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Show FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE National Forest Timber Sale, Dixie National Forest, Harris Flat Sale, located within T38S; R 6 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 p. m. local time at the place of bid opening, on August 29, 1077, to be followed immediately im-mediately by oral bidding, for an estimated 4379 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 $64.21. Additional deposit required for slash disposal is $14.22 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 quar-terly adjustment provisions of the timer sale contract. In addition, there is within the sale area an unestimated volume of dead timer of all species which will be paid for at $1.00 per M board feet. Required bid guarantee is $9,000. In accordnace with the National Fores 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 sub- mission , to have the roresi Service construct the included in-cluded 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 $199,239.00. 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 con-tract and is $176,029. Specified roads, whether constructed by the purchaser pur-chaser or the Forest Service shall be completed by November 15, 1978. (final date for completion of all road construction). Road name and number and Scheduled completion date follow: Harris Rim 40062, November 15, 1978; Harris Flat 40164, November 15, 1978; Dry Meadow 40167, November 15, 1978; Stout Canyon 30063, November 15, 1978. If the purchaser elects to have the Forest Service 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 construction bid is received, or if Forest Service Ser-vice fails to receive such a bid within 120 days of opening timber sale bids, bidder agrees to perform road construction. This is a small-business set-aside sale. Bids from others will be considered if ....... . 1 t no valid Dia is receiveu uum a small-business concern. All included timber shall be given domestic processing. Bidders are advised that violation of the domestic processing requirement constitutes breach of contract con-tract and may result in contract cancellation or in refusal to award timber sales to the violator, or debarment or suspension from bidding on future timber sales. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Full Information concerning 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; or the Forest Supervisor, Federal Building, Cedar City, Utah. |