Attachment 2 - PWS.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

REMOVE OLD BARBED-WIRE FENCE AND POSTS AND REPLACE WITH NEW

MATERIALS AT THE PROPERTY OF USDA-ARS NGPRL, PERFORMANCE WORK

STATEMENT

USDA, ARS, PA, Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

(NGPRL)

1701 10th Avenue SW Mandan, ND.

DATE: JUNE 25, 2020

STATEMENT OF WORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 Project Information

2.0 Project Contact Persons

3.0 Scope of Services

4.0 Technical Project Requirements

5.0 Background and Site Description

6.0 Technical Cost Proposal

7.0 Special Requirements

8.0 Performance Schedule

1.0 Project Information:

A. Project Number: TBD

B. Project Title: REMOVE OLD BARBED-WIRE FENCING AND POSTS

AND REPLACE WITH NEW MATERIALS

C. Project Location:

USDA, ARS, PA, Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory 1701 10th Ave SW.

Mandan, ND 58554

2.0 Project Contact Persons:

A. WARRANTED CONTRACTING OFFICER

Connie Faulkner Phone: 701-239-1213

USDA ARS NPA, EDWARD T. SCHAFER AGRIC. RES.

1616 Albrecht Blvd. N.

Fargo, ND 58102-2765 Email: Connie.Faulkner@usda.gov

B. ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER (EPM):

Greg Graham, USDA, ARS, WBSC Phone: 970-492-7025 2150 Centre Avenue, Building D, Suite 300 Fort Collins, CO 80526 Email: Greg.Graham@usda.gov

C. RESEARCH PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVES (RPR):

David Archer Phone: 701-667-3048 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: David.archer@usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

D. LOCATION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (LAO):

Jeremy Will Phone: 701-667-3014 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: Jeremy.will@usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

E. LOCATION MONITOR (LM):

Mike Eberle Phone: 701-667-3075 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: Michael.eberle@usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

F. COLLATERAL DUTY SAFETY OFFICER (CDSO):

Holly Johnson Phone: 701-667-3003 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: Holly.Johnson@usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

3.0 Scope of services:

The Contractor shall provide all professional services necessary for the accomplishment of each project and such required services shall be in accordance with requirements as described herein.

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A. The Contractor shall provide services for the following tasks marked by an “X”:

[X] Provide a cost proposal and a technical proposal to complete the project as per project requirements and price per linear feet.

[X] The contractor shall furnish all the skilled labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supervision necessary to remove the old barbed-wire fence and posts and replace it with new materials specified here within at USDA-ARS, Northern Great Plains Research Lab.

4.0 Technical Project Requirements:

The Contractor will work with site personnel to ensure each task is accomplished in a timely manner within 60 working days from the start date of the project.

A. The Contractor’s work shall adhere to the criteria stated within these project requirements, drawings, and specifications. All construction shall comply with applicable federal, state, and local code requirements as well as current industry standards, (i.e.: EPA, ASTM, GSA, AASHTO, etc.) and health and safety codes, in effect at the time of contract award.

B. All work to meet all pertinent Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) and ARS 242.1M standards. UFGS available at http://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-guide-specifications-ufgs.

ARS 242.1M available at https://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/ppweb/pps-and-manuals/.

5.0 Background & Site Description:

A. Existing fencing is bordering the State Hwy. #6 ,19th St. and 8th Ave.

roadways.

B. The old fence consists of barbed-wire, steel T-posts, wooden posts, braced corners, steel gates, and barbed-wire gates.

C. There is approximately 7000 ft. of old fence to be removed and replaced with new.

D. The new fence will be installed in the exact same location as the old fence to include all corners and angles that presently exist.

6.0 Technical Cost Proposal: The contractor shall provide a price to remove and dispose of, off site, the old fencing including all old wire, wooden posts, steel T-posts, braces and debris. The contractor will replace it with new specified wire, wooden posts, heavy duty steel T-posts, corners, and gates as specified here within.

7.0 Special Requirements

1. The contractor shall dispose of and remove any of the old materials off site including all wire, wooden posts, steel T-posts, bracing and debris.

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2. New replacement barbed-wire will be Red Brand 12 ½ gauge barbed-wire.

3. New Red Brand 12 ½ gauge woven wire. 47 inches tall.

4. Heavy duty 6ft. T-posts.

5. Heavy duty 8ft. T-posts.

6. Treated black wood posts that are minimum of 10” inch diameter.

7. Treated wooden posts that are minimum of 4” inch diameter.

8. All gates and corners must use a H-brace pattern using 10” black treated posts or 2-7/8inch steel pipe.

9. Corner bracing shall have 9-gauge wire used for cross bracing.

10. T-post clips and 8# fence staples for wooden posts.

11. The Contractor will install the 10” minimum black treated wooden posts at a maximum of 300ft. apart.

12. The contractor will install the 4” treated wooden posts at a maximum of

50ft. in between the 10” black treated wooden posts.

13. The contractor shall install the heavy-duty T-posts at a maximum of every 16.5ft. in between the 4” wooden posts.

14. The new installed Red Brand 12 ½ gauge woven wire will be installed at no more than 3 inches above the ground level no matter how the terrain rolls.

15. The stranded Red Brand 12 ½ gauge wire will be 1-wire placed 6 inches above the woven wire fence.

16. T-posts will be installed minimum of 1ft. into the ground.

17. Wood posts will be installed at a minimum of 3ft. into the ground.

18. The contractor will provide any extra T-posts, wooden posts, bracing, wire panels, and materials to properly complete the fence in terrain area that may prove to need extra materials, such as drainage and slopes.

19. New fence is to be installed in the same location as the old fence.

20. All woven wire must be cut and wrapped on the 10” wooden black treated posts at the end of the woven wire rolls, at the gates, and at all corners. It must be stretched to proper tension without sagging. The barbed wire shall be stretched to proper tension, so no sag is visible.

21. There are 3 gates in place along the trail that the contractor will replace with new commercial, heavy duty 2” steel gates. One gate 14ft. wide, one gate 16ft wide, and one gate 18ft. wide.

22. The work site shall be cleaned up to the satisfactory of the Location Monitor. All posts, wire, metal, materials, and debris shall be cleaned up and hauled off site.

8.0 Performance Schedules:

A. Permits: Where governing regulations and imposed codes and standards require notices, permits, licenses, inspections, tests, and similar items or actions in order to lawfully proceed with the required work, the Design Contractor shall obtain items and take those actions in accordance with the regulations of the governing authority. The costs of construction permits, licenses, inspections, etc., are the obligation of the future Construction Contractor.

B. Schedules shall be updated and furnished with each submittal.

C. Submittals shall be made as scheduled in the Special Requirements section. Each submittal shall be distributed electronically in Adobe for review, to the Location Monitor at the facility, Engineering Project Manager, and Contracting Officer. Each submittal shall contain the previous submittal's Excel comment sheet with responses, notes of meetings held with ARS personnel, design notes, calculations, and construction progress bi-weekly meetings during construction.

D. Changes in the scope of work or the task order that affect the level of effort of the Contractor must be pre-approved by the CO.

E. Disputes or questions that arise after the task order has been negotiated will be resolved by the CO.