn-outs must be provided giving
 an additional twelve f12) feet of
 width At least one of these turn
 outs, one hundred t1O0J feet long,
 will be provided for each half mile
 section If roadway.
 fN Blackslopes must be constructed
 to prevent undue erosion or dam
 age to the road.
 (5l No fill slopes sleeper than one
 and one-half to one uia:1l will
 be allowed.
 f6l Ditches adequate to prevent
 water from running across the
 finished road way will be con-
 structed.
 i7l The route shall be so located
 that 1t is not exposed to damage
 by storms and surf action from fa1 The finished haul road shall be
 in such condition that single axle
 five-ton capacity trucks can use the
 facility while fully load 2 and
 without tire chains, and such traf-
 fic can pass throughout its entire
 length while che roadbed is com
 p1etely thawed The choice of ma-
 terials to be used for the road shall
 be at the discretion of the con-
 tractor as long as the above con-
 ditions are fulfilled.
 The contractor who engages to per form the above described work will, h effect, be responsible for the location of the route, and the design and con struction of the roadway, subject to tn minimum standards outlined above, ans without direct supervision by tho De parfment of Highways enginc<sssssss ss.sxf bid guaranty IS required with eacI proposal in the sum not less than ter (1O] per cent of the total amount bi< for the work. Such bid guaranty she1 be in the form of Bank Draft, Cashier Cheek. Certified Check, Money 0rde1 or Bid Bond, payable to the State q Alaska. If the bidder fails to accompany his proposal with the required bid guar. anty. his bid will not be read or other ssssse considered. Photographic modification Of execution of bid bond does not mee the above requirements of bid security accompanying a bid.
 The right is reserved by the Conmis sioner to reject any or all bids, to ad- vertiSe for new bids, to do the worf otherwise. or to abandon the work, | in the judgment of the Commissioners the best interests of the State will bt served thereby
 Additional information may be obtain ed from the Commissioner, Department of Highways, 20. Box 1841, Juneau Alaska.
 D. E. McKINNON. F. Fl,
 Commissioner of Highways Pub: May IA, l6s IS, 1862