INVITATION FOR BIDS
STATE OF -ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
October 10, 1963
| Sealed bids in single copy for furnishing
all labor, equipment and materials and
! performing all work for iroject F-046-1 (5)
j Glenn Highway (Tok Cutoff), Mile 24.4 to
| Mile 30.4, described herein, will be re
j ceived until 10s00 a.m. 1ST, November 14, '
1963 in the commissioner’s office, Depart
ment of Highways, Island Center Building,
i Douglas, Alaska.
! Ihis project consists of grading, drainage
and bituminous surface treatment of 5.563
miles of roadway and relocation of
utilities on a portion of the Glenn High
way, known as the. Tok Cutoff, from Mile1
.24.4 to Mile 30.1 near Gulkana, State of
Alaska, principal items of work consist of
the. following: Clearing and grubbing, 72
acres; lit clearing and grubbing, 88 acres;
Hand clearing, 32 acres; Unclassified
excavation, 145,300 cubic yards; Borrow
excavation, Case 1, 363,400 cubic yards;
Selected material ,Typcp 1 borrow, Case 1,
296,000 cubic yards-; Selected material,a
Type II borrow, Case 1 grading B, 50,800
tons; Selected material, Type III borrow,
case 1, 6,300 tons; Stripping borrow pits,
Case 1, 160,800 cubic yards; Crushed
aggregate base, grading D-l, 44,000 tons;
Asphalt, grade MC-70, prime coat,39,000
gallons; Aggregate, designation E-70,
bituminous surface treatment, 4,289 tons;
Catonic.. emulsified asphalt, rapid setting,
bituminous surface treatment, 98,000 gals v
Telephone line adjustments and miscellaneous
minor drainage structures, ill work shall be
completed by September 30, 1965.
rlans and specifications may be obtained by
■all who have a bona fide need for them for
bidding purposes from the Commissioner of
Highways, rlans may be examined at Depart
ment of Highways District offices in
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Valdez, and
Nome.
A bid guaranty is required with eo.ch bid in
the sum of not less than lOp of the total
amount bid for the work when the amount bid
is (?100,000 or less, and in the sum of not
less than 5/ of the total amount bid for the
work when the amount bid is over -3100,000.
If the bidder fails to accompany his bid
with the required bid guaranty, his bid will
.not be read or otherwise considered.
Telegraphic notification of execution of a
bid bond does not meet the above require
ments of a bid security accompanying a bid.
Bidders are hereby notified that pre
qualification of contractors is a mandatory
requirement and no bid will be accepted if
the bidder has not prequalified. All '
individuals and firms submitting proposals
for this project must be prequalified in an
amount no less than the total amount bid.
Action will be taken if request for pre
qualification is received 10 day ■ prior to
bid opening date.
D.A. McKinnon, x. 1.
Commissioner of Highways
DETRIMENT OF HIGHWAYS
NEWS RELEASE
advertising will begin this month on two
highway projects, Highways Commissioner
D. u. McKinnon said recently.
! The first project to be advertised for
L_competitive bids is for grading, drainage
: and placing of a bituminous surface treat
ment on 5.56.3 miles of road o the Tok
Cutoff of the Glenn Highway. This.project
will be constructed between Miles 24.2 and'
30.1 near Gulkana, McKinnon said. Bids'will
be opened November 14 in Douglas.
; Advertising will start on October 21 for
| reconstruction of 1.956 miles of city
| streets in Kodiak. This project involves
grading, drainage and bituminous concrete
surfacing of Brooklyn Avenue to Cutoff oad
Included in the job will be construction
of concrete curb, .gutters and sidewalk,
and water and sewer, line construction and
j adjustment. Bids will be'opened on this
j project on November 21.
| AL &KA DEPARTMENT OF FISH \W GAME
INVITATION ISSUED TO ATTEND ANNUiD
• MEETING OF xACIFIC MARINE FISHERIES
COMMISSION
The status and condition of the principal
marine fisheries of the west coast will be
reviewed by the Pacific Marine Commission
j at its annual meeting in Portland, Oregon,
| The meeting will be held at the Sheraton
| Hotel on Novemver 13, 14, and 15, 1963.
j The Commission cordially invites partici
pation by all persons and organizations
interested in the marine, commercial and
recreational fisheries of the vacific Coast.
The meeting will open at Is 30 p.m. November
13 and is expected to terminate by late
afternoon November 15. A detailed agenda
will be available at the meeting; however,
the 1963 west coast marine fisheries are
scheduled for a general review on November
13.
| Following this session, there"will" be detail
ed discussions of regulation, research and
management of the individual fisheries of
interstate concern. There will be an
opportunity for interested persons to pre- .t
sent recommendations. The Commission will
take nction on proposals and recommendations
| during the sessions on November 15.
I The Commission’s Advisory Committee will
! meet in xart,land on November 12 to consider
specific proposals for subsequent Commission
| action, iarsons wishing to submit Proposals
! or resolutions for consideration at the
annual meeting are requested to su mit them
in writing to the nacific Marine Fisheries
Commission office, 741 State Office Building
Portland, Oregon, 97201.
Anyone planning to attend this meeting can
receive help in making hotel reservations
by contacting the Pacific Marine Fisheries
Commission or the co-host organizations, the
Oregon Fish Commission or the Oregon Game
5' Commission in Portland.
Washington, Idaho, Oregon and California
are members of the Pacific Marine Fisheries
Commission. British Golurnba .and Alaska have
been represented in an unofficial advisory '
capacity at past meetings.
FINAL 1963 iiLASKA SALMON 1ACK
The final 1963 Alaska salmon case pack
totaled 2,678,800 forty-eight pound cases
according to Commissioner Gaiter Kirknoss
of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Compared to the 1962 pack, the S. E. Alaska
region showed an increase of 256,445 cases,
while the Central and western regions showed
decreases.of 815,727 and 237,114 cases
respectively.