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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BID PROPOSAL <br />Section 9-02 Bituminous Materials <br />9-02.1 (2) Medium -Curing (MC) Liquid Asphalt <br />9-02.1 (3) Rapid -Curing (RC) Liquid Asphalt <br />9-02.1 (6) Cationic Emulsified Asphalt <br />HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE TAX 1WAC458-20-2521• <br />All out of -state suppliers (i.e. not located in Washington State) shall consider the following when <br />submitting a bid for liquid asphalt. Kittitas County will revise the basis of award by adding the <br />hazardous substance tax (HS Tax), calculated at the statutory rate (currently, seven tenths of one <br />percent (.007)). If a similar tax has been paid in another state, credit may be taken against the tax <br />owed to Washington State. The supplier must supply documentation of these taxes paid along with <br />the bid documents. In-state suppliers who have previously paid the hazardous substance tax shall <br />enter an amount of zero (0). <br />CONTRACTOR'S PROTECTIVE CLAUSE: <br />There shall be no obligation to have available or deliver any or all of the products included in this <br />proposal in the customary manner when such availability or deliveries are prevented or hindered by <br />an Act of God, fire, strike, partial or total interruption or loss or shortage of transportation facilities, <br />or by other similar or different acts of civil or military authorities, or by other like causes beyond the <br />control of the Contractor. <br />SPECIAL PROVISIONS: <br />Furnish truck transport deliveries of liquid asphalt in grades of CSS1, CMS -2P, CRS -2P, CMS -2P, <br />HFRSP, and HFRSP. All liquid asphalt shall meet the current specifications of the Washington <br />State Department of Transportation for grades of asphalt specified. <br />a) Distillation shall be determined by AASHTO test T 59, oven evaporation method. <br />b) Distillation shall be determined by AASHTO test T 59, modified oven evaporation <br />method for polymer modified emulsified liquid asphalt. <br />c) Benson method of Toughness and Tenacity, Scott Tester, Inch -pounds @ 77 <br />degrees F., 20 inches per minute pull. Tension head 7/8 "diameter. <br />d) The Torsional Recovery Test shall be conducted according to the California <br />Department of Transportation Test Method No. 332. <br />ACCEPTANCE: <br />The acceptance of the Liquid Asphalt will be based on the manufacturer's certification of <br />compliance, including the specification he intends to meet, copies of the test data showing <br />specification compliance and identification of the type of polymer used in the manufacturing of the <br />CRS -2P, or on independent testing performed by Kittitas County at the county's discretion. <br />Deliveries of Asphalts which cause production delays for any reason including plugged screens <br />due to dirty storage tanks or contaminated tanker trucks will be returned to vendor at not cost to <br />Kittitas County. If the delay ties up the crew more than 2 hours before next delivery, Kittitas County <br />will assess $500.00 per hour late charge each elapsed hour thereafter. <br />Liquid Asphalt Material Bid 2017 Page 8 of 14 <br />