PROJECT DETAILS: This project will consist of grading, drainage and asphalt surfacing on 6.145 kilometers of roadway on CA PFH 114-1(1), Hyampom Road, in Shasta Trinity National Forest, Trinity County, California. The estimated price range is between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000. This project contains one schedule and two options. It is the intent of the Government to award the schedule along with one of the options for surfacing. Option X is for 6,900 metric tons of superpave pavement, along with antistrip additive. Option Y is for 6,900 metric tons of hot asphalt concrete pavement, along with antistrip additive. Both options include an incentive. Principal work items on the schedule include: 6.256 km of slope, reference, and clearing and grubbing stakes; lump sum retaining wall survey and staking; 6.145 km of roadway cross sections survey and staking; 12.51 km of grade finishing stakes survey and staking; lump sum contractor testing; 5,200 m of silt fence soil erosion control; 7,800 m of sediment wattle soil erosion control; 50,000 m3 of watering for dust control; 14.00 ha of clearing and grubbing; 94,000 m3 of roadway excavation; 2,000 m3 of select borrow; 740 m2 of shoring and bracing; 1,500 m3 of placed riprap (various class); 6,000 m3 of special rock embankment; 800 m3 of rock buttress; 625 m3 of galvanized or aluminized coated gabions; 3,200 m2 of welded wire face mechanically stabilized earth wall; 25,500 metric tons of aggregate base (material incentive); 10 each concrete headwalls; 755 m of pipe culvert (various mm); 1,556 m of pipe culvert with baffles and bulkhead (various mm); 35 each CALTRANS inlets; 590 m standard underdrain system; 5,910 m of 200mm depth asphalt curb; 7,090 m2 of asphalt paved ditch; 2,500 m of guardrail system G4; lump sum materials transfer vehicle; 1,350 m3 of furnishing and pacing topsoil at wetland mitigation site; 17,600 m2 of rolled erosion control product; 51,000 m of pavement markings; lump sum temporary traffic control signal system; 1,000 m temporary traffic control concrete barrier; 4,950 m of moving concrete temporary traffic control barrier; 22,000 hours of traffic control (flagger and pilot car); 12,900 m2 of wire mesh draped rockfall protection; along with associated roadway obliteration; pipe anchor assemblies; rental equipment; seeding; mulching; and planting. Tentative advertisement date is February 21, 2008. PLEASE NOTE: The Invitation for Bid will be available for download after February 1, 2008, from the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.fedbizopps.gov. PLANS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN ADOBE (.pdf) FORMAT ONLY ON CFLHD's WEBSITE at http://www.cflhd.gov/procurement/construction/advertised-projects.cfm under the Project Name. In order to view the plans, interested vendors must register through the CFL website. Other information regarding this solicitation is also available at the above website. If you have problems accessing information on the website, please call (720) 963-3353 or (720) 963-3354. Technical questions specific to the project will only be addressed by FHWA via written correspondence to e-mail address CFLContracts@fhwa.dot.gov or FAX to (720) 963-3360.