12475619Q0011_RFQ_Attachment_1_Statement_of_Work_Soil_Water_and_Wildlife_Area_Rehab_Ocoee_RD.pdf

Solicitation 1241619Q0011

Soil, Water and Wildlife Area Rehabilitation

Ocoee Ranger District

SECTION C - ATTACHMENT 1

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

100 – GENERAL REQUIRMENTS

110 – Scope of Contract

This contract requires ground preparation, liming, fertilizing, seeding, spraying herbicide, and related work in compliance with its terms, specifications, and provisions.

This is a requirements contract in which all estimated total quantities are shown on the

Schedule of Items. These estimates are not a representation that the estimated quantities will be required or ordered or that conditions affecting requirements will be stable or normal. These estimates were obtained from records of previous requirements and consumption, projected need from work plans, or by other means, and are based on the most current information available.

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, transportation, tools, equipment, supplies and other incidentals (except as identified under the Government-Furnished Property clause below) necessary to perform all work required to complete Soil and Water Improvement and Wildlife Habitat Improvement work on areas of National Forest land on an "As

Needed" requirements basis in accordance with the provisions and specifications contained herein.

115 – Key Personnel

Superintendent: The Contractor shall designate a superintendent in accordance with

(Section I) (Page 23 of 46) of this solicitation. The name of this person shall be designated in writing and provided to the Contracting Officer.

Authority: The superintendent shall have authority to act for the Contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.

Response Time: During normal duty hours (0600 through 1800), the superintendent shall be available within 30 minutes by telephone or cell phone contact, to speak with designated Government personnel for discussion and resolution of performance issues.

After normal duty hours, the representative shall be available within 2 hours.

Language: The superintendent must be able to read, write, speak, and understand

English.

Employees: The Government reserves the right to restrict employment, under the contract, of any contractor’s employees or prospective contractor’s employees, who are identified as a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being, or operational mission.

Appearance: Contractor’s personnel shall present a neat appearance and be easily recognized. This may be accomplished by wearing distinctive clothing bearing the name of the company. Wearing badges that contain the company’s name and employee’s name will be required.

Safe Work Environment Requirement: Contractor shall provide a safety plan outlining steps taken to provide for a safe work environment for employees and the general public.

120 - Placement of Orders

Delivery orders may be placed thorughout the contract year. Delivery orders shall be placed in writing and authorized by Eduardo E. Savory, Contracting Officer, or Tony Duncan, Purchasing Agent. The standard Delivery Order Form shall be used to place orders. Each delivery order will specify the services and contract time for period of performance in accordance with the contract.

Contractor shall begin within (10) calendar days from receipt and acknowledgemnt of order.

The Governemnt reserves the right to increase the number of acres and trees cut/removed.

*CONTRACT TIME for each Delivery Order issued shall be calculated thus:

Schedule of Items Contract Time*

1. Ground Preparation, Liming and Fertilizer.

of Wildlife Areas 0.5 Day/Acre

2. Ground Preparation Only 0.25 Day/Acre

3. Seeding

A. Widife areas using Mix 1 0.25 Day/Acre

B. Wildlife Areas Using Mix 2 0.25 Day/Acre

C. Wilife Areas Using 0.25 Day/Acre

Government Furnished Seed.

4. Furnish farm tractor with boom-type spray rig, or 1.25 Hours/Acre

Equivalent, on operated basis to apply Government-

Furnished herbicide with Supervision/Direction by

Inspector/COR.

5. Cut and Remove downed trees, 6 inches 30 Min/Tree or larger in diameter, from road or field.

. *(1 FULL DAY MINIMUM. ANY RESULTANT FRACTION WILL BE ROUNDED

FORWARD TO NEXT FULL DAY)

130 - Description

This work shall consist of:

- Ground Preparation.

- Furnish and Placing Fertilizer, Lime, and Seed.

- Seeding with Government-Furnished Seed.

- Furnish Farm Tractor and Spray Rig or Equivalent on Operated Basis with

Government-Furnished Herbicide and Supervision/Direction.

- Cutting and Removal of Trees 6 Inches or Larger in Diameter from Road or Field.

140 - Project Location

Project areas are located within the boundaries of the Cherokee National Forest, Ocoee/Hiwassee Ranger District in Monroe, McMinn and Polk Counties, Tennessee. Sites are linear and spot openings that typically vary between 0.5 and 5 acres in size. These sites are typically separated by variable distances ranging from 1 to 2 miles or more.

See attached map of the Ocoee Ranger District. Detailed maps will be provided with each delivery order.

150 - Schedule of Work

The contractor must notify the COR at least 24 hours in advance of commencement of work on each order so work may be inspected for contract complaince.

160 - Access to Work Areas

Contractor shall perform the removal of downed trees, or other activities found to be minimally necessary to obtain access to work areas. The Government will pay $15.00 for each tree, 6 inches or larger in diameter. The contractor will be responsible for physicaly marking and keeping a log for each tree removed for inspection and coordination with Contracting Officer’s Representative for payment.

Access on roads which are gated will be coordinated with the Contracting Officer's

Representative. Contractor shall keep all gates locked at all times, unless otherwise directed by the COR.

170 - Clean Up at Project Site

Upon completion of each site and prior to moving to the next site, all other trash, rubbish, and debris generated by the Contractor's operation will be removed from National Forest land.

200 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

All acreage has been calculated using GPS Equipment. Acreage of linear wildlife openings is based on roads with an average width of 16.5 ft** Any additional passes made for wide spots, turnarounds, etc… have been estimated and acreage added based on most current information available. All acreage is rounded up to the nearest tenth of an acre.

** 16.5’ wide X 5280’/mile = 87,120sqft/mile / 43,560sqft/acre = 2.0 ac/mile

210 - Ground Preparation, Liming, and Fertilizing Wildlife Areas (Linear Wildlife

Openings and Plot Wildlife Openings)

Ground Preparation: Harrowing, disking or ripping, or use of a rotovator is required on designated sites to a depth of of 4-6 inches. Ensure all the ground is loosened for maximum seed contact. Fertilizer and lime shall be applied prior to preparation and mixed throughly with the soil prior to seeding. After seeding, ground will be smoothed by a drag harrow, disk harrow or other methods approved by the COR for covering seed and leveling uneven ground.

Lime: Lime shall be calcitic granular agricultural ground limestone and shall be screened to Tennessee State gradation. Application rate will be 2 tons per acre.

Fertilizer: Fertilizer shall be a standard commercial grade fertilizer and shall conform to all

State and Federal regulations. Commercial fertilizer shall provide the following minimum percentage of available nutrients: 6% Nitrogen, 12% Phosphorous, and 12% Potassium.

Application rate will be 300 pounds per acre.

Application: Fertilizer and lime as specified for the areas to be treated shall be applied separately using any method that will produce uniform and even distribution of materials over each area. Prior approval of COR is required before any other method can be utilized.

Examples of methods not allowed are spreading by hand or shovel. Application shall not be done when the ground is excessively wet, frozen, or otherwise untillable. Nor shall the ground be worked before or during windy, rainy or inclement weather, that would cause the prepared surface to erode. Ensure all the ground is loosened for maximum seed contact.

220 - Ground Preparation Only

Harrowing, disking or ripping is required on designated sites to a depth of 4-6 inches.

Ensure all the ground is loosened for maximum seed contact. No fertilizer or lime applications will be made.

230 - Seeding

Seed shall conform to the requirements of Federal Specifications JJJ-S-181. Seed shall be furnished in standard containers with (1) seed name, (2) lot number, (3) net weight, (4) percentage of purity and of germination and hard seed, and (5) percentage of maximum weed seed content, clearly marked for kind of seed. Application of seed shall be immediately following preparation of the ground.

Seed Application Rates for areas on the Ocoee Ranger District:

A. Wildlife Openings Using Mixture 1:

Winter Wheat - 1 Bushel Per Acre

Ladino Clover - 6 Pounds Per Acre

Annual Rye Grass - 5 Pounds Per Acre

B. Wildlife Openings Using Mixture 2:

Annual Rye Grass - 5 Pounds Per Acre

Partridge Pea - 5 Pounds Per Acre

Brown-top Millet - 25 Pounds Per Acre

C. Millsets, Logging Roads and Wildlife Openings Using Government Furnished

Seed.

Seed will be provided as stated in Government Furnished Property and seeding rates shall be based on standard reccomendations and/or as needed.

Government-furnished seed will be available for pickup upon request at the Ocoee

Ranger District Work Center, located on Hwy. 30, approx. ½ mile off Hwy. 64, Benton

(Parksville), Tennessee between the hours of 7:00 am and 5:30 p.m., Monday through

Thursday, excluding Federal Holidays or at a mutually agreed upon location including but not limited to the job site and/or the retail seed outlet. The contractor shall give at least 24 hour advanced notice to the Contracting Officer’s Representative prior to picking up the government-furnished seed. Sufficient supplies of seed will be made available for Contractor to work on weekends and holidays. Any unused seed will be returned to the work center. See Clause 52.245-1 (Apr 2012), Government Property.

240 - Spraying

Apply government-supplied herbicides on millsets, logging roads, skid roads, recreation fields, and/or wildlife forage areas per manufacturers’ instructions with operated equipment with supervision/direction provided by a government Inspector/COR who is licensed as

Certified Pesticide Applicator. Application shall not be done before or during windy, rainy or inclement weather, that would cause the herbicide to lose it’s effectiveness.

Approved herbicides will be furnished for areas to be treated with herbicides. Herbicides will be available for pickup upon request at Ocoee Ranger District Work Center, located on

Hwy. 30, approx. ½ mile off Hwy. 64, Benton (Parksville), Tennessee between the hours of

7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, excluding Federal Holidays. The contractor shall give at least a one day advance notice to the Contracting Officer’s

Representative prior to picking up the herbicides. Sufficient supplies of herbicides will be made available for Contractor to work on weekends and holidays. Any unused herbicides will be returned to the work center. See Clause 52.245-1 (Apr 2012), Government Property.

Biobased Products

The contractor shall utilize products and materials made from biobased materials to the maximum extent possible without jeopardizing the intended end use or detracting from the overall quality delivered to the end user. All supplies and materials shall be of a type and quality that conform to applicable Federal specifications and standards. All supplies and materials to be used in the performance of work described herein are subject to the approval of the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). Biobased products that are designated for preferred procurement under USDA’s BioPreferred program must meet the required minimum biobased content as stated at www.biopreferred.gov

300 – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

310 – Inspection

Performance shall be inspected by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or his designated inspector in accordance with Clause 52.212.4 (a), Contract Terms and

Conditions-Commercial Items (May 2015) Inspection/Acceptance.

320 - Acceptance

Acceptance of the work shall be contingent upon approval of the Contracting Officer’s

Representative (COR). 52.212.4 (a), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items

(May 2015) Inspection/Acceptance.

400 - MEASUREMENT

Measurement for each payment shall be made to the nearest tenth of an acre using GPS equipment and rounded to the nearest tenth of an acre.

410 - Payment

Payment shall be made in accordance with Clause 52.212-4 (i), Payments, for acres actually ordered, completed, and accepted. Invoices for payment must be submitted by contractor through the Invoice Processing Platform (ipp.gov) for payment.

http://www.biopreferred.gov/