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2019 Rocky Area Vegetation Brushing & Mastication

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 SCOPE OF CONTRACT:

Work requires reduction of fuel loading in approximately 3 designated areas with a range between 1,500-3,300 acres of treatment. Contracts may be awarded to more than one contractor.

A Pre-Meeting will be held at the Barlow Ranger District (780 NE Court St. Dufur, OR 97021) on November 8th at 9:00 am.

The work would be completed by masticating existing live vegetative materials preferably with a “mounted mastication type head” on a track mounted piece of equipment, it must be track mounted. Work shall be performed on slopes up to 30 percent.

A. The objective is to eliminate vegetative competition of brush and small diameter saplings and reduce the slash layer to a depth of 2 to 10 inches through Mastication. Logs greater than 18 inches diameter will be left in place.

B. The contractor shall furnish all equipment, fuel, maintenance, labor, supervision, transportation, materials, tools, supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the job.

C.2 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:

A. Masticate all vegetation less than 10 ft. tall and

B. Masticate all live material up to 5 inches diameter.

C.3 EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

A. When ground based equipment is used to complete project work, the following conditions shall be met:

1. Equipment shall be furnished on a fully operational basis and in good operating condition, with a competent, qualified operator. The Contractor shall provide operators that have sufficient skill and experience to perform properly and efficiently the work assigned to them. The Contractor, upon written request from the Contracting Officer (CO), shall immediately remove any operator, who in the opinion of the Contracting Officer does not perform his work in a proper and skillful manner.

2. Equipment must be track-mounted, capable of reducing live vegetative material through mastication, and meet the following specifications:

(a) Capable of reaching 25 feet.

(b) Climbing ability up to 30 percent slope.

(c) Pivot---operator cab, engine, and arm shall be able to swing 360 degrees while the track remains stationary.

(d) Cutting Machine shall be equipped with either a vertical or horizontal shaft, attached with a chipping drum mounted on a carrier.

(e) Equipment shall be free of fluid leaks and have hoses and hydraulics in good operating condition.

(f) The cab/canopy shall be firmly secured to the machine and free of broken glass.

3. Equipment Limitations

(a) Mechanical treatment will not occur on slopes over 30%.

(b) Equipment shall not cross identified streams.

(c) Equipment shall not operate within 100 ft. of streams, creeks, or seeps.

(d) Any leave areas needed to protect wildlife and fish habitat will be left untreated.

4. Equipment Transportation

(a) The Contractor shall provide transportation of machine-piling equipment to and between all project areas.

5. Equipment Cleaning

(a) Contractor shall not move any Off-Road Equipment, which last operated in an area that is infested with one or more invasive species of concern onto Project Area without having first taken reasonable measures to make each such piece of equipment free of soil, seeds, vegetative matter, or other debris that could contain or hold seeds. Contractor shall identify the location of the equipment's most recent operations. If the prior location of the Off-Road Equipment cannot be identified, Forest Service will assume that it is infested with seeds of invasive species of concern. In addition, prior to moving Off-Road Equipment from an area on this contract that is shown on Project Area Map to be infested with invasive species of concern to any other area that is indicated on Project Area

Map as being free of invasive species of concern, Contractor shall again take reasonable measures to make each such piece of equipment free of soil, seeds, vegetative matter, or other debris that could contain or hold seeds.

(b) Contractor must advise Forest Service of measures taken to clean Off-Road Equipment and arrange for Forest Service inspection prior to such equipment being placed in service or moved from areas infested with invasive species of concern to areas that are free of such invasive species. Forest Service shall have 2 days, excluding weekends and Federal holidays, to inspect equipment after it has been made available for inspection. After Forest Service inspection Contractor may proceed with operations. Reasonable measures shall not require the disassembly of equipment components or use of any specialized inspection tools. Equipment shall be considered free of soil, seeds, and other such debris when a visual inspection does not disclose such material.

(c) “Off-Road Equipment” includes all logging and construction machinery, except for log trucks, chip vans, service vehicles, water trucks, pickup trucks, cars, and similar vehicles.

(d) If Contractor desires to clean Off-Road Equipment on National Forest land, such as at the end of a project or prior to moving to a new area that is free of invasive species of concern, Contractor and Forest Service shall agree on locations for the cleaning and control of off-site impacts, if any.

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