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State Route Shoulder and Median Mowing Including Litter/Debris Removal - Duplin Division 3 Pre-Qualification Mandatory. The undersigned bidder agrees to bound upon his execution of the bid and subsequent award to him by the Department of Transportation in accordance with this proposal. The undersigned Bidder further agrees to provide all necessary machinery, tools, labor, and other means of construction; and to do all the work and to furnish all materials, except as otherwise noted, necessary to perform and complete the said contract in accordance with the 2018 Standard Specifications for Roads and Structures by the dates(s) specified in the Project Special Provisions and in accordance with the requirements of the Engineer, and at the unit or lump sum prices, as the case may be, for the various items given on the sheets contained herein. The Bidder in his bid and according to the proposal, plans, and specifications prepared by said Department, which proposal, plans, and specifications show the details covering this project, and hereby become a part of this contract. The published volume entitled North Carolina Department of Transportation, Raleigh, Standard Specifications for Roads and Structures, January 2018 with all amendments and supplements thereto, is by reference incorporated into and made a part of this contract; that, except as herein modified, all the construction and work included in this contract is to be done in accordance with the specifications contained in said volume, and amendments and supplements thereto, under the direction of the Engineer. If the proposal is accepted and the award is made, the contract is valid only when signed either by the Contract Officer or such other person as may be designated by the Secretary to sign for the Department of Transportation. The conditions and provisions herein cannot be changed except over the signature of the said Contract Officer or Division Engineer. The quantities shown in the itemized proposal for the project are considered to be approximate only and are given as the basis for comparison of bids. The Department of Transportation may increase or decrease the quantity of any item or portion of the work as may be deemed necessary or expedient. An increase or decrease in the quantity of an item will not be regarded as sufficient ground for an increase or decrease in the unit prices, nor in the time allowed for the completion of the work, except as provided for the contract. Questions received prior to the submission deadline date, the State's response, and any additional terms deemed necessary by the State will be documented and included in an addendum to be posted on Connect NCDOT. Work includes mowing of vegetation and litter/debris removal along State Highway System routes within Duplin County. The furnishing of all equipment, tools, materials, transportation, and labor shall be incidental to completion of the work. During a mowing cycle the Department may require the Contractor to remobilize all or a portion of their equipment to mow areas that are more than ten (10) miles, measured by the most direct route, from the location of the current mowing operations. The Contractor shall be paid once for each remobilization event at the contract unit price for remobilization and will be paid for the shoulder miles mown at the contract line item unit price for mowing. Remobilization requests and instructions from the Department may be verbal, but shall be followed by written communication in the form of an email. Contractor will not be compensated for remobilization to address issues of unsatisfactory performance. An abundance of non-organic trash in a multitude of forms is deposited daily along the roadsides of the designated highways. These conditions detract from the visual quality and/or safety of the roadside landscape. The work covered by this provision shall include the pickup, removal and recycling of litter/debris and the disposal of same into state approved landfills and single-stream recycling facilities. Litter/debris items may consist of varied sizes of bottles, cans, paper, tires, tire pieces, lumber, vehicle parts, building supplies, metals, household furnishings, cardboard, plastics, ladders, brush and other items not considered normal to the right of way. Designated areas shall include the median and shoulders in the entire right-of-way from fence line to fence line, all interchange ramps, and mowing areas as well as non-mowing areas. The designated area on shoulders is the white edge line to the back of the right of way on outside shoulders, which includes paved shoulders. The designated area in medians is from yellow edge line to yellow edge line, which includes paved shoulders, except for along concrete barrier walls in medians. (Litter crew and vehicles are not allowed against median concrete barrier walls). This item includes all traffic control necessary to provide a safe work area. The work shall include the furnishing of all equipment, tools, materials, transportation and labor necessary for the successful completion of the work. No separate payment will be made for providing, installing, and maintaining traffic control devices, etc., or for any other cost associated with maintaining the control of traffic. Traffic control will be considered incidental to the contract, and will be included in the Bid Items as listed on the Contract Bid Form. Mowing operators shall avoid impacting collected bags of litter. The Contractor shall be responsible for gathering and removing any litter resulting from such an impact for no additional compensation in a manner determined by the Engineer. The Contractor should be prepared for removing litter/debris in roadside conditions including but not limited to wet areas, standing water, high grass, and slopes. Contractor will not be responsible for removing litter/debris in wooded areas or back slopes unless litter is visible from the roadway and/or ramps. The operation of litter/debris pickup shall be on foot only. Vehicles as specified herein may be used for bag pickup.