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881 MOBILIZATION / EQUIPMENT MOVING

881.01 Service Required

A. Mobilization of personnel, equipment, and material to the project site.

B. Moving of equipment outside the established work schedule as ordered.

881.02 Performance Standards

A. Make equipment available for inspection before it is used on National Forest System lands.

B. Moving is complete, when the contractor has moved from the present work site to the ordered work site and returned to the previous location.

C. Equipment will be clean and weed free before it arrives on National Forest System lands.

881.03 Location of Work:

As specified on roads listed on the ROAD LISTING, SHOWN ON THE PLANS, or as ordered by the Contracting Officer.

881.04 Measurement:

Measurement under this Section will be made by the total number of units for each item listed in the SCHEDULE OF ITEMS completed and accepted.

A. Mile: Work activity will be measured along the shortest feasible route to the nearest one (1) mile, from the starting location of the move, to the ordered work site.

881.05 Payment

A. The accepted quantities will be paid at the contract price per unit of measurement for the Section 881 pay items listed in the schedule of items. Mobilization is complete when all equipment, personnel, and materials are moved to the project site and work has been started. Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribed in this Section.

Pay Item

Pay Unit

881(1) Mobilization Lump Sum

881(2) Mobilization Each

881(3) Equipment Moving

Miles

881.06 Acceptable Quality Levels

* Forests have the option to choose a pay reduction in lieu of rework. However, each Forest must establish a threshold where rework is required and define pay reductions for each defect.

Intent and use: User to establish threshold for the acceptable level of quality.

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