BID SPECIFICATIONS
FYIS Winter Road Maintenance Sand
TP BOT78-101718
The City of Nashua, Division of Public Works, Street Department, is soliciting bids for the purchase of Winter
Road Maintenance Sand. The Division has historically used between 2000 and 6000 tons per year of material,
All deliveries are made to the Street Department, 9 Stadium Drive, Nashua, NH 03062. The material must meet
the following specifications:
® The sand must be free of all stones with 95-100% passing a #4 sieve,
= §0-100% must pass a #8 sieve.
@ 50-85% must pass a #16 sieve.
e@ 25-60% must pass a #30 sieve.
® 10-30% must pass a #50 sieve.
e No more than 10% must pass a #100 sieve.
° The sand must have a Fineness Modulus of not less than 2.2.
Bidders must submit a sieve analysis of a sample and the Fineness Modulus calculation with each bid.
All material will be tree of frost, silt and clay.
All material will be delivered within 4 days of an order being placed. The quantity delivered will be sufficient
to prevent emergency situations. The orders will be placed by the Superintendent of Streets or his authorized
representative,
All bids are to be quoted based on a Per Ton price.
The minimum delivery will be 20-ton shipments.
All trucks delivering sand must be weighed in accordance with New Hampshire RSA 438, Part Agri403.14.
The City of Nashua reserves the right to reweigh randomly selected vehicles in order to verify the weight of the
product being delivered. The weighing will take place at the Four Hills Landfill, 840 West Hollis Street.
Nashua NH. No fee for such weighing will be charged by the City of Nashua to the supplier of the product.
All prices are FOB delivered to the Street Department at 9 Stadium Drive, Nashua NH 03062.
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