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CIM-0900-4R-751-0913-01 MOTORIZED USE SIGNING FOR FOREST RESOURCE PROTECTION

ARRA Stimulus Project

Specifications for Sign Materials

Job Code CRRD07 (0913)

CNF CIM-0900-4R-751-0913-01 SUPPLY

Contract Package

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

Park Falls Supervisor’s Office

Price County, Wisconsin

Scope of Work

Provide and deliver sign supply materials to the Park Falls Supervisors Office. The address is 1170 4th Avenue South, Park Falls, Wisconsin 54552. Suppliers should bid only on those items they can provide. Multiple awards are expected from this solicitation.

Specifications Signs:

Signs plates shall Conform to ASTM B 209, alloy 6061-T6 or 5052-H38.

All signs shall be date stamped.

Fabricate all temporary panels and those permanent panels that are 30 by 30 inches or smaller from 0.080-inch thick aluminum sheets. Fabricate larger permanent panels from 0.125-inch thick aluminum sheets.

The blanks shall be free from laminations, blisters, open seams, pits, holes, or other defects that may affect their appearance or use. The thickness shall be uniform and the blank commercially flat. Perform shearing, cutting, and punching before preparing the blanks for application of retroreflective material. Clean, degrease, and chromate the blanks or otherwise properly prepare the panels according to methods recommended by the sheeting manufacturer.

Sign Dimensions shall be as shown on the attached schedule. Signs shall be provided in accordance with the BFMC column in the attached spreadsheet. All signs shall have the required standard holes.

Sign units 0022 and 0023 (FM1-7H-20 and FM1-7H-28) are blank 0.080” thickness, sheet aluminum sign plates with a ½” white high intensity border on a brown high intensity background. The corners shall be rounded 1 ½”.

Wood Posts:

All wood post shall be dry no. 1 grade Douglas fir, southern or Ponderosa pine, hemlock, spruce, or western larch conforming to AASHTO M 168. Treat the posts with water-borne preservative ACA, ACZA, or CCA according to AWPA Standard C14 except the minimum preservative retention is 0.40 pounds per cubic foot.

Steel U-Posts:

All steel sign posts shall be, 6 1/2’ in length, 1.12#/Linear Foot, Green Painted. Posts shall have 3/8” holes drilled 1” apart longitudinally down the centerline, the full length of the post.

Hardware:

All hardware including lag screws, bolts, and nuts shall be galvanized steel or better. Washers shall be steel.

Fiberglass posts:

All posts shall be single piece with an I-beam cross-section and a reinforced support rib longitudinally down the centerline of the back. The front of the post shall be recessed between the outside rails. All fiberglass posts shall have anti-pullout anchors attached. Posts shall be brown in color. Posts shall be 6’ in length. Posts shall be approximately 3 ¾” in width to accommodate a 3” wide sticker.

Numbers and Letters:

All numbers and letters shall be pressure sensitive, individually cut, w/white high intensity character on a high intensity brown background, 3 ½” series D, Highway Gothic font. See attached quantities list for quantities of each character.

Posthole Diggers:

Posthole diggers shall have two wood or fiberglass handles. Diggers shall be capable of digging a hole, a minimum of 3’ deep, and 6” in diameter.

Steel Post Driver:

Driver shall be capable of driving specified 1.12#/Linear Foot steel posts and shall be constructed of steel tubing with a steel head. The driver shall have side handles. Drivers shall have a minimum weight of 15#.

Vandalism Nut Tool:

Tools shall be the manufacturer’s recommended tool for the specified vandalism nuts.

Contract Time

Contract time shall be 60 days from successful bidders awarded supply order date.

Materials delivery point

NOTE: BID PRICES SHALL BE FOB DELIVERY POINT TO PARK FALLS WI.

DELIVERY POINT – 1170 4th AVE. SO., PARK FALLS, WISCONSIN 54552

DELIVERY: Delivery shall be FOB destination within 60 days of the contract award. Vendor is required to call the identified contact person a minimum of 48 hours prior to delivery.

Delivery will be accepted Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Destination is as indicated on the attached map.

TECHNICAL CONTACT PERSON:

Dwayne Reppert

Phone: (715) 762-5129

Email: dreppert@fs.fed.us