Positive Location of Underground Utility Facilities (Potholing) Service in Kern County

This is a single provider, on-call, and as-needed service Agreement for the positive location of underground utility facilities (potholing), as described herein. Contractor shall provide all labor, tools, materials, parts, equipment, supplies, standard traffic control signage, travel, and incidentals necessary to provide routine positive location services using air or water (this choice shall be at the discretion of Caltrans Contract Manager and/or the Utility Owner), and vacuum excavation (hand excavation may be required in some situations, i.e., shallow depth, delicate pipe/conduit. Dip measurements by accessing manhole lid/covers may also be required in some instances), electronic detection, ground penetrating radar, and/or comparable methods acceptable to Caltrans Contract Manager and the utility facility owner, in order to locate underground utilities, and to perform related services (as described in this Agreement.  Contractor will provide the actual location at any specific point, including horizontal alignment and vertical depth.  The utilities include, but are not limited to, petroleum, data transmission, telephone, gas, electric, water and sewer pipelines.  In special circumstances, and only when authorized by Caltrans Contract Manager in writing, Contractor may use specialized equipment or other approved methods to determine the location of utilities under this Agreement.
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