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Show NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER SALE, DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST, IKE'S VALLEY SALE, located within T38S, R6 and 7W; Salt Lake Base and 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 September 18, 1978, to be followed immediately by ORAL BIDDING for an estimated 5028 M board feet of ponderosa pine and other species of timber marked or otherwise designated for cutting The minimum acceptable bid per M board feet for ponderosa pine and other species is 1105 83 Additional deposit required for slash disposal is 814 34 per M board feet of all species. The bid rates will be subject to adjustment during the period of the sale as provided for by the quarterly adjustment provisions of the timber sale contract In addition, there is within the sale area an uncstimated volume of dead timber of all species which will be paid for at $1 00 per M board feet Required bid guarantee is $26,000 In accordance with the National Forest Management Act of 1976 a bidder qualifying as a small business under the Small Business Act, (as amended ana ine 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 for the timber shall include the estimated construction cost which is $142,691 Such road 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 $126,307 Specified roads, whether constructed by the purchaser or the Forest Service shall be completed by November 15, 1979. (Final date for completion of all road construction.) If the purchaser elects tc have the Forest Ser vice construct the roads, the Forest Service intends to perform construction by contract. When the Forest Service intends to construct the road through a contract, the award of the timber sale contract will not be made unless either a satisfactory road 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 art-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 The right to reject any and all bids is reserved Full information con cerning the timber, the conditions of sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the District Ranger, Cedar City Ranger District, Cedar City, Utah Published in the Garfield County News August 17 and 24. 1978 |