Supplier Requirements Manual - AK Steel

EQUIPMENT KEY REMINDERS:Note 1: Service / Job trucks, regardless of size, used specifically to carry commonlyused equipment, tools and materials for the support of the on-site services maybe invoiced at previously agreed upon rates. Service trucks should beidentified as a separate line item on invoices, and require supportingdocumentation providing justification for the vehicle’s need.Note 2: Rates used must be those documented with AK Steel Purchasing prior to thestart of any work.Note 3: Rates should be for equipment maintained, un-manned, and un-fueled unlessspecifically authorized otherwise by AK Steel Purchasing.Note 4: No markup of Contractor owned equipment rates is allowed.IV. MARKUPA. Markup shall include all profits and overhead charges associated with procurement.All charges comprising the markup should be explicitly itemized. The markuppercentage shall be applied in each section (Labor, Equipment, Materials) to each lineitem where Markup is permitted.B. No mark up of sales or use tax is permitted.C. Markup may not exceed Owner approved percentage. Markup shall not exceed 5 %unless previously agreed to in writing.V. OVERHEADA. The following items are generally considered to be Overhead costs that are included inthe Markup or are included in the Overhead built into the Labor rates and cannot beinvoiced separately:1. All profit, fees, and the like.2. All home office overhead.3. All insurance.4. All home office staff including, but not limited to, clerical, secretarial, finance,accounting, tax, purchasing, warehousing, engineering, traffic, legal, payroll,computer services, corporate officers and their travel and subsistence expenses.5. All taxes, licenses, permits, federal, state, and local taxes, including taxesapplicable to income and profit in Contractors home state and associated federaltaxes for home office, but excluding sales and use taxes.6. All home office supplies, utilities, professional and trade associations andtechnical and trade journals.7. Labor relations for all necessary union meetings, pre-job conferences and / ornational association meetings.8. All home office costs associated with generating, maintaining and utilizing thecritical path method for the job, including schedule development and reporting asrequired by Owner during the pre-outage, outage, and post-outage periods.9. Phone service for all field trailers and offices. This service is provided by AKSteel’s Sub-Contractor IBM Global and shall be billed to Contractor.10. Portable radios and cell phones for Contractor’s personnel unless pre-approved inwriting by AK Steel.AK Steel Supplier Requirements Page 21 of 55Revised 01/13