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7.0 EQUIPMENT RENTAL <br />7.1 Description <br />This specification covers the furnishing and operation of equipment for other <br />supplementa] earthwork as directed by the PROJECT MANAGER. <br />7.2 Equipment <br />All equipment shall be of the type and equipped as specified in the <br />Special Conditions and on the Invitation and Bid. Mounted or attached <br />equipment shall be that customarily manufactured for the respective size of <br />equipment being offered. Size will be determined by maximum flywheel <br />horsepower ratings at sea level and are the minimum size that shall be <br />furnished and operated. <br />Equipment must be in good operating condition and must be maintained in good <br />operating condition by the CONTRACTOR throughout the life of the contract. <br />The PROJECT MANAGER shall be the sole judge of whether equipment is or is not <br />in "good operating condition". <br />Equipment of any size above the minimum flywheel horsepower may be furnished <br />subject to the approval of the PROJECT MANAGER. In order to evaluate the bids <br />for various sizes of equipment proposed to be furnished by the bidders, the <br />unit price inserted in the bid must be adjusted. The bidder may figure the <br />unit price to insert in the Invitation and Bid by doing the following <br />computation for the applicable bid item: If the desired unit rate to be <br />received is $70.00 per hour for a 215 FHP bulldozer and the minimum FHP <br />requested is 140, then multiply $70.00 X 140/215 = $45.50 per hour, Use that <br />calculated amount ($45.50 in the example) as the unit price on the Invitation <br />and Bid. If the CONTRACTOR plans to furnish a machine other than the minimum <br />FHP listed on the Invitation and Bid, he must write the FNP of the machine, in <br />ink, under the bid item in the Invitation and Bid. <br />After the successful bidder has furnished evidence of the FHP capacity of the <br />equipment to be used, the amount bid for Equipment Rental will be modified by <br />reversing the above procedure to reflect the unit price desired by the <br />CONTRACTOR with a corresponding reduction in the quantity of hours required. <br />This modified hourly rate and number of hours will appear on the <br />Purchase Order. <br />The number of hours indicated in the Special Conditions and on the Invitation <br />and Bid Sheet are estimated. It is impossible to determine in advance the <br />actual number of hours that the equipment rental will be necessary. <br />-28- <br />