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R1R4 Mechanical Fuels Treatment IDIQ, Seed Task Order No. 2

Kootenai Fuels Reduction

Item 1-19.3 Miles Mastication Thinning, Item 2-84 Acres Slash/Exc. Pile, Item 3-69 Acres Exc. Pile, Item 4 (Optional)-60 acres Thin/Exc. Pile, Item 5 (Optional)-113 Acres Thin/Exc. Pile

Item

No.

Unit Name

Estimated

Quantity

Unit of

Measure Unit Price Total

1-1 Rabbit Tracks Mastication Thinning

16 Feet Both Sides of Road

11.7 Miles $________ $_______

1-2

Rabbit Tracks SMZ: Mastication

Thinning 5 Feet Below and 8 Feet

Above Road

3.2 Miles $________ $_______

1-3

Rabbit Tracks Modified SMZ:

Mastication Thinning 5 Feet Below and 16 Feet Above Road

2.6 Miles $________ $________

1-4

Rabbit Tracks Private Property Right-of-Way: Mastication Thinning 5 Feet

Both Sides of Road

1.8 Miles $________ $_______

Total Price Quote Item 1

2-1A Hagadore Frass 8 Slash 19 Acres $_________ $_________

2-1B Hagadore Frass 8 Excavator Pile 19 Acres $_________ $_________

2-2A Hagadore Frass 33 Slash 24 Acres $_________ $_________

2-2B Hagadore Frass 33 Excavator Pile 24 Acres $_________ $_________

2-3A Hagadore Frass 34A Slash 6 Acres $_________ $_________

2-3B Hagadore Frass 34A Excavator Pile 6 Acres $_________ $_________

2-4A Hagadore Frass 34B Slash 3 Acres $_________ $_________

2-4B Hagadore Frass 34B Excavator Pile 3 Acres $_________ $_________

2-5A Hagadore Frass 38 Slash 22 Acres $_________ $_________

2-5B Hagadore Frass 38 Excavator Pile 22 Acres $_________ $_________

2-6A Hagadore Frass 39B Slash 10 Acres $_________ $_________

2-6B Hagadore Frass 39B Excavator Pile 10 Acres $_________ $_________

Total Price Quote Item 2

3-1 Frank Lake Road Fuels Unit 213

Excavator Piling 69 Acres $_________ $_________

Total Price Quote Item 3

OPTIONAL ITEM*

4-1A Lost Lake Fuels Unit 283A Thinning 25 Acres $_________ $_________

4-1B Lost Lake Fuels Unit 283A Exc Piling 25 Acres $_________ $_________

4-2A Lost Lake Fuels Unit 283B Thinning 19 Acres $_________ $_________

4-2B Lost Lake Fuels Unit 283B Exc. Piling 19 Acres $_________ $_________

4-3A Lost Lake Fuels Unit 284 Thinning 16 Acres $_________ $_________

4-3B Lost Lake Fuels Unit 284 Exc. Piling 16 Acres $_________ $_________

Total Price Quote Item 4

OPTIONAL ITEM*

5-1A Alkali Fuels Unit 280 Thinning 56 Acres $_________ $_________

5-1B Alkali Fuels Unit 280 Exc. Piling 56 Acres $_________ $_________

5-2A Alkali Fuels Unit 281 Thinning 37 Acres $_________ $_________

5-2B Alkali Fuels Unit 281 Exc. Piling 37 Acres $_________ $_________

5-3A Alkali Fuels Unit 282 Thinning 20 Acres $_________ $_________

5-3B Alkali Fuels Unit 282 Exc. Piling 20 Acres $_________ $_________

Total Price Quote Item 5

Total Price Quote for ALL Items $___________

Contracts will be awarded on a per Item basis with up to five (5) contracts awarded from this Task

Order.

*Funding for Optional Items will be determined at time of award or when funds become available. Option

Items are not guaranteed.

Description of Work: The requirements outlined in this Task Order are specific to this Task Order, and supplemental to the requirements of the R1R4 Mechanical Fuels IDIQ parent contract. The specifications in this Task Order may supersede or replace contract specifications in the parent contract, when allowed by the parent contract.

Item 1-19.3 Miles Mastication Thinning. A total of 19.3 miles of roadside thinning by use of masticator will be completed on the Rabbit Creek and O’Brien Creek areas on the Three Rivers

Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest, northwest of Troy, Montana. The option to utilize road brusher in combination with masticator will be acceptable if the clearing limits are met.

Item 2-84 Acres Slash/Exc. Pile. A total of 84 acres of slashing and excavator piling shall be completed over six (6) separate harvest units within the Hagadore Frass Sale Area in the Laughing

Water and Murphy Lake vicinity of the Fortine Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest. Item 2 is located approximately 13.5 miles south of the town of Eureka, Montana and is within a timber sale that may have ongoing harvest activities at the time of task order award.

Item 3-69 Acres Exc. Pile. A total of 69 acres of excavator piling shall be completed over one (1) unit in the Frank Lake Road area of the Fortine Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest. Item 3 is located approximately 2 miles south of the town of Eureka, Montana.

Item 4 (Optional)-60 acres Thin/Exc. Pile. A total of 60 acres of thinning and excavator piling shall be completed over three (3) separate units in the Lost Lake area of the Fortine Ranger

District, Kootenai National Forest. Item 4 is located approximately 4 miles south of the town of

Eureka, Montana.

Item 5 (Optional)-113 Acres Thin/Exc. Pile. A total of 113 acres of thinning and excavator piling shall be completed over three (3) separate units in the Alkali Lake area of the Fortine

Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest. Item 5 is located approximately 3.5 miles south of the town of Eureka, Montana.

Project Locations:

Item 1-1 through 1-4 (Rabbit Tracks Mastication Thinning)– T32N, R33W, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 28, 29. To access the south end of Item 1, from Troy, travel 3 miles westbound on Highway 2, then turn right onto River Road. Travel 1.75 miles on River

Road and turn left onto Kilbrennan Lake Road. Travel 1.8 miles on Kilbrennan Lake Road and turn right onto Rabbit Creek Road. Travel 3.3 miles on Rabbit Creek Road to the junction of

Rabbit Creek Road and Forest Service Road 331. Roadside thinning begins at this junction.

To access the north end of Item 1, from Troy, travel 4 miles westbound on Highway 2, then turn right onto East Side Road. Travel 1.7 miles on East Side Road, then turn right onto Kilbrennan

Lake Road. Travel 4.7 miles on Kilbrennan Lake Road to the Junction of Kilbrennan Lake Road and Forest Service Road 752. Roadside thinning begins at this junction. The boundaries for Item

1 are tagged and labeled with yellow signs and pink flagging.

Item 2-1 through 2-6 (Hagadore Frass Slashing and Excavator Piling) – T34N, R25W, sections 4, 5 and 9, and T35N, R25W, sections 32 and 33. Harvest operations may be ongoing in the area at the time of solicitation of this Task Order. Please be aware of all traffic, do not interfere with harvest operations, and be courteous to other contractors.

Items 2-1 through 2-6 are located approximately 13.5 miles southeast of the town of Eureka in the Laughing Water and Murphy Lake area. From Eureka, travel approximately 13.5 miles southeast on Highway 93 to Laughing Water Road (FS Road #7008). Turn left (east) onto

Laughing Water Road and travel approximately 1.2 miles to Sink Creek Road (FS Road #7006).

For Units 38 and 39B, turn right (south) onto Sink Creek Road and travel approximately 0.4 miles to the junction of FS Road #7006A. Unit 38 is located down FS Road #7006A approximately 0.4 miles on the east side of the road approximately 500 feet off the road. Unit

39B is on the Sink Creek Road (FS Road #7006) approximately 1.5 miles from the junction of FS

Road #7006 and FS Road #7007 (Laughing Water and Sink Creek), on the east side of the road.

To access Units 8, 33, 34A and 34B, continue east on Laughing Water Road approximately 1.6 miles from Highway 93 and Units 8 and 34B are on the right side of the road. From Laughing

Water Road turn right onto FS Road #7007 (Martin Lake Road) and travel approximately 0.45 miles. Unit 33 is located on the east side of the road, and Unit 34A is located on the west side of the road, approximately 500 feet off the road. All Unit boundaries coincide with the Timber Sale unit boundaries.

Items 3, 4 and 5 General: Items 3, 4 and 5 are located south of Eureka, Montana on the west side of Highway 93. From the Eureka Ranger Station, travel south on Highway 93 approximately

1.3 miles through town and turn right onto Tobacco Road at the Historical Village. Cross the river and the railroad tracks and travel approximately 1.5 miles south on Tobacco Road to NFS

Road #688, Frank Lake Road. Turn right on to Frank Lake Road, and Items 3, 4 and 5 (Frank

Lake Road Fuels, Alkali Fuels and Lost Lake Fuels) are located along the Frank Lake Road and are marked in florescent pink flagging and white unit signs.

Item 3-1 Frank Lake Road Fuels Unit 213 Excavator Pile, T36N, R27W, Section 25. Item 3-

1 is located approximately 1 mile up the Frank Lake Road (NFS Road #688). From the junction of Tobacco Road and NFS Road #688 travel south approximately 1 mile and Frank Lake Road

Unit 213 is on the right just past the sharp right-hand corner.

Item 4-1 through 4-3 Lost Lake Fuels Thin and Excavator Pile, T35N, R27W, Section 1.

From the junction of Tobacco Road and Frank Lake Road (FS Road #688) travel approximately

3.6 miles south on FS Road #688. Units 283A and 283B are located on the west side of the road just north of FS Road #3678. Unit 284 is located on the east side of FS Road #688, off the road approximately 100 feet.

Item 5-1 through 5-3 Alkali Fuels Thin and Excavator Pile, T35N R27W North Half of

Section 1. From the junction of Tobacco Road and FS Road #688 Frank Lake Road, travel approximately 2.5 miles south on the Frank Lake Road to the junction with the Alkali Lake Road

(FS Road #3683). Item 5-3 (Unit 282) will be located in between FS Road #688 and FS Road

#3683. Item 5-1 (Unit 280) is located approximately 0.6 miles up FS Road #3683 (Alkali Lake

Road) on the south side of the lake. Item 5-2 (Unit 281) is located between FS Road #688 and FS

Road #3683. To access Item 5-2 by FS Road #688 travel approximately 0.1 mile south of the junction of FS Road #688 and FS Road #3683 and the unit is on the right hand side of the road.

To access Item 5-2 by FS Road #3683 travel west approximately 0.5 miles and the unit is on the south side of the road, just east of Item 5-1.

Government-Furnished Property. A gate key may be needed for driving access to Items 2-5, 2-6 and 4-2.

Task Order Specifications. ALL ITEMS – Thinning, Slashing, Excavator Piling and Mastication

Thinning shall be completed in accordance with the specifications from the R1R4 Mechanical Fuels

Treatment IDIQ and the Task Order specifications for work located in the Item specific Summary

Silvicultural Prescriptions. Acceptable equipment for excavator piling is an excavator equipped with a bucket and a thumb approved by the Contracting Officer. Other equipment may be approved in writing by the Forest Service. This work may occur on slopes up to 35% and on rocky terrain. All unit boundaries are marked in pink florescent flagging.

All Other Considerations –

(1) Minimize damage to the residual leave tree boles.

(2) Any tree designated for retention that poses a safety hazard may be felled by the contractor without prior approval of the Forest Service. All such hazard trees felled to provide for safe work conditions will remain adjacent to the stump.

(3) Leave all snags standing unless they create a hazard. Snags shall be defined as all standing dead trees of any species greater than 10” DBH and 20’ tall or taller.

(4) Excavator piling operations shall be conducted when soil moisture is 18% or less or on frozen ground.

(5) For Item 1, no work shall be conducted on this Item from April 1st through June 15th.

(6) For Items 4 and 5, thinning work should coincide with excavator piling work as much as practical to ensure that slash created through this contract does not pose an unacceptable wildfire risk for an extended period of time. All units with thinning completed during any timeframe in

2022 shall be excavator piled by June 16th of 2023, prior to the 2023 fire season. Any thinning units completed in 2023 shall have excavator piling completed by the final contract completion date of October 13th, 2023.

(7) Prior to project implementation any equipment used shall be weed washed and inspected.

(8) No timber products may be hauled from contract area under this Task Order.

(9) Protect all survey monuments, signs, and powerline improvements.

(10) Road damage resulting from the Contractors operations shall be repaired by the contractor at no expense to the government.

(11) Roadways and ditches must remain clear of slashing debris at all times so as not to impede traffic or water drainage.

(12) Harvest operations may be ongoing in the vicinity of Item 2 (Hagadore Frass Slashing and

Excavator Piling) at the time of solicitation of this Task Order. Please be aware of all traffic, do not interfere with harvest operations, and be courteous to other contractors.

Performance Requirements Summary.

Work Activity Performance Standard

Government

Method of

Assessment

Incentive/Deduction

Mastication

Thinning and/or

Road Brushing

Excavator Piling

Thinning

Slashing

100% of the designated clearing limits treated that are accessible without damaging leave trees

(Mastication Thinning and/or Road Brushing work item)

100% of the unit acres treated (slashing, thinning and excavator piling work item)

Meets work activity specification & requirements.

Meets Task Order

(Prescription/Work

Description) requirements.

Meets requirements of

Section H (Landscape

Preservation

Erosion Prevention and Soil

Protection, Slope

Limitations, Erosion Control

Seeding, Protection of

Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities and Improvements)

COR or

Inspector conduct periodic monitoring.

• Rework is required if Contractor fails to meet standard.

• If quality does not meet standard, pay deduction (Section G) and/or additional costs to the Government will be assessed.

• If the Contractor fails or refuses to repair any damage promptly, the

Contracting Officer may have the necessary work performed and charge the cost to the Contractor.

• The Contractor’s quality will be reflected in the performance assessment either positive or negative.

Quality Control

Contractor submits General and Task Order Specific

COR or

Inspector

• The quality of Quality Control provided by the Contractor will be

Work Activity Performance Standard

Government

Method of

Assessment

Incentive/Deduction

Quality Control Plans for government approval.

Contractor follows approved

Quality Control Plans.

Contractor maintains good quality control on all aspects of operation to ensure specifications and work requirements are met.

Actions not consistent with contract specifications are corrected as per the Quality

Control Plan.

randomly sample and observe operations.

reflected in the performance assessment as either positive or negative incentive.

• If the Contractor fails to meet standards, work may be suspended or put in Default for failure to take corrective action immediately.

Result in adverse performance assessment.

Quality Control

Work Plan and

Schedule

Non Plot Based QC:

Contractor’s inspections are

Representative of performance standards compared to Government quality assurance.

Inspection completed to meet timeframes.

Inspection forms are complete and accurate.

COR or

Inspector

Randomly observe

Contractor inspection.

Review

Contractor inspection sheets.

• The ability of the Contractor to meet the standard will be reflected in the

Performance assessment as either positive or negative incentive.

• When Contractor’s inspections meet standards, no deduction.

• If quality does not meet standard, pay deduction (Section G) and/or additional costs to the Government will be assessed.

Quality Control

Work Plan and

Schedule

Work meets schedule as per the accepted Work Plan.

Meets Minimum Required

Rate of Progress as specified in section F.3.d.

COR and

Inspector conduct periodic monitoring.

• The Contractor’s ability to maintain the work schedule and complete work on schedule will be reflected in the performance assessment as either positive or negative incentive.

• Work not completed on schedule is subject to Default and may result in assessment of actual costs.

1. Task Order Period of Performance.

a. Estimated Start Work Date: May 15th, 2022

b. Summer and/or Winter Project: Either. Timing Restrictions may apply to some work items.

c. Contract Completion Deadline:

The Contractor shall complete Item 1 by September 15th, 2023.

The Contractor shall complete Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 by October 13th, 2023.

d. Thinning work on Items 4 and 5 should coincide with excavator piling work as much as practical to ensure that slash created through this contract does not pose an unacceptable wildfire risk for an extended period of time. All units with thinning completed during any timeframe in 2022 shall be excavator piled by June 16th of

2023, prior to the 2023 fire season. Any thinning units completed in 2023 shall have excavator piling completed by the final contract completion date of October 13th, 2023.

2. Attachments.

a. Attachment 02: Summary Information Chart

b. Attachment 03: Forest Vicinity Map, 1 page

c. Attachment 04: Rabbit Tracks Vicinity Map, 1 page

d. Attachment 05: Rabbit Tracks Unit Map, 1 page

e. Attachment 06: QR Codes for Rabbit Tracks Maps, 1 page

f. Attachment 07: Item 2, 3, 4, 5 Vicinity Map, 1 page

g. Attachment 08: Hagadore Frass Unit Map, 1 page

h. Attachment 09: Frank Lake, Alkali, Lost Lake Unit Map, 1 page

i. Attachment 10: Rabbit Tracks RX Summary, 2 pages

j. Attachment 11: Hagadore Frass RX Summary, 2 pages

k. Attachment 12: Frank Lake Road 213 RX Summary, 2 pages

l. Attachment 13: Lost Lake Fuels RX Summary, 2 pages

m. Attachment 14: Alkali Fuels RX Summary, 2 pages

n. Attachment 15: Kootenai National Forest Food Storage Order, 5 pages

o. Attachment 16: Wage Determination