Milford chronicle., 1963-06-07
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

BY the state Highway Department
Of the State of Delaware at the Of
flee Of the Director Of Operations
(Room 2O2) in the Highway Admin
istration Building In Dover, Deia-
ware. until 200 p. n, E,D.S;T;;;
June rs, 1868, and thereafter shall
be publicly opened for a contract
Involving the following approx
CONTRACT NO. 1859
FederaI-aid Project No. F-26 l3)
BETHANY BEACH TO cLARkS-
SUSSEX COUNTY
5.o66 MILES
Widen Existing Pavement with s"
Plant Mix Asphalt Base Course &
% Travelway with 4"
Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete
Completion Date: so Working Days
Cost For Contract Documents-$15.00
LIS. Clearing and Grubbing
600 C.Y. Excavation
80 C.Y. Removal of Exist. Conc,
Msry.
40 C.Y. Excavation for Struc-
lures
$500 C.Y. Select Borrow
1850 Tons Hot Mix, Hot Laid
Asph. Conc. Pavement
$500 Gals. rel Asphalt
$500 Gals. RC-3 Asphalt
1900 sly. Coarse Aggregate
$50 sly. Patching Port. Gem.
Conc. Pavement
IA C.Y. Port. Gem. Conc. Ma
20 s.Y. Superficial Waterproof
ing
1850 Lbs. Bar Reinforcement
20 L.F. Is" r. G. Pipe
10 L.F. 49, r. c. Pipe
400 ST. 4" Port. Gem. Conc.
Ea. type 'Pw-BD-1" Catch
1,210 sly. Topsoil
OBS A. Seeding
225 L.F. Lateral Ditching
1.250 Tons Plant Mix Asph. Base
Course
LIS. Maintenance of Traffic
sss--sss
Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposals, the
specifications and the Contract A
greement.
The Provisions of the Federal-aid
Highway Act as amended are ap-
plicable to Federal-aid Projects.
Minimum wage rates have been
predetermined by the Department
of Labor and Industrial Relations
of the State of Delaware and are
set forth in the advertised specifi-
cations.
The employment agency for these
contracts shall be the Delaware
State Employment Service whose
offices are located at S01 West
Street, Wilmington, 135 South
Bradford Street, Dover, and North
Race Street, Georgetown.
Performance of contract shall
t1n lnAA
Monthly payments will be made
for ninety (90) percent of the con-
Istruction completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals
upon complete forms as provided
by the Department for bidding pur-
poses.
Each proposal must be accom-
panied by surety bond, certified
check, or money to the amount of
lat least ten Q0) percent of the
total amount OF the proposal.
The envelope containing the pro-
posal must be marked Proposal
for the construction of State High
lway Contract No..
The contracts will be awarded or
rejected within twenty (20) days
from the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject
lany or all bids.
Prospective bidders who have
been prequalified In accordance
with the requirements of the STAN
dard Specifications may obtain
contract documents from the High
way Department Office, Third
Floor, Administration Building,
Dover, Delaware, at the prices in
dicated for each contract. Addition
al copies Of proposals only may be
obtained at a cost of $500 per
copy. Contract Documents need not
be returned and no refunds will be
made.
Make checks payable to the Della
ware State Highway Department.
Address all requests for plans and
proposals to William J. Miller, Jr.,
director of Operations.
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
BY: N. Maxson Terry, Chairman
William J. Miller, Jr., Director
Of Operations
June A, 1863
Dover, Delaware e-T-at
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