Draft_Solicitation_Section_C.pdf

Part 1 – The Schedule

2020 Hoonah Fish Passage & Traffic Safety Improvements

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS

C.1 PROJECT SCOPE

A. The intent of this contract is to improve fish passage and provide traffic safety upgrades to roads on the Hoonah Road System. The work includes all activities necessary to enable resource management activities along the roads in this project.

The project includes Mobilization of Equipment to perform the work, and consists of a Base Bid and 5 Option items with the following summary of work:

a. Base – Includes the removal of a 130 ft long 97” x 149” Structural Plate Pipe

Arch, and the installation of a new, contractor furnished 112’ bridge with TL2 rails and approach rails on the 8502 road at MP 8.39. Other site work includes installing a French drain and removing rock and organic material to increase site distance. Road 8502 can only be closed starting April 13th 2020 and must be reopened by May 15th 2020.

b. Option 1- Includes removing rock and organic material to increase sight distance around blind corners.

c. Option 2 - Includes removing rock and organic material to increase sight distance around blind corners.

d. Option 3 - Includes placing rock to widen a bus turnaround on the 8530 road.

A rock source within 3 miles will be designated prior to construction. Icy Straight Point (the tour bus operator) will clear and grub the area prior to work on this option being completed.

e. Option 4 – Includes placing a 6” lift of crushed rock on the 8502 road from

MP 0.2 to 1.86. This section of road is 20 ft wide. The City of Hoonah will furnish the aggregate.

f. Option 5 – Includes placing riprap at the 8502 bridge site if bedrock is not encountered during excavation.

Stream crossings and working in fish streams will be restricted by fish timing windows on this project and have prior, documented approval from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Invasive Plant species have been documented in several existing rock sources which may require treatment or new sources.

Metal and other manufactured products excavated will become the property of the contractor and disposed of by removing from Government-administered lands and properly disposing of.

Payment for contract work will be made only for and under those pay items included in the Schedule of Items. All other work and materials will be considered as incidental to and included in the payment for items shown.

B. Location: Hoonah, Alaska is located on Chichagof Island, approximately 40 air miles west of Juneau. All sites for this project are located on the main Hoonah road system. Hoonah is a full service community, with daily commercial air service and air taxi services and regularly scheduled ferry and commercial barge services. See vicinity map for road and bridge site locations

C. An Erosion Control Plan will be required prior to ground disturbing activities.

Refer to the supplemental specifications for details.

D. Finished slopes into excavated structure sites will follow the lines shown on drawing typicals.

E. Price Range for the project is between $500,000 - $1,000,000.

C.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

A. STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS

AND BRIDGES ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS, FP-14, U.S.

Customary Units.

B. FLH Standard Specifications (FP-14) can be obtained from the Federal Highway Administration Home Page on the Internet. It is in Word or Adobe Acrobat page description format at:

https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/specs/

Or online at: http://bookstore.gpo.gov/ http://bookstore.gpo.gov/

C. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BMP’S Soil and Water Conservation Handbook FSH 2509.22 http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r10/landmanagement/?cid=fsbdev2_038796

D. The National BMP Handbook can be found at:

http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/watershed/FS_National_Core_B MPs_April2012.pdf

The specifications are included by reference. The requirements contained in these Standard Specifications are hereby made a part of this solicitation and any resultant work.

C.3 SPECIAL PROJECT SPECIFICATION AND FOREST SERVICE

SUPPLEMENTATION

A. The following specifications and supplementations to FP-14 are hereby made part of this solicitation and any resultant contract:

C.4 AGAR 452.211-72 Statement of Work/Specifications (FEB 1988)

A. The intent of this contract is to provide for the complete construction of the project described in the contract. Unless otherwise provided, the contractor is to furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supplies and perform all work required to complete the project in reasonably close conformity with the drawings and specifications, and in accordance with the provisions of the contract.

C.5 AGAR 452.211-73 Attachments to Statement of Work/Specifications (FEB 1988)

A. The attachments to the Statement of Work/Specifications listed are hereby made part of this solicitation and any resultant contract.

C.6 FAR 52.211-10 Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work (APR 1984)

A. The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within 30 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use by http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r10/landmanagement/?cid=fsbdev2_038796 http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/watershed/FS_National_Core_BMPs_April2012.pdf http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/watershed/FS_National_Core_BMPs_April2012.pdf

10/1/2020. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises.

C.7 CONTRACTOR’S QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

A. The Contractor shall provide a quality control plan, which is mutually agreed upon with the Contracting Officer. This plan shall describe the Contractor’s method for ensuring all work meets the contract requirements. At minimum, the Quality Control Plan shall outline how the quality of work will be monitored, how the crew will be supervised, and who will perform the quality control function.

Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer with documentation of quality control inspections.

C.8 SIGNING, SAFETY AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

A. A reflectorized SLOW MOVING VEHICLE emblem shall be attached to any equipment not designed to maintain a safe travel rate or that will be moving at a slow rate while performing maintenance.

B. A notice of where and when the public might expect delays due to project work will be at the Hoonah Ranger District.

C. It shall be the Contractor’s responsibility to furnish black and orange reflectorized maintenance warning signs to alert motorists of maintenance operations. All signs shall conform to the standards for Temporary Traffic Control in accordance with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Warning signs shall be placed at the proper locations to warn the public of road work. A minimum of one (1) sign at each end of road sections under construction shall be kept in place at all times and shall be moved as work progresses in accordance with the MUTCD.

C.9 DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES

A. The Contractor shall be held liable for any damage caused by his/her personnel or equipment to any existing bridges, ditches, culverts, signs, or riprap at culvert inverts. Repair of structures damaged by the Contractor's operations, shall be the Contractor's responsibility at no cost to the Government.

B. The contractor shall assume all risk, loss, damage, or expense arising out of prosecution of the work, except as otherwise provided in the contract.

C.10 ACTIVITY REPORT

A. Not required.

C.11 ABBREVIATIONS

A. Whenever in these specifications, or in other contract documents, the following terms, or pronouns in place of them, are used, the intent and meaning shall be interpreted as follows: (Reference to a specific standard or specification shall mean the latest addition or amendment thereto in effect on date of Invitation for Bids.)

a. AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

b. CS - Commercial Standard Issued by U.S. Department of Commerce.

c. EPA - Environmental Protection Agency.

d. FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation System.

e. FED SPEC - Federal Specifications.

f. FSS - Federal Specifications and Standards.

g. MSHA - Mine Safety Health Administration.

h. MUTCD - Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

i. NBS - National Bureau of Standards.

j. OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Act.

k. PS - Product Standard issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

l. UL - Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc.