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Treated Yellow Pine Lumber and Pilings Contract renewal: 1 annual renewal Q & A deadline: Nov 28, 2022 3:00:00 PM EST Lumber to meet all requirements in LADOTD section 1014 and must be inspected by a qualified company and have certificate of inspection attached to invoice. Piling to meet all requirements in LADOTD section 1014 and must be inspected by a qualified company and have certificate of inspection attached to invoice. Treated lumber to be delivered to Bossier Parish warehouse and delivery ticket signed by warehouse attendant or employee of the Highway Department. If a potential supplier wishes to submit for prior approval, a particular product other than a product specified in the contract documents, he shall do so no later than fourteen calendar days prior to the opening of bids. Within seven days exclusive of holidays and weekends, after such submission, the Engineer shall furnish to both the public entity and the potential supplier, written approval or denial of the product If any person contemplating submitting a bid for the proposed Contract is in doubt as to the meaning of any part of the specifications, he may submit to the Owner, a written request for an interpretation or clarification of the specifications. The person submitting the request will be responsible for its prompt delivery. Any interpretation of the proposed documents will be made only by Addendum to each General Contractor receiving a set of such documents. The Owner will not be responsible for any other explanations or interpretations of the proposed document. Act 232 of the Public Bid Law requires that addenda be issued five calendar days prior to the advertised time for the opening of bids, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and other legal holidays. Requests for interpretation must be made accordingly, giving the owner at least 48 hours to review the request. The Police Jury reserves the right to reject any or all bids for just cause. Bids are to be submitted on this form and returned to the Bossier Parish Police Jury. Envelope is to be marked accordingly on the outside to indicate bid item: "TREATED YELLOW PINE LUMBER AND PILINGS". SALES TAX EXEMPTION. Contractor shall not pay any state or local sales or state or local use taxes on materials and equipment which are affixed and made a part the real estate of the project or work or which is permanently incorporated into the project or work (hereinafter referred to as "applicable materials and equipment"). All purchases of applicable materials or equipment shall be made by Contractor on behalf of and as the agent of the Bossier Parish Police Jury (Owner), a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana. No state and local sales and use taxes are owed on applicable materials and equipment under the provisions of Act 1029 of the 1991 Regular Session - La. R.S. 47:301(8)(c).