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Show NATIONAL FOREST TIMBKlt FOR SALE National Forest Timber Sale, Dixie National Forest, Billingsly Creek Sale, located within Sections 3, '4. and 10. Township 39 the Forest Service intends in-tends to perform construction con-struction by contract. When the Forest Service intends to construct the roads through a contract, the award of the timber sale, contract will not be made unless either a satisfactory road construction con-struction bid is received or if Forest Service fails to receive such a bid within 120 days of opening timber sale bids, bidder agrees to perform road construction., All included timber shall be given domestic processing. Bidders are advised that violation of the domestic processing requirement constitutes breach of contract and may result in contract cancellation or in refusal to award timber sales to violator or debarment or suspension from bidding on future timber sales. If total bid value plus required deposits exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), an EEO compliance review shall be made to determine if the provisions of Executive Order 11246 have been complied with before award can be made. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. t Full information concerning con-cerning the timber, the conditions of sale, and the submission of bids should Ix? obtained from the District Ranger, Cedar City Ranger District, Cedar City, Utah. Published in the Iron County Record July 16 and 23, 1981. South, Range 7 West, Salt Lake Base & Meridian. Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Federal Building, P. O. Box 580, Cedar City, Utah 84720, at 2:00 p.m. local time, at the place of bid opening, on August 17, 1981, to be followed immediately by ORAL BIDDING lor an estimated 5,669 MBF of ponderosa pine and others, 1.257 MBF of Douglas fir, and 1,082 MBF of white fir timber designated lor cutting. The minimun acceptable bid for ponderosa pine and others is $46.37 per MBF, Douglas fir $6.00 per MBF, and white fir $1.00 per MBF. Additional Ad-ditional deposits required lor slash disposal is $8.16 per MBF of all species. The bid rates will be subject to adjustment during the period of the sale as provided lor by the quarterly adjustment provisions of the timber sale contract. In addition, ad-dition, there is within the sale area an unestimated volume of dead timber of all species which will be paid lor at $1.00 per M boardleet. Required bid guarantee is $6,500.00. In accordance ac-cordance with the National Forest Management Act of 1976, a bidder qualifying as a small business under the Small Business Act (as amended and the regulations issued thereunder) may elect at the time of sealed bid submission to have the Forest Service construct the included specified roads. If the bidder elects to have the Forest Service construct the roads, the price paid lor the timber shall include the estimated construction con-struction cost which is $415,972. Such roads will be constructed to the design classes and in accordance with drawings and specifications included in the sample contract. Purchaser Credit Limit is stated in the sample contract and is $379,894. Purchaser credits available at advertised rates are $206,126. Specified roads, whether constructed by the purchaser or the Forest Service shall be completed by November 1, 1982. (Final date for completion of all road construction.) If the purchaser elects to have the Forest Service Ser-vice construct the roads, |