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North Fork Teton

Project Number: MT PFH 74(1)
Project Name: North Fork Teton River Road
Bid Opening Date: June 2, 2010

Base Price Indexes

Fuel

OPIS Report Location: Great Falls, MT

Week / Date Fuel  ($/gallon)
1 / May 12 2.46
2 / May 19 2.40
3 / May 26 2.23
4 / June 2 2.19
Base Price Index 2.32

Asphalt Cement

Asphalt Weekly Location: Eastern Montana

Week / Date Asphalt  ($/US ton)
1 / May 10 512.50
2 / May 17 512.50
3 / May 24 512.50
4 / June 15 505.00
Base Price Index 510.63

Computation approaches used to determine base price indexes

Monthly Averages for 2010

Month Fuel Asphalt
December 2.58 460.00
November 2.63 453.00
October 2.52 442.50
September 2.26 443.75
August 2.20 463.50
July 2.17 481.25

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.