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Highway 35 Betterment

Project Number: OR FS ERFO 2007(1)-11(1)
Project Name: Highway 35 Betterment
Bid Opening Date: May 14, 2010

Base Price Indexes

Fuel

OPIS Report Location: Portland, Oregon

Week / Date Fuel  ($/gallon)
1 / April 22 2.54
2 / April 29 2.50
3 / May 6 2.42
4 / May 13 2.23
Base Price Index 2.42

Asphalt Cement

Asphalt Weekly Location: Portland, Oregon

Week / Date Asphalt  ($/ton)
1 / April 19 490.00
2 / April 26 485.00
3 / May 3 492.50
4 / May 10 492.50
Base Price Index 490.00

Computation approaches used to determine base price indexes

Monthly Averages for 2010

Month Fuel Asphalt
December 2.67 432.50
November 2.48 427.50
October 2.58 430.00
September 2.43 433.13
August 2.29 458.50
July 2.13 467.50
June 2.19 467.50
May 2.21 480.63

Computation Approaches Used to Determine Base Price Indexes

Fuel Price Adjustment: The Base Price Index (BPI) is a price index determined by arithmetic average of OPIS publications daily rack prices for the 28 calendar days preceding the bid opening.

Asphalt Cement Adjustment: The Base Price Index (BPI) is a price index determined by arithmetic average for prices in the four "Asphalt Weekly Monitor ®" publications immediately preceding the bid opening.