Forest Service Timber Sale Contract form FS-2400-6T

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE TIMBER SALE CONTRACT (Applicable to Sales to be Measured before Felling)

Name of Purchaser

National Forest

Ranger District

Region

Contract Number

Sale Name

Award Date

Termination Date

The parties to this contract are The United States of America, acting through the Forest Service, United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, hereinafter called Forest Service, and 1/

a

hereinafter called Purchaser.

2/ Forest Service having advertised a sale at which either (1) Purchaser, whose required bid deposit is now held by Forest Service as an initial deposit, was the successful bidder, or (2) no bids were received and Purchaser having subsequently offered at least the minimum advertised price and made an initial deposit in the same amount as the bid deposit specified in the sale advertisement; and the parties hereto desiring to record their agreement; now therefore, Unless provided otherwise herein, Forest Service agrees to sell and permit Purchaser to cut and remove Included Timber and Purchaser agrees to purchase, cut, and remove Included Timber. This contract consists of three Divisions: AT – Specific Conditions, BT – Standard Provisions, and CT – Special Provisions, together with Sale Area Map, Plans and specifications for developments (if any), and such attachments as may be provided for in Division BT or Division CT. Specific Conditions are numbered and apply to the Part, Section, Subsection, or Item of the Standard Provisions, as indicated hereunder. Other conditions of this contract are stated in Division CT – Special Provisions. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this contract as of the award date.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

By:

Contracting Officer

(Title)

Two Witnesses: 3/

(Purchaser) 4/

(Name)

By:

(Address)

(Name)

(Title)

(Address)

(Business Address)

I, 5/ ______________________________________, certify that I am the ______________________________________ Secretary of the corporation named as Purchaser herein; that ______________________________________ who signed this contract on behalf of Purchaser, was then ______________________________________ of the corporation; that the contract was duly signed for and in behalf of the corporation by authority of its governing body, and is within the scope of its corporate powers.

CORPORATE SEAL 6/

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Contract 2400-6T, Page 101 (6/06)

INSTRUCTIONS:
1/ If Purchaser is a corporation, state a "corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of									" and
specify the State; if Purchaser is a partnership, state a "partnership consisting of								" and specify the
names of each partner; and if Purchaser is a sole proprietor doing business under an assumed name, state "(n) individual doing business under the
name of		City of				, State of				."
2/ Delete this paragraph for unadvertised administrative use and timber settlement contracts. 3/ The signatures and addresses of two witnesses are required if Purchaser is other than a corporation. 4/ If Purchaser is a co-partnership, the signatures should be: XYZ Company, by John Doe, a member of the firm. If Purchaser is a corporation, form of signature should be: XYZ Company, by John Doe, President (or other officer or agent) and the seal of the corporation must be impressed or indicated. 5/ The certificate must be completed if Purchaser is a corporation. 6/ For companies incorporated in States that require a corporate seal, if the corporation has no corporate seal that fact shall be stated, in which case a scroll or adhesive seal shall follow the corporate name.

EXAMPLE 1/

Subcontractor Certification

Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion

Timber Sale Name: _______________________

National Forest: __________________________

The prospective subcontractor (participants in lower tier covered transactions) certifies, by submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this timber sale by any Federal department or agency.

Where the prospective subcontractor is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, such prospective subcontractor shall attach an explanation to this proposal.

Name of Subcontractor: _________________________

Business Address: __________________________

__________________________

_____________ ___________________________

Date Signature

1/ It is Purchaser’s responsibility to have Subcontractors complete this certification and to maintain a file of completed certifications. This certification does not need to be returned to Forest Service, except at the written request of Contracting Officer.