Specifications include, but are not limited to: This item shall be free of deleterious materials and shall be treated with a ferro cynate or an equally effective substance to protect against weather as applicable. To maintain a constant supply of this material, this will be a multi-vendor award. Ordering departments should consider product properties, cost, availability and actual delivery schedules to determine product selection. As a common denominator for cost comparison an estimated per lane mile pricing index should be developed and utilized by the ordering entity and not the unit cost as bid. The pricing index and the departments actual product experience, equipment properties, maintenance/safety issues and anticipated conditions under which the product will be used to arrive at a product selection.
