Common use of Adjustment for Excess Quantity Clause in Contracts

Adjustment for Excess Quantity. If Contract Area Map shows Payment Units where Marking or Measuring is to be completed after date of contract advertisement and if Contracting Officer determines that the quan- tity designated will be more than 120 percent of the total estimated quantity listed in AT.2, Forest Service, upon re- quest by Contractor, shall make an adjustment in Marking or cutting unit boundaries with the objective of designating for cutting the approximate estimated quantities by species listed in AT.2. Such adjustments in quantities shall be con- fined to (a) Marking adjustments on Contract Area and (b) reduction in area to be cut over. Such adjustments or re- ductions shall not conflict with the silvicultural treatment being applied on Contract Area and shall not materially change the average value by species of the timber designated for cutting. Such adjustments may be made notwith-