The Nome nugget., 1962-05-18
INVITATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS
 STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT or HIGHWAYS

DEPARTMENT or HIGHWAYS Sealed proposals in single copy will be received in the office of the Commis- sioner of Highways, 20. Box l341, Ju- neau, Alaska until 1f:00 am, PST, June T, 1862, at which time they will be publicly opened and read in the Com- missioner's office, Island Center Build- ing, Douglas, Alaska, for the purpose of awarding contract for the construction of Project Sp-4009, Teller-Lost River Haul Road, described as follows: Con- structing a haul road suitable for two way traffic by trucks hauling ore, or other heavy loads, frcm the end of the spit on the north side of Grantley Har- Dor to the air strip at the mouth of Lost River, all on the Seward Peninsula and near Teller, Alaska. The length of haul road to be constructed is approxi- maIely twenty-six f26l miles. All con- struction work shall be completed on CT before October |, 1863.
 The State of Alaska will not furnish plans or specifications for the proposed construction of said road. except that the following minimum standards must be maintained:
 (I) No grades in excess of ten llo)
 ,s-::s sss altered
 (25 No radius on any curve shall be
 less than two hundred forty (240}
 feet Approximately 24ol.
 f3) The m n m Il m shoulder to
 siss,tiSsaEsizz ..: s;s ...e 9izaished IQ8QWdy HIQSt 0S t4t@ A<<oo @t4dAA
 twelve f121 feet, and in addition
 turn-0uts must be provided giving
 an additional twelve (12) feet of
 width At least one of these turn
 outs, one hundred fIO0l feet long,
 will be provided for each half mile
 section of roadway.
 (4) Blackslopes must be constructed
 to prevent undue erosion or dam
 age to the road.
 f5) No fill slopes sleeper than one
 and one-half to one uh:D will f6) bitches adequate to prevent
 water from running across the
 finished road way will be con-
 structed.
 CD The route shall be so located
 that it is not exposed to damage
 by storms and surf action from
 tidal waters.
 (8) The finished haul road shall be
 in such condition that single axle
 five-ton capacity trucks can use the
 facility while fully 0 aded and
 without tire css1aaras, and such traf-
 fic can pass throughout it's entire
 length while the roedbed is con-
 pletely thaWed The choice of ma
 ttsrials 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. in effect. be responsible for the location Of the route, and the design and con- struction of the roadway. subject to the minimum standards outlined above, and without direct supervision by the De- partment of Highways engineering staff. A bid guaranty is required with each proposal in the sum not less than ten t10) per cent of the total amount bid for the work. Such bid guaranty shall be in the form of Bank Draft, Cashiers Check, Certified Check, Money Order or Hid Bond, payable to the State of Alaska If the bidder fails to accompany his proposal with the required bid guar aT1ty. hfs bid will not be read or other wise considered Photographic notification of execution of bid bond does not meet the above requirements of a bid security accompanying bid.
 The right is reserved by the Commls- sioner to reject any or all bids, to ad- vertise for new bids, to do the work otherwise or to abandon the work If in the judgment of the Commissioner, the best interests of the State will be served thereby.
 Additional information may be obtain ed from the Commissioners, Department of Highways, 20. Box 1841, Juneau
 D. E. Mc1SInssoN, F. Fl,
 Commissioner of Highways Pub: May IA, 16, IS, l962.