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i <br /> LR 109-3 <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br /> 1State of Illinois <br /> DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br /> Bureau of Local Roads and Streets <br /> ' SPECIAL PROVISION <br /> FOR <br /> FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT FOR LOCAL LETTINGS <br /> ' (RETURN FORM WITH BID) <br /> Effective: June 16,2017 <br /> Revised: <br /> ' Description. Fuel cost adjustments will be made to provide additional compensation to the <br /> Contractor, or a credit to the project owner, for fluctuations in fuel prices when optioned by the <br /> Contractor. The bidder shall indicate on the attached form whether or not this special provision <br /> ' will be part of the contract and submit the completed form with his/her bid. Failure to submit the <br /> form or failure to indicate contract number, company name and sign and date the form shall make <br /> this contract exempt of fuel cost adjustments for all categories of work. Failure to indicate "Yes" <br /> for any category of work will make that category of work exempt from fuel cost adjustment, <br /> General. The fuel cost adjustment shall apply to contract pay items as grouped by category. The <br /> adjustment shall only apply to those categories of work checked "Yes", and only when the <br /> ' cumulative plan quantities for a category exceed the required threshold. Adjustments to work <br /> items in a category, either up or down, and extra work paid for by agreed unit price will be subject <br /> to fuel cost adjustment only when the category representing the added work was subject to the <br /> fuel cost adjustment. Extra work paid for at a lump sum price or by force account will not be <br /> subject to fuel cost adjustment. Category descriptions and thresholds for application and the fuel <br /> usage factors which are applicable to each are as follows: <br /> ' (a) Categories of Work. <br /> (1) Category A: Earthwork. Contract pay items performed under Sections 202, 204, and <br /> 206 of the IDOT Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction including <br /> any modified standard or nonstandard items where the character of the work to be <br /> performed is considered earthwork. The cumulative total of all applicable item plan <br /> quantities shall exceed 25,000 cu yd (20,000 cu m). Included in the fuel usage factor <br /> is a weighted average 0.10 gal/cu yd (0.50 liters/cu m) factor for trucking. <br /> (2) Category B: Subbases and Aggregate Base Courses. Contract pay items constructed <br /> ' under Sections 311, 312 and 351 of the IDOT Standard Specifications for Road and <br /> Bridge Construction including any modified standard or nonstandard items where the <br /> character of the work to be performed is considered construction of a subbase or <br /> ' aggregate, stabilized or modified base course. The cumulative total of all applicable <br /> item plan quantities shall exceed 5000 tons (4500 metric tons). Included in the fuel <br /> usage factor is a 0.60 gal/ton (2.50 liters/metric ton) factor for trucking. <br />