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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-33

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Printing of Internet-Posted Construction Plans and Bid Proposals

[34 Pa.B. 133]

   Beginning January 5, 2004, the Department of Transportation (Department), Bureau of Design intends to provide access to electronic bid construction plans and bid proposals on the Department's website (www.dot2.state. pa.us) as part of its Engineering and Construction Management System (ECMS). The Department will list the names and addresses of registered business partner printing companies capable of downloading the plans and proposals and selling copies (hardcopy, CDs, and the like) to interested bidders or contractors. The list will be available on the Department's website in the ''Business Partner'' area.

   By this notice, printing companies that intend to reproduce and sell hard copies of construction plans, bid proposal and attachments to prospective contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, disadvantaged business enterprise companies and others are invited to submit business partner registration information to be included on the list of registered ECMS business partners. The instructions for business partner registration are available on the Department's website under ''How to Register as a Business Partner.'' After completing the on-line registration information, the Business Partner Registration Agreement may be printed, signed and returned by mail to ECMS Registration, Department of Transportation, Engineering and Computing Management Division, Bureau of Design, P. O. Box 3662, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3662.

   The size of the hard copy plans requested will ordinarily be 11" × 18" (half size) or 22" × 36" (full size) and the bid proposals will be formatted for printing on 8 1/2" × 11" paper. The construction plans will be in TIF format and the bid proposals and attachments will be in PDF format. The printing companies should have the capability to download from the Internet and reproduce documents at the customer's request. A high speed direct connection to the Internet service provider at a transfer speed of 128 KBps to 1.54 MBps to reduce the download time of a large bid package is recommended.

   The printing company should be capable of printing from a customer provided CD, electronic requests to the printing company by e-mail or e-mail attachments of selected plan sheets to reproduce in hard copy form. The printing company should be capable of producing CDs, full sets of hard copy plans or selected sheets of plans for any construction project or projects. The printing company may be required to ship these hard copy documents to the customer or provide a local address for customer pick up.

   The listing of printing companies on ECMS under business partners is provided strictly for informational purposes. Inclusion of any company or any company's services will not constitute an endorsement or advertisement of the company by the Department.

   Additional help on business partner registration may be obtained by calling the ECMS Help Desk, (717) 783-7711 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Department will accept business partner registration information beginning January 5, 2004.

ALLEN D. BIEHLER, P. E.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-33. Filed for public inspection January 2, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]


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