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Show NATIONAL FORKST T1MBKR FOR SAI.K NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER SALE, DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST, COYOTE HOLLOW SALE, located within T38 and 39S, R4 and 44 W; Salt Lake Base and Meridian Sealed Bid will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Federal Ftuilding, P.O. Box 580, Cedar City, Utah 84720. at 9:00 a m local time at the place of bid opening, on September 26, 1978, to be followed immediately by ORAL BIDDING for an estimated 3377 M board feet of timber marked or otherwise designated for cutting The minimum acceptable bid per M board feet is White fir and Engelmann spruce $66 90, Ponderosa pine and Limber pine $86.74, Douglas fir and other species $59 29. Additional deposit required for slash disposal is $12 87 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 u nest i ma ted volume of dead timber of all species which will be paid for at $1.00 per M board feet. REquired bid guarantee is $6,300 In accordance 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 submisson 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 $258,031 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 $228,316. Specified roads, whether constructed by the purchaser or the Forest Service shall be completed by August 15, 1980 (Final date for completion of all road construction ) If the purchaser elects :o have the Forest Service construct the roads, the Forest Service intends to perform con struction 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 hid 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 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 tlit District Ranger, Powell Ranger District, Panguitch, Utah Published in the Garfield County New August 24. and 31, 1978 |