INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                                   PAGE 1
                                                   NOTICE TO HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS

                                             DATE OF LETTING: April 09, 2008
                                             TIME OF LETTING: 10:00 AM EASTERN DST

                                                 SPECIAL LETTING - DESIGN/BUILD

Sealed proposals for certain highway improvements as described below will be received from contractors holding a valid Certificate
of Qualification issued by the Indiana Department of Transportation.

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          LOCATION OF DEPOSIT: Indiana Department of Transportation, Mr. Michael R. Beuchel, Bid Review & Estimate Manager,
                               Room N855, Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2217

          LOCATION OF OPENING: All proposals will immediately thereafter be taken to the N855 Conf. Room, Government Center North,
                               100 N. Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana where they will be publicly opened and read.
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Contract documents may be purchased at the office of the Indiana Department of Transportation, Room N855, Government Center North,
100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN  46204-2217, telephone 317-232-5070, fax 317-232-0676.  Checks should be made
payable to the Indiana Department of Transportation.  No refunds will be made for material returned except in cases of error in
filling orders.  Sample proposals may be purchased for twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) each.  

Bids will be considered as provided for in the Prequalification and Bidding Regulations on file.  Copies are available in Room
N855, Government Center North.

Contract documents may be examined in Room N855, Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana.

                                                 IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC BIDDING

All contracts within this notice are designated for electronic bidding via Bid Express.  Only electronic bids submitted via
Bid Express will be accepted on contracts designated for electronic bidding; the paper Proposal Book (blue cover) will not be
issued for these contracts.


                                                 MANDATORY PLANHOLDER REGISTRATION 

Contractors desiring to submit electronic bids via Bid Express must register with INDOT as a valid bidder by submitting the form
provided by INDOT Customer Service at the website below.  Failure to register will cause failure of the Bid Express bid submission
process.  NOTICE:  A bidder may request valid bidder status, by submitting the bidder registration form, until 9:00 AM eastern dst
on the bid opening date.


                                                              BONDS

An executed bid bond and an executed performance bond shall be included with the bid, except on contracts for roadside mowing,
vegetation control, demolition, landscaping, fencing, seeding and sodding, bridge painting, and guardrail installations of
$100,000 or less, the bidder may elect not to furnish a performance bond.  NOTICE:  Effective March 1, 2008, paper bid bonds will
no longer be accepted.  Only electronic bid bonds submitted through the designated electronic medium, either Surety 2000 or
SurePathNetwork, will be accepted with the bid.  Bid Express does not support submittal of the performance bond.  The performance
bond must be submitted to the construction letting email box or be delivered in paper.


                                                          INTERNET ADDRESS

                      For additional information, visit the Doing Business with INDOT - Contractors website at
                                           http://www.in.gov/dot/div/contracts/letting/index.html

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                                           NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS -- April 09, 2008     LETTING
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CALL 121     CONTRACT T -29786-A       DESIGN BUILD, ITS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS          LAPORTE DISTRICT              PG.   1

       PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER |  FED/STATE NUMBER                                          LOCATION
       ------------------------------------------                -----------------------------------------------------------

           0501267            |  0501267                         DESIGN BUILD, ITS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTSYSTEMS
                                                                 OPERATIONS CENTER EQUIPMENT
                                                                 LAPORTE COUNTY - ON I-94


       COMPLETION DATE:  July 01, 2009                 DBE GOAL:  0.00                   QUALIFICATIONS: E(A)  0048

       PROPOSAL PRICE:           $    12.50
       TRAFFIC ITEMS:     PLANS: $    31.00         X-SECT: $     0.00


                                          MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING

               9:00 AM LOCAL TIME (CENTRAL TIME), FEBRUARY 20, 2008 (BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND)
         BORMAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM, 7701 EAST MELTON ROAD (U.S. 20), GARY, IN  46403

                     ONLY BIDDERS WHO ATTEND THE PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO BID.