12467019R0039_TIMBER_SUPPORT_BPA_A000001.pdf

12467019R0039 – AMENDMENT A000001 – 29 MAY 2019

TIMBER SUPPORT BPA

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests & The Savannah River Site

Block 14 of SF30 continued.

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1. Incorporate revised page 16 of 44 dated 29 May 2019. Updates CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS OR ATTACHMENTS.

2. Incorporate revised General Statement of Work (SOW) – PERFORMANCE STATEMENT OF WORK (ATTACHMENT 2) dated 29 May 2019.

3. Incorporate revised ATTACHMENT 7 dated 29 May 2019. The revised schedule cancels three (3) out of the five (5) task orders attached. The following task orders are cancelled:

a. Task Order No. 2: Enoree Blairs Project

b. Task Order No. 3: 451.77 Acres - Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale

c. Task Order No. 4: 306.43 Acres - Lone Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale

4. Incorporate revised ATTACHMENT 18 (Task Order No. 5) dated 29 May 2019.

5. Incorporate revised ATTACHMENT 19 Cruise Plan for Task Order No. 5 dated 29 May 2019. The revised cruise plan changes Task Order No. 5 acres from 302 acres to 547 acres.

6. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD OF A BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT UNDER THIS

SOLICITATION, OFFERORS MUST SUBMIT PRICING ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE TASK ORDERS

LISTED IN ATTACHMENT 7.

7. The hours and date specified for receipt of offers on the SF1449 Block 8 is changed to read Wednesday, 5 June 2019 at 12:00 PM EST.

TIMBER SUPPORT BPA

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests & The Savannah River Site

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

1. The Contracting Officer will issue the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Designation Letter and Department of

Labor (DoL) Wage Determination for this BPA at the time of the Call. This COR Designation Letter and DoL Wage

Determination shall apply to all orders issued under each individual Call.

2. The COR will be the day‐to‐day contact for matters pertaining to the awarded contract and will provide assistance to the Forest Service personnel.

ORDERING PROCEDURES

1. The CO will issue a written Request for Proposal that may include:

a. Schedule of Items

b. Statement of Work

c. The Period of Performance

d. Map and/or coordinates of work

e. Department of Labor Wage Determination

2. The Contractors will be provided a number of days to review the package and submit pricing. The Government is not obligated to accept prices and may resolicit the requirement outside this BPA.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS OR ATTACHMENTS

1. 12467019R0039 ‐ BODY

2. General Statement of Work (SOW) – Timber Support BPA ‐ REVISED

3. DOL Wage Rates

4. Intent of this BPA & What is a BPA? Document

5. Ordering Procedures

6. Relative Experience Questionnaire

7. Schedule of Items ‐ REVISED

8. Statement of Work w/Map (Task Order #1: Price Landing Common Stand Examinations Project)

9. Work Summary (Task Order #2: Enoree Blairs Project)

10. Cruise Plan (Enoree Blairs Project)

11. Map (Enoree Blairs Project)

12. Work Summary (Task Order #3: 451.77 AC – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale)

13. Cruise Plan (451.77 AC – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale)

14. Map (451.77 AC – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale)

15. Work Summary (Task Order #4: 306.43 AC – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale)

16. Cruise Plan (306.43 AC – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale)

17. Map (306.43 AC – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale)

18. Work Summary (Task Order #5: Enoree C117 Timber Sale) ‐ REVISED

19. Cruise Plan (Enoree C117 Timber Sale) ‐ REVISED

20. Map (Enoree C117 Timber Sale)

12467019R0039- AMENDMENT A000001 - 29 MAY 2019

ATTACHMENT 2

PERFORMANCE STATEMENT OF WORK

The contractor will provide any and all labor, equipment, supplies, services, permits and license necessary to perform timber support services to include but not limited to marking, cruising, painting boundary lines, GPS stand boundaries, data entry, sale layout, stand exams, volume estimation, defects timber, plot locations, making cruise maps, writing cruise plans, applying stream side zones, summarize cruise data, certified timber cruiser, traverses harvest unit boundaries, covered under a fixed-price performance based service contract. This work will be performed on various Forest Service locations throughout the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests and Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Individual tasks to be performed will be assigned by individual task orders against the contract.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

Tree marking

1.1 – Tree Marking Sample Tree Requirements:

- Designate trees to be cut and removed according to government-provided marking guides or cruise plans. The trees will be designated with Government provided marking paint. The marking requirements can be a mark at eye level on 260 degrees of the tree with a stump mark of either one mark at ground level or 2 marks at ground level.

Sample tree data will be taken at interval designated by the district requesting the work. The sample tree will be designated with flagging wrapped around the tree that is to be sampled and containing the tree sample number, the species code, diameter at breast height (DBH), saw primary log height, primary log defect percent, pine saw log reference to 7” Diameter outside of the bark, or total height of sawtimber with one height at stopping defect or total height of pulpwood, hardwood sawtimber will be to a 9 inch top with/without defect and cruiser initials.

Unless approved by the COR, all work shall be completed on each specific site before moving to the next location.

1.2 Point-Count-Measure Plot Cruise Requirements:

- Point-count-measure variable plot cruise includes the plot establishment, determination of in/out trees, and measurements of the first “in” tree of each sample group on the plot.

Sample tree data will be designated with flagging wrapped around the tree that is to be sampled and containing the tree sample number, the species code, diameter at breast height (DBH), saw primary log height, primary log defect percent, pine saw log reference to 7” Diameter outside of the bark, or total height of sawtimber with one height at stopping defect or total height of pulpwood, hardwood sawtimber will be to a 9 inch top with/without defect and cruiser initials.

Unless approved by the COR, all work shall be completed on each specific site before moving to the next

1.3 – Leave Tree Mark Requirements:

- Designate timber according to government-provided making guides. Silviculture prescriptions calling for clear cut with reserves or seed tree designation with have a single band 2 inches around the tree 360 degrees at eye level. The stump will be marked with a single or double mark at ground level. The marking paint will be provided for the designation.

Unless approved by the COR, all work shall be completed on each specific site before moving to the next location.

1.4 – Timber Sale Cutting Unit Boundaries Requirements:

- Boundary on a stand will be identified by a three diagonal blaze marks with a single stump mark at ground level. The diagonal blaze will be at eye level or higher facing into the unit. These boundaries to be marked will be flagged in a designated flag color of the district preference.

Unless approved by the COR, all work shall be completed on each specific site before moving to the next location.

1.5 – Field Data Collection Requirements:

- Field data collections will be either written on the Region 8 cruise data forms or data forms of the districts preference. Data collection can be collected using electronic FSCruiser software on a data recorder if available. Field data must be well organized and legible.

Unless approved by the COR, all work shall be completed on each specific site before moving to the next location.

1.6 – GPS Data Requirements:

- A GPS unit will be used to traverse timber stand boundaries after layout and boundary painting has been completed. The data collected will meet the Forest Service standards that are required for each district. A hand held unit may be furnished by the Government or a contractor unit can be used with compatible software for creating shapefiles for ArcGis.

Unless approved by the COR, all work shall be completed on each specific site before moving to the next

ATTACHMENT 7

Task Orders Schedule of Items

TASK

ORDER NO.

Timber Support Project QTY UNIT TOTAL

AMOUNT

1 Price Landing Common Stand Examinations Project 1 JOB $

Timber Support Project QTY UNIT TOTAL

2 Enoree Blairs Project 1 JOB $

Timber Support Project QTY UNIT TOTAL

3 451.77 Acres – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale 1 JOB $

Timber Support Project QTY UNIT TOTAL

4 306.43 Acres – Long Cane 190, 195 Timber Sale 1 JOB $

Timber Support Project QTY UNIT TOTAL

5 Enoree C117 Timber Sale 1 JOB $

ATTACHMENT 18

Work Summary and other considerations (EN C115/C117 Timber Sale):

The C115/117 Timber Sale is located nine miles to the east of Whitmire SC on the Enoree Ranger District of the Sumter National Forest. Access is by Hwy 34 and Old Blair Road (state road S-20-12). The sale is located in Compartment 115 and 117 on the Enoree Ranger District.

Approx. 180 acres of sawtimber thinning will be Cut Tree Marked with a residual basal area of 60-80ft2/acre. Approx. 367 acres of Leave tree cruising. Payment Units will be Cut Tree Marked and leave tree mark/cruise. Hardwood saw log and pulpwood will be a minority component of this project.

Government Furnished:

If there are Government Furnished Resources, add the following:

• All tree marking paint necessary designate unit boundary and the leave trees to complete the contract. Color scheme will be determined. NOTE: Contractor will be required to follow directions for security and accountability of tree marking paint as documented in Objective J of Region 8 Timber Theft Prevention Plan. Any alterations of Objective J will require approval by the Contracting Officer. In brief these requirements include, but are not limited to, Contractor’s return of all unused paint and empty paint cans to the Government prior to final payment and except for paint in use, Contractor shall keep all paint cans, including empties, locked in vehicles or other secured container. The Contracting Officer or designee, prior to paint issue, must approve Contractor’s paint storage container(s).

• R-8 National Cruise Data Sheet 1

• Copies of Administrative and vicinity maps as needed. These items do not need to be returned.

• Copy of R-8 Timber Cruising Handbook, FSH 2409.12, Chapter 40 and 60. This item does not have to be returned.

• Region 8 Self Study Training Guide for Qualified Cruisers in compact disc format. This item does not have to be returned.

Place(s) and Period(s) of Performance:

Mark and Cruise approx. 547 estimated acres in Compartments 115 and 117.

All work is to be completed by December 31, 2019.

Government Contract Representatives for Task Order: (include CO and COR information)

COR

Name: Luther Wallace Title: Forestry Technician Address: 20 Work Center Rd, Whitmire, SC, 29178 Voice: 803-276-4810 Fax: 803-276-9303 Email: lwallace@fs.fed.us

Alternate COR Name: Charles Reese

Title: Forestry Technician Address: 20 Work Center Rd, Whitmire, SC, 29178 Voice: 803-276-4810 Fax: 803-276-9303 Email: creese@fs.fed.us

• All maps and paperwork will be provided by the Forest Service.

• Contractor will be cut tree marking saw thinning units. Will be thinning the stands as prescribed by the Forest Service to the desired Basal area.

• The contractor will be banding the reserve trees at eye level. The band will be at least 2 inches and cover 360 degrees around the tree and a stump mark is required. The Leave tree area will be cruised. All healthy Short Leaf Sawtimber trees will be retained in the LTM marked stands. All hard mast producers 8 inches or greater will be retained in the LTM marked stands.

• The contractor will be painting the cut trees on 2 side (270 degrees) at eye level. The butt marks will be for sawtimber – 2 butt marks on downhill side of tree and pulpwood will be 1 butt mark. Any buildup on duff accumulations at the base of tree will need to be removed to mark an adequate stump mark.

• CTM stands will be marked to A 60/80 basal area. Sample rates have been established as the sale has been prepared by the Forest Service. Plots have been determined for the LTM units and have GPS’d acreage. The plot spacing will be 1 plot per acre or a 3 by 3 chain spacing.

• All certified cruisers will be required to pass a hot check before cruising can begin. This requirement is waived if they can produce documentation that they have been cruising on another Region 8 forest within the last three months. Any new cruisers on the sale will need to take the Region 8 cruiser certification if they are to work separately from a certified cruiser.

• A pre-entry meeting will be held discussing all aspects of timber sale preparation and tree marking paint security is required before field work can begin.

• Paint will be required to be checked in daily. Contractor must notify Forest Service in advance of needing paint to be restocked. Any new contractor will be required to take the paint security training.

• Layout has not been completed and there may be a 20% reduction in acreage.

• Approximate plots will be given after the areas have been laid and GPS mapped out.

• Due Date: December 31, 2019

Enoree C117 Timber Sale Cruise Design and Implementation Plan Sheet 1 of 7

12467019R0039- AMENDMENT A000001 - 29 MAY 2019

ATTACHMENT 19

CRUISE DESIGN

AND

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

C117 TIMBER SALE

ENOREE RANGER DISTRICT

SUMTER NATIONAL FOREST

Prepared by: Luke Wallace Forestry Technician Enoree Ranger District

Date: April 8, 2019

Sheet 2 of 7

INTRODUCTION:

The Enoree C117 Timber Sale is located nine miles east of Whitmire SC, on the Enoree Ranger District of the Sumter National Forest. Access is by Highway 34 and Old Blair Road (state road S-20-12). The sale is located in compartment 117 on the Enoree Ranger District. The Decision Notice and NEPA documentation for this sale are found in the Lower Broad Analysis Area.

There will be Clear Cuts with reserves on an estimated 73 acres; Intermediate thinnings on approximately 229 acres. These acreage estimates are derived from the previous layout of the stand with GPS files. This sale will use a cut tree marking for the units. The slopes in the cutting units are gentle 0 to 20%; they do contain shallow gully areas within the units. Elevation of the sale area is about 400 feet.

This sale will be sold as a Tree Measurement Sale.

WORK COORDINATION:

Krista Shelton is the designated check cruiser for this project – all questions regarding sample design, tree designation, and tree measurement are to be brought to Krista.

Luke Wallace is the designated individuals to coordinate sale area boundary designations and layout.

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LAYOUT AND BOUNDARY DESIGNATION:

Boundary line trees are to be marked at eye level with three (3) horizontal slash marks and a spot at ground level with the eye level marks facing into the interior of the Payment Unit, additional paint marks at eye level will be on sides of the tree following the run of the line, these marks may be spots or horizontal lines.

When a road is the Boundary on portions of the Payment Unit, no paint will be required.

Refer to the Revised land management plan for guidelines on layout adjacent to streams and drainages.

All boundary paint is to be Forest Service tracer Orange.

In all Leave Tree Mark units inoperable ground, hardwood inclusions and other areas where no cutting is to be done must be excluded from the Unit with Orange boundary paint.

Along other ownership boundaries use Orange boundary marking paint to reinforce the property marking. Please take note if the boundary is in need of maintenance.

HERITAGE RESOURCES:

Approximate locations of heritage resources are shown on the work maps. In the field these boundaries are designated with two white painted bands on trees.

During layout paint a three stripe with stump mark using orange boundary tracer paint in order to exclude these areas from the sale unit. When the heritage site is on or near a boundary bring the unit boundary around the site – when the heritage site is within the unit completely encircling the site, check to insure any unit behind these sites are accessible.

Any questions concerning known or discovered heritage sites are to be brought to the attention of the COR.

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SILVICULTURAL PRESCRIPTIONS AND MARKING

GUIDELINES:

The Silvicultural prescriptions for these stands are to create open, early succession, woodlands and regenerate mature pine stands. The leave trees are to be left evenly distributed throughout the stands. The Unit Cross-Walk shows the tie from stands identified in the NEPA documents to the Payment Unit. The acres shown are the GPS determined acres after layout. The acres on the cutting cards and shown in tables in the NEPA document are map based estimates – differences are the result of field layout and GPS determination of Payment Unit boundary.

Compartment Stand PU # Cut Marking

CTM/LTM/

DXSPA

Color Nepa Acres

GPS

Acres

115 3 1 132 LTM Orange 54 115 4 2 220 CTM Blue 75 115 6 3 132 LTM Orange 34 115 8 4 132 LTM Orange 47 115 10 5 132 LTM Orange 50 115 11 6 132 LTM Orange 14 115 13 6 132 LTM Orange 25 115 18 7 132 LTM Orange 45 115 16 8 132 LTM Orange 25 117 11 9 132 LTM Orange 73 117 12 10 220 CTM Blue 22 117 13 10 220 CTM Blue 83

TOTAL 547

NOTE: Please refer to individual Cut Card information to determine what variability there is in Leave BA. Some stands may have an inclusion, which will have a different Leave BA.

SAMPLE INTERVALS:

*Sample Intervals are subject to change*

Unit 1 – C 115 Unit 4 – C 115 Unit 9 – C 117 Approx. plots Approx. plots Approx. plots

Unit 2 – C 115 Unit 5 – C 115 Unit 10 – C 117 PS – 1:50 Approx. plots PS – 1:50 ZP – 1:75 Unit 6 – C 115 ZP – 1:75 HS – 1:10 Approx. plots HS – 1:10 ZH – 1:25 Unit 7 – C 115 ZH – 1:25 Unit 3 – C115 Approx. plots Approx. Plots Unit 8 – C 115 Approx. Plots

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CRUISE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION:

Pre Cruise data was taken by forest service crews in the included sale compartments.

INDIVIDUAL TREE MARKING:

Cut Trees (CTM) are to be designated with Forest Service marking paint at or above eye level and at ground level.

• Cut trees will be marked on 270 degrees of the tree on both sides. The painted mark shall be a placed high on the tree above growing vegetation in order to be seen by logging equipment.

• Stump marks shall be at ground level on the down hill side of the tree. Often there will be a build up of pine straw or other material which will need to be kicked out of the way to get to ground level. Stump marks are to be placed inside fluted portions of the stem; two spots at least three inches in diameter are required for sawtimber trees; one spot for pulpwood trees.

Leave Tree Selection Preference

• Remove all loblolly pine while protecting snag and den trees unless they pose a safety hazard.

• Band all Hard mast-producing hardwoods (such as red oak, white oak and hickory etc.) with full healthy crowns and stem diameters greater than 8 inches in diameter shall be retained.

• Band and Retain all healthy dominant and co-dominant shortleaf pine.

Measure Trees Each tree that is measured must be flagged. Write on the flagging with black permanent marker:

• Markers Initials

• Species

• Product

• DBH

• Reference height*

• Date

• Tree number

*Reference heights

• All Pulpwood will be measured to total height.

• Hardwood saw is measured to a 9 inch top

• Pine Saw timber will be measured to a 7 inch top as well as total height.

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INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE:

Check Cruiser: The responsible qualified advanced cruiser for the C117 Timber Sale is Krista Shelton.

Acceptable work will be determined with completion of the Field measurement Evaluation – R8-FS-2400-62 Form and Plot or Tree Measurement Check Sheet – R8-FS- 2400-61 Form. Form R8-FS-2400-63 will be used to evaluate satisfactory plot layout and marking.

MERCHANTIBILITY SPECIFICATION:

Minimum Specifications

Merchantable Tree Piece Required to be Removed

Species Product

DBH

(inches) Pieces per

Tree Length (feet)

DIB Small End (inches)

Net Scale in % of Gross

Southern Yellow Pine Saw-log 11.0 1.5 8 6.3 30

Hardwood Saw-log 12.0 1.5 8 8.0 30 Pine Round-wood 5.0 1.0 10 3.5

Hardwood Round-wood 6.0 1.0 10 3.5

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

GATES:

Some roads are gated or barricaded. Contractor shall have access through these gates.

Contractor shall be responsible for insuring that gates are kept shut and locked at all times.

CHECK CRUISE:

This sale shall be check cruised. The Forest Service will document checks on R8-FS- 2400-61 and R8-FS-2400-62. Examples are attached.

Contractor shall meet established standards.

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USDA Forest Service R8-FS-2400-63 (05/02)

TIMBER SALE CRUISE EVALUATION REPORT – PAGE 1

(Ref. FSH 2409.12,60)

FOREST: CHECK CRUISER:

DISTRICT: DATE INSPECTED:

SALE NAME: CRUISE METHODS:

TYPE OF SALE: SCALE: DATE CRUISED:

SALE PREPARATION ELEMENTS -

A. CRUISE DESIGN PLAN OFFICE FIELD SATISFACTORY UNSATISFACTORY N/A

1. Harvest Guidelines

a. Stand marking guide

b. Minimum product merchantability specs.

2. Sample Method Analysis

a. Population stratification identification

b. Precruise sample documentation

c. Sampling intensity for strata

d. Sample error standards

3. Sample Controls

a. Sample tree/plot distribution & location

b. Plot monumentation

c. Cruise trees numbered

d. Supplemental samples

e. Proper application of plots near boundaries

B. TREE VOLUME

DETERMINATION

1. Visible Defect Deduction Instructions

2. Tree Height Instructions

3. Special Measurement Techniques

C. TIMBER DESIGNATION &

PRODUCT ACCOUNTABILITY

1. Unit Boundary

2. Quality of Tree Designation

3. Tracer Paint Analysis

D. TREE VALUE DETERMINATION

1. Approved Log/Tree Grade Instructions

E. AREA DETERMINATION

1. Traverse Notes Available/Source

2. Traverse Maps Available

3. Error of Course (N/A for GPS)

4. Traverse Boundary follows Posted Unit Boundary

F. FINAL CRUISE PRINTOUT

AUDIT

1. Data Recorder Accurately

2. Sample Error Standards Met

3. Validate Volume Reports

TOTAL