A9_Solicitation.pdf

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

2024 Williams Hand Thinning

1282B124Q0025

Schedule of Items/Price Schedule

Project Description: Williams Hand Thinning Project_________________________________

Vendor Name: __________________________________Vendor UEI:___________________

Item Supplies/Services Qty Unit of Issue

Unit Price Total Price

0001 Williams Unit 1 27 AC $ $ 0002 Williams Unit 2 5 AC 0003 Williams Unit 3 13 AC 0004 Williams Unit 4 7 AC 0005 Williams Unit 5 5 AC 0006 Williams Unit 6 5 AC 0007 Williams Unit 9 5 AC 0008 Williams Unit 11 10 AC 0009 Williams Unit 12 39 AC 0010 Williams Unit 13 23 AC 0011 Williams Unit 15 4 AC 0012 Williams Unit 16 7 AC 0013 Williams Unit 17 6 AC 0014 Williams Unit 18 25 AC 0015 Williams Unit 19 17 AC 0016 Williams Unit 22 22 AC 0017 Williams Unit 23 20 AC 0018 Williams Unit 24 12 AC 0019 Williams Unit 25 12 AC 0020 Williams Unit 26 23 AC 0021 Williams Unit 27 17 AC 0030 Williams Unit 44 16 AC 0031 Williams Unit 45 7 AC 0032 Williams Unit 46 7 AC 0034 Williams Unit 48 2 AC 0035 Williams Unit 49 4 AC 0036 Mustang Unit 14 39 AC 0037 Mustang Unit 68 21 AC 0038 Mustang Unit 69 28 AC 0039 Moose Unit 158 31 AC

Total:

Option Year 1 Items

0022 Williams Unit 40A 49 AC 0023 Williams Unit 40B 68 AC 0024 Williams Unit 40C 66 AC 0025 Williams Unit 41A 80 AC 0026 Williams Unit 41B 35 AC 0027 Williams Unit 43A 98 AC 0028 Williams Unit 43B 54 AC 0029 Williams Unit 43C 72 AC 0033 Williams Unit 47 8 AC Total:

Schedule Notes:

a) Items labeled as optional are not required to be exercised by the government. If exercised, the contractor will be required to perform the optional work in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract.

b) One award will be made from this solicitation, contractors must submit pricing for all items.

Description of Requirement

The Salmon-Challis National Forest has a need for hand cutting live, dead, and down trees, piling and lopping and scattering slash. This project will be awarded utilizing the Forest Service Region 1 and 4 Fuels Reduction IDIQ Contract for vegetation treatments.

Location

This task order will service the North Fork and Salmon-Cobalt Ranger Districts of the Salmon-Challis National Forest. Please see Statement of Work and Associated Maps for further information.

Williams 1 2,817 303 12x12 3.1 35 2 Williams 2 2,150 303 12x12 2.6 35 Williams 3 2,083 303 12x12 2.6 20 Williams 4 3,300 303 12x12 3.3 15 walk in < 1/4 mile Williams 5 1,500 303 12x12 2.5 10 walk in < 1/4 mile Williams 6 3,550 303 12x12 3.6 5 walk in < 1/4 mile Williams 9 2,650 303 12x12 3.3 20 walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 11 4,000 303 12x12 2 20 Walk in <1/2 mile Williams 12 1,133 303 12x12 1.8 15 walk in < 1/4 mile Williams 13 2,433 303 12x12 2.6 15 Williams 15 2,500 303 12x12 2.8 5 walk in < 1/4 mile Williams 16 9,400 303 12x12 4.2 10 Williams 17 850 303 12x12 1.8 20 Williams 18 450 303 12x12 1.5 40 Williams 19 6,233 303 12x12 3.4 35 Williams 22 2,567 303 12x12 3.1 20 2 Williams 23 3,533 303 12x12 3.6 15 Walk in < 1/4 mile Williams 24 3,000 303 12x12 2.6 20 Williams 25 2,300 303 12x12 2.6 25 walk in < 1/4 mile Williams 26 6,833 303 12x12 4.2 30 Williams 27 2,750 303 12x12 3.1 40

Williams 40A 733 222 14x14 3.3 35 1 Williams 40B 1,125 222 14x14 3.3 30 1 Williams 40C 700 222 14x14 2.5 30 1 Williams 41A 1,675 222 14x14 3.5 30 walk in 150 feet, 1, 2 Williams 41B 1,483 222 14x14 3 15 walk in 150 feet, 1, 2 Williams 43A 2,050 222 14x14 3.1 30 1, 2 Williams 43B 583 222 14x14 2 40 1, 2 Williams 43C 1,433 222 14x14 2.7 30 1, 2 Williams 44 2,525 222 14x14 3.3 55 walk in 150 feet, 1,2 Williams 45 1,725 222 14x14 3.3 30 1, 2 Williams 46 1,175 222 14x14 3.8 45 1,2 Williams 47 1,450 222 14x14 2.3 20 1,2 Williams 48 1,000 222 14x14 2.5 20 1, 2 Williams 49 1,250 222 14x14 2.3 10 1,2 Mustang 14 - 0 0x0 4 - 4 Mustang 68 - 0 0x0 4 - 4 Mustang 69 - 0 0x0 4 - 4 Moose 158 - 0 0x0 4 - 4

Additional Thinning SpecificationsUnit Name

Current Estimated Trees Per

Acre

Post Thinning Trees Per

Acre

Post Thinning Avg. Spacing

(feet)

Thinning Difficulty

Score

Unit Average % Slope

Statement of Work/Schedule of Items

Salmon-Cobalt & Leadore Ranger District

2024 Williams Hand Thinning

Dated March 2024

BACKGROUND:

The Salmon-Challis National Forest has a need for hand cutting live, dead, and down trees, piling and lopping and scattering slash as described below. This task order is a request for services on the North Fork and Salmon-Cobalt Ranger Districts of the Salmon-Challis National Forest under the Forest Service Region 1 and 4 Fuels Reduction IDIQ Contract for vegetation treatments.

Unit Name Approx Acres

Post Thinning

Trees Per Acre

Post Thinning

Avg.

Spacing

(feet)

Handpile Slash

(option items)

Additional Thinning

Specifications Williams 1 27 303 12x12 LS 2

Williams 2 5 303 12x12 LS

Williams 3 13 303 12x12 LS

Williams 4 7 303 12x12 WUHP walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 5 5 303 12x12 WUHP walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 6 5 303 12x12 WUHP walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 9 5 303 12x12 WUHP walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 11 10 303 12x12 LS Walk in <1/2 mile

Williams 12 39 303 12x12 LS walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 13 23 303 12x12 LS

Williams 15 4 303 12x12 WUHP walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 16 7 303 12x12 LS

Williams 17 6 303 12x12 LS

Williams 18 25 303 12x12 LS

Williams 19 17 303 12x12 LS

Williams 22 22 303 12x12 LS 2

Williams 23 20 303 12x12 LS Walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 24 12 303 12x12 LS

Williams 25 12 303 12x12 LS walk in < 1/4 mile

Williams 26 23 303 12x12 LS

Williams 27 17 303 12x12 LS

Williams 32 2 0 0x0 JS/LS walk in <1/4-mile, 1

Williams 40A 49 222 14x14 WUHP 1

Williams 40B 68 222 14x14 WUHP 1

Williams 40C 66 222 14x14 WUHP 1

Williams 41A 80 222 14x14 WUHP walk in 150 feet, 1, 2

Williams 41B 35 222 14x14 WUHP walk in 150 feet, 1, 2

Williams 43A 98 222 14x14 RSHP 1, 2

Williams 43B 54 222 14x14 RSHP 1, 2

Williams 43C 72 222 14x14 RSHP 1, 2

Williams 44 16 222 14x14 RSHP walk in 150 feet, 1,2

Williams 45 7 222 14x14 WUHP 1, 2

Williams 46 7 222 14x14 WUHP 1,2

Williams 47 8 222 14x14 WUHP 1,2

Williams 48 2 222 14x14 WUHP 1, 2

Williams 49 4 222 14x14 WUHP 1,2

Mustang 14 39 0 0x0 WUHP 4

Mustang 68 21 0 0x0 WUHP 4

Mustang 69 28 0 0x0 WUHP 4

Moose 158 31 0 0x0 WUHP 4

Williams Thinning Performance Requirements for all units:

Treatment Type:

• PCT Units: Space all healthy, undamaged trees under 7.0 inches DBH to the spacing indicated on the Performance Requirement Chart. Pile or lop and scatter created slash.

• Fuels Units: Space all healthy, undamaged trees under ten inches DBH to the spacing indicated on the Performance Requirements Chart. Pile or lop and scatter created slash.

•Wetland Restoration Units: Cut all conifer <18” DBH, except whitebark pine. Removal of conifers is intended to reduce encroachment and promote wetland habitat. Lop and scatter or jackstraw created slash.

•Planting Site Prep Units: Fell all standing snags (dead trees) <16” DBH. Pile existing down wood and contractor generated slash <12” diameter on the large end.

Do not select any trees for leave with signs of dwarf mistletoe, root rot, gall rust, bark beetles, or mechanical damage unless there are no other leave tree options. Lodgepole pine with dead tops or yellowing needles should be cut. Spacing can vary up to 25% of the desired distance to leave the most desirable tree and shall not materially increase or decrease the number of leave trees per acre. Lop, scatter, and pullback slash.

Contractor must make their own assessment and decline to fell any snags that pose more risk to cut instead of leave standing/work around. Contractor may fell any snags >16” that pose a safety threat to forestry crews.

• Cut trees shall be felled away from unit boundaries, open roads, closed roads, telephone lines, established trails, stock driveways and trails, fence lines, established land corners, superior trees, dispersed camp sites, and live or intermittent streams. Any trees falling on such areas shall be removed as specified elsewhere herein.

• DO NOT CUT any whitebark pine

• Leave trees by preference are as follows: WBP, DF, ES, and LP

• Trees to Ignore: Do not cut/Do not count the following trees towards spacing/stocking:

Whitebark pine <2.0” DBH, dead trees, tree’s <18 inches tall, quaking aspen and other deciduous trees, unless stated otherwise in “additional thinning specs”.

• Stump height shall be a maximum of six inches above ground and four inches above natural obstacles, with stems severed below the lowest live limb whenever possible. No hang-ups: all thinning slash shall be placed on or near the ground surface, so that it will not lean against or be suspended by an uncut tree.

• If a fence or other range improvement is damaged through the Contractor operations, the Contractor shall repair the damage within twenty-four hours or before starting work on another unit or sub-item, whichever is the shorter time. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer of any such damage by the end of the day.

Species abbreviations are as follows: WBP = whitebark pine, DF = Douglas-fir, ES = Engelmann spruce, LP = lodgepole pine, PP = ponderosa pine, AF = subalpine fir, QA= quaking aspen

Boundary:

PCT, Meadow, and Planting Site Units are flagged in “pink and black” candy stripe.

Fuels Reduction Units are flagged in “orange.”

Roadside Hand piling areas are flagged in “yellow.”

Virtual boundaries may be used where landscape features can clearly be followed. Examples are along roads, fences, or along distinct stand boundaries. Corner trees along the roads are labeled with the project name and unit number.

Contractor will be provided with a georeferenced digital map for use on cell phones or tablets and shall thin the area indicated on the map.

Additional Specifications:

1 - Snags: fall all snags <7.0” DBH

2 - Pile existing down material smaller than five”

3 – Remove all conifers <7.0” DBH (except WBP) within 30 feet of all whitebark pine >7.0”

DBH

4 – Pile existing down material smaller than twelve” large end diameter

Slash Treatment:

• LS: Lop & Scatter; slash accumulations must not exceed eighteen inches in depth. Slash will be cut into lengths of five feet or less. Slash shall be directionally felled away and pulled back six feet from whitebark pine, unit boundaries, untreated areas, trails, fences and the edges of roads.

Directional felling should be used whenever possible to reduce slash depth. Lop & Scatter is incidental to thinning and no separate payment will be made.

• WUHP: Whole Unit Hand Pile. Hand pile all contractor created slash (contractor felled live and dead trees). Piles must be constructed as far as possible from leave trees and 4-6 feet in width and length, and 4 to 6 feet tall.

• RSHP/LS: Roadside Hand Pile / Lop & Scatter. Hand pile slash in mapped areas (450 feet from centerline of designated roads). Lop and scatter slash in the remaining areas of the unit. Areas to be hand piled are indicated on the map.

• JS/LS/G: Jackstraw/Lop & Scatter/Girdle. Lop & Scatter or jackstraw slash to help limit access from livestock into the wetland area. Slash shall be directionally felled away and pulled back six feet from whitebark pine, unit boundaries, untreated areas, trails, fences and the edges of roads.

Jackstraw shall be used unless slash Jackstraw and Lop & Scatter is incidental to thinning and no separate payment will be made.

• PUHP: Planting Unit Hand Pile. Buck all contractor generated slash and down wood (logs) into 6-foot lengths. Hand pile all contractor generated slash and existing down wood <12” diameter on the big end. Piles shall be made 5 to 10 feet in diameter and at least four feet tall but not more than six feet high. Piled material shall be placed in a uniform direction and compacted down to limit air pockets. Minimum size of material to be piled: Limbs and other small pieces under 1.5” diameter on the big end, are not required to be piled. Piles shall be constructed as far as possible from the base and crown of existing live trees as conditions permit.

Additional Handpile Specifications

The objective of piling is to gather and stack slash into compact piles. The piles are to be later burned by Forest Service personnel in late fall when the threat of fire spreading out from piled areas is reduced.

Piles shall be placed six feet away from leave trees if possible. If not possible, additional tree’s may be cut on select tree species to construct a pile. Piles shall be constructed such that all piled slash is perpendicular to slope contour. Piles shall be constructed as compactly as possible, with a core of smaller material at the bottom of the pile to function as kindling, and with the heavier, larger diameter material placed on top of the pile. At least 50% of material in the lower third of the piles shall be composed of small diameter material and attached fines (needles) when available. Material protruding out of the pile beyond the compact portion shall be bucked and added to the pile. Piles shall be located at least thirty feet from whitebark pine and twenty feet from the ordinary high-water mark of live streams. Avoid piling on slopes greater than 50%, lop and scatter when slash is more than sixty-six away from pile.

Piles shall not be constructed:

On wet soils or within mapped RHCAs or scree slopes On top of stumps, within the intake/discharge areas of culverts, or drainage ditches On System Roads, Closed Roads, or Recreation Trails Within twenty feet of property boundaries and county roads.

If a pile is placed on an existing down log, then the log is cut where it leaves the pile to prevent fire spread. Transport all slash up to sixty-six feet from any pile to meet the minimum pile size and specifications. When possible, build piles on U routes/unauthorized forest roads.

Any piles not meeting specifications shall be reconstructed at no additional cost to the Government.

Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan and Acceptance Requirements

This plan provides a basis for the Contracting Officer to evaluate the quality of the Contractor’s performance.

Government Quality Assurance Inspection: The Government will, at its convenience, make periodic inspections of the work to assure itself of contract compliance and to perform Quality Assurance Inspections to determine or confirm that the Contractor is performing quality control in accordance with its QCP.

Government Verification Inspection: The Government will conduct verification inspections of thinning to determine compliance with specifications and to provide the basis for computing the rate of payment. Each sub-item will be verified separately and inspection results on one sub-item will not be averaged with those of other sub-items. Determination of the acceptability of the work performed will be based on Verification Inspection (V-I) and will be considered conclusive. The Contractor or a designated representative is encouraged to observe V-I being made.

Government V-I will be completed within 72 hours, not including Saturday, Sunday, or holidays, after Contractor inspection is completed, and completed plot cards are submitted to the Contracting Officer for the sub-item. Verification Inspection percentages shall be determined by use of the formula shown in this section under the Quality Assurance (QA) Requirements – Contractor Inspection. In some cases, the Government may elect to do visual inspections only.

Contractor Inspection - Quality Assurance (QA) Requirements

The contractor is responsible for installing and recording a series of plots in each subunit.

Contractor shall:

• Mark plot centers on the ground with ribbon

• Inspect concurrently with thinning

• Submit legible plot cards to the Contracting Officer prior to requesting COR inspection

• Use the Government-approved QA by installing a series of 1/20 acres circular plots, with slope correction (radius = 26.33 feet). One plot will be installed for every 5 unit acres.

o Plots will be spread across the unit to provide a representative sample of the thinning work.

o Each plot will be examined to record thinning, slashing, lopping, pile construction, stumps, pile location, missed cut trees, missed slash and other specifications. All defects will be recorded on the provided inspection form, as shown in the example from. Each plot will be divided into 4 quadrants along North-South and East-West lines. Each quadrant will be pass or fail due to defects in the quadrant.

o Thinning Quality Assurance: The quality percentage will be calculated by taking the total number of quadrants acceptable divide by the total quadrants to be treated in the entire unit.

Percentage of thinning quality assurance as calculated above shall be rounded to the nearest whole percent.

o Each pile with a majority in a quadrant will be inspected in that quadrant. If less than 50% of a pile is in the plot, it will not be considered in the plot.

o Whips: A quadrant can have 1 whip (an excess tree less than 3’ tall) without being defective. If 3 whips are found on a plot, one quadrant shall be counted as defective.