Equipment and Contract Specifications Sample Clauses

Equipment and Contract Specifications. Off-road equipment contributes a significant amount of NOx to the region’s total emissions. Reducing NOx emissions from all sources will help reduce the amount of ozone formed. Municipalities, counties, and state agencies can include emission reduction strategies in contracts and competitively-let bids for construction and service contracts. Such strategies could require contractors to take certain measures to reduce emissions or include incentives in the bid process. One example of a measure that would reduce emissions is to alter work on days when high ozone levels are expected because high levels (95 ppb) were reached the previous day by 1:00 pm. Work that is known to produce high emissions of NOx or VOC can be scheduled after 2:00 pm or lower-emitting equipment may be used. An example of adding incentives in the bid process is to have scoring criteria that would allow a contractor operating alternative fueled or low-emitting equipment to score higher than contractors operating conventional equipment.