RFP_ATT_3_SAN_BERNARDINO_-_RM_IDIQ_1291S819R4004.pdf

Solicitation RFP no. 1291S819R4004 IDIQ Road Maintenance

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INDIVIDUAL PROJECT TASK ORDER

Contract Number Individual Project Task Order Number Individual Project Task Order issued under Region 5 Southern Area Forests Road Maintenance IDIQ Contract no. TBD

TBD

ISSUING OFFICE: (Forest Service Unit Name) Task Order Award Date San Bernardino National Forest 602 South Tippecanoe Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92408

TBD

Financial obligations and payments shall be processed via Invoice Processing Platform [IPP]

PROJECT NAME: BNF Mountain Top and Front Country Road District – Road Maintenance Work

Itemized payment items, quantities, unit prices and detailed project requirements are attached.

Proposal Request Date:

Proposal Response Date/Time (close of business unless otherwise shown):

IAW BASE IDIQ RFP

IAW BASE IDIQ RFP

A BID GUARANTEE is required for all offers exceeding $250,000.00.

OFFER:

Offeror Name (same as on contract) Offered by (Name, Title, Phone):

Offered Amounts attached in Section B. Authorized Signature:

Date:

This is a firm offer for 30 calendar days from the Response Date/Time. The offer agrees to furnish any required bonds and to perform the work at the prices offered.

AWARD:

ITEMS ACCEPTED:

TOTAL AMOUNT:

Task Order Number and Award Date shown at top.

Ordered by (Name, Title, Phone): Authorized Signature

Task Order Contracting Officer

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

NOTE: The Offeror must submit a price on all items. If Offeror does not intend to charge for a bid Item, a price of "0" or "NO COST" should be shown.

B-1 BID SCHEDULE

ROAD # ROAD NAME BMP EMP ROAD MAINTENANCE

LEVEL

2N09 Polique Creek Road 0 3.92 3

2N10 Mill Creek Road 0 12.539 3

2N13 Snow Slide Road 0 9.56 3

2N13B Butler Peak Road 0 2.5 2

3N03 Smarts Ranch (OHV) Road 0 7.4 2

3N06 Stockton Flats Road 0 2.9 3

3N09 Van Dusen Canyon Road 0 3.55 2

3N21 Baldy Mesa Road 0 4.3 2

3N24 Desert Front (OHV) Road 0 12.3 2

3N34 Crab Flats 0 14.08 2

ITEM

NO. DESCRIPTION UNIT QNTY UNIT

PRICE AMOUNT

151(01) Mobilization LS 1 $ $

303 Road Reconditioning

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30307b Surface Maintenance Level 3 roads to include cleaning ditches and cattle guards

MILE 29.569 $ $

30307b Surface Maintenance Level 2 roads to include cleaning ditches and cattle guards

MILE 40.58 $ $

403 Asphalt Concrete Pavement Patching

40305b Pothole Patching, Asphalt Concrete, CADOT

SY 10 $ $

TOTAL $

NOTE:

Payment for bond premiums shall not be in addition to the task order contract price. Include bond payments under 151(01) Mobilization.

(END OF SECTION)

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SECTION C – STATEMENT OF WORK

C-1 PROJECT SCOPE

The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision to perform road maintenance work on multiple San Bernardino National Forest Roads.

Work performed will include patching potpoles on Forest Road No. 3N06, and surface maintenance level 3 roads including blading, reshaping drainage dips, cleaning ditches and overside drains (OSDs) on Forest Road No. 2N09, 2N20, 2N13, 2N13B,3N09, 3N21, and 3N34. All work shall be in accordance with the contract requirements and specifications.

This project task order award shall include the terms and conditions of the base IDIQ contract and supplemented by any project-specific requirements/attachments. Existing contract clauses may be supplemented and new contract clauses may be added.

C-2 PROJECT LOCATION

Forest – San Bernardino National Forest District – Mountain Top Ranger District and Front County Ranger District County – San Bernardino

REFER TO THE ATTACHED PROJECT LOCATION MAP.

C-3 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

30 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed.

C-4 SPECIFIC TASKS AND SPECIFICATIONS

30307 SURFACE MAINTENANCE

30307.01 Service Required Smooth and shape native or aggregate surfaced roads including traveled way, shoulders, turnouts, and intersections. Reshape or recondition ditches, water bars, and drain dips.

30307.02 Standards

A. Maintenance Level 4 and 5 Roads

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A road surface is maintained to standard when the travel way is free of washboards, potholes, or other irregularities. The surface is smooth, compact, crowned or sloped to drain, without segregation of the surfacing materials. Suitable materials have been recovered and incorporated. Unsuitable materials have been removed. Ditches and road surface drainage structures function efficiently. Unpaved shoulders are shaped to provide a smooth transition from the paved surface and drain efficiently.

B. Maintenance Level 3 Roads

A road surface is maintained to standard when the surface is compact, crowned, or sloped to drain, without segregation of the surfacing materials. The road surface has no ruts or rills, suitable materials have been recovered and incorporated. Unsuitable materials have been removed. Ditches and road surface drainage structures function efficiently.

C. Maintenance Level 2 Roads

A road surface is maintained to standard when the surface is shaped to drain, and where ditches and road surface drainage structures function efficiently. The road surface has no continuous ruts or rills, and no large concentrations of unsuitable materials remain.

D. All Roads

When ordered by the Contracting Officer to work in a weed infested area the contractor will be required to prevent spreading the infestation into un-infested areas by cleaning vehicles and equipment. The contractor will use wash stations approved by the Contracting Officer.

30307.03 Quality Standard

A. Grading Aggregate Surfaced, Native Surfaced, and Non-surfaced Roads - Blading operations to remove ruts, potholes, corrugations and unnecessary berms.

a. Quality Standard

i. Road bed is firm, smooth, and finished to the intended width and cross slope, including turnouts. Aggregate surface material (if present) is uniform depth. Surface is free of ruts, potholes, washes and washboarding.

ii. Road surface drains completely. Cross slope or crown is a uniform 3% ± 1% or existing slope if steeper than 4%.

iii. Intersections are smoothly blended. No abrupt grade breaks.

iv. Ruts, potholes, washboards and wash outs are scarified to the bottom of the defect. No areas of high blading exist.

v. No loose rocks larger than 3” in its largest dimension remain on the traveled way and shoulders.

vi. No debris, trash, or otherwise unsuitable material exists on the traveled way and shoulders.

vii. Leaves and pine needles generated from ditch(es), traveled way and shoulders are evenly spread over traveled way unless otherwise directed by the COR.

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B. Cleaning and Reshaping Ditches/Dips Maintaining all ditches/dips in their original location to the shape and grade required to ensure roadway drainage. Clean associated lead-off ditches and OSDs.

Drainage system maintenance is complete when no obstruction remains in the defined area adjacent to the structure or in ditches which would have the potential to block water from entering the structure, back water into the structure (except for structures designed to function in a back-flooded manner), or divert water outside the defined channel. Equipment operation in live streams or hydraulic flushing of drainage structures is not permitted.

When ordered by the Contracting Officer to work in a weed infested area the contractor will be required to prevent spreading the infestation into un-infested areas by cleaning vehicles and equipment. The contractor will use wash stations approved by the Contracting Officer

a. Quality Standard

i. Drainage structures including inlet structures, culverts, catch basins, inlet/outlet channels, drainage dips, water bars, and ditches within the area shown on the plans or in the supplemental specifications.

ii. Ditches shall be cleaned to a minimum depth of 1 foot (12”) below the edge of shoulder or to rock and the slope of the ditch from the road shoulder to the bottom of the ditch is 2:1 or flatter. Transitions to 18” and 24” culverts are smooth and transition from normal ditch depth to the invert of the culvert in 20’ +/- 5’. Ditch debris shall not be left piled at or around culvert entrances. In no case shall ditches deeper than 24” be cut with a grader blade.

iii. Ditches shall not allow water to stand.

iv. Ditches adjacent to the roadbed.

v. Culvert/OSD inlets are unobstructed by grass, debris, dirt, brush, or trees less than 4” in diameter within a 3’ radius of culvert inlet. Relief ditches are exempt from this standard.

vi. Culverts - a minimum external horizontal distance of 10 feet in any direction from the inlet and outlet end and a minimum internal distance of 3 feet from the inlet and outlet ends.

vii. Loose rocks that are impeding proper drainage, dirt, slough, debris and deposits are removed from the ditch, including fore slope and back slope. Additional tools may be necessary to clean ditches with depths greater than 12”.

viii. Back slopes match existing and have not been undercut to a greater height than ½ of the moldboard.

ix. Silt Traps are cleaned to original dimensions and depth.

x. Lead off ditches/OSDs completely drain.

30307.04 Location of Work

As specified on roads listed on the road listing, shown on the plans, marked on the ground, or as ordered by the Contracting Officer. Locations of weed infested areas are marked on the ground. Do not operate in the weed infested areas unless ordered to do so by the Contracting Officer.

30307.04 Measurement

Measurement under this Section will be made by the total number of units for each item listed in the SCHEDULE OF ITEMS completed and accepted.

Road Mile: Work activity will be measured along the centerline of the road regardless of the number of lanes.

30307.05 Payment

The accepted quantities will be paid at the contract price per unit of measurement for the Section 30307 pay items listed in the schedule of items. Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribed in this Section.

Pay Item Pay Unit

30307(a) Surface Maintenance Level 4 & 5 roads Road Mile 30307(b) Surface Maintenance Level 3 roads Road Mile 30307(c) Surface Maintenance Level 2 roads Road Mile

40305 ASPHALT PAVEMENT PATCHING (10/16)

40305.01 DESCRIPTION

This work consists of patching potholes and skin patching of asphalt surfaces. The work includes preparing the area to be patched, furnishing and placing all necessary materials and work. All areas to be patched will be marked by the Government.

40305.02 MATERIALS

Materials used for asphalt patching shall conform to the requirements in Sections 892 and 893.

Bituminous mixture material shall conform to requirements of Special Project Specifications.

40305.03 MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

a. Potholes

1) Existing materials shall be removed to a minimum of two (2) inches or as necessary to reach firm support, but limited to maximum twelve (12) inch depth. If firm support for a patch is not available, the hole shall be barricaded and the Government shall be notified. Prior to Contractor placing any materials, Government will determine corrections to be made.

2) The edges of the prepared hole shall be extended to form a vertical face in un-fractured asphalt surfacing. The prepared hole shall generally be round or rectangular in shape and cleaned of all loose material. The bottom and sides shall be sprayed with an emulsified asphalt.

3) Prepared potholes shall be patched or barricaded immediately.

4) The bituminous mixture shall be placed in layers not exceeding four (4) inches. Each layer shall be compacted thoroughly with hand tampers, mechanical tampers, or rollers.

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5) Finished surface shall, as a minimum, be compacted with a tamper or an 8- to 10-ton steel roller or comparable vibratory roller. Upon completion, the compacted pothole patch shall be flush with or not more than one quarter (1/4) inch above the level of the adjacent pavement.

b. Disposal All materials removed from pothole and skin patching operations shall be removed to a disposal site designated by the COR or shown on the drawings.

40305.04 MEASUREMENT

a. Bituminous Mixture

1 Hot and cold bituminous mixture acceptable placed will be measured by the ton. Bituminous materials incorporated into the mixture will be incidental to the item.

2 Ton Measure - The quantity of mixture will be the number of tons in the accepted work. Any material rejected in the field as not meeting specifications shall be deducted based on estimated quantities. Rejected quantities shall be reconciled between the Government and the Contractor each day. If not reconciled each day, the Government's figures will apply

b. The following work is incidental:

1) Cleaning of surfaces.

2) Haul and compaction of bituminous mixture.

3) Material removal and disposal.

4) Emulsified asphalt used on existing surfaces will be measured by the gallon prior to dilution.

Dilution materials shall be considered incidental.

40305.05 PAYMENT

a. The accepted quantities will be paid for at the contract unit price shown in the Schedule of Items.

b. Payment will be made under:

40305 a Deep Patching, Asphalt Concrete, CADOT Square Yard 40305 b Pothole Patching, Asphalt Concrete, CADOT Square Yard

892 BITUMINOUS PRODUCTS (10/16)

SEE ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATION INFORMATION

ATTACHMENT 2

b. The shipment of bituminous material identified above and covered by the bill of lading complies with Government Standard Specification as modified by Special Project Specifications applicable to this project.

Producer ___________________ Signed _________________________

(Producer’s Representative)

6. Application Temperatures

Bituminous materials shall be applied within the temperature ranges indicated in Table 892.06.

TABLE 892.06 - Application Temperatures

Application Temperature Range # (Degrees F)

Type & Grade of Material Spray Min./Max Mix Min./Max.

RT 1-2-3 60-130 60-130

RT 4-5-6 85-150 85-150

RT 7-8-9 150-225 50-225

RT 10-11-12 175-250 175-250

RTCB 10-11-12 60-120 60-120

RC-MC-SC 70 105-185 90-155

RC-MC-SC 250 140-225 125-200

RC-MC-SC 800 175-265 160-225

RC-MC-SC 3000 215-290 200-260

DO-1-2-3 80-125

DO-4 80-175

Emulsified Asphalts:

RS-1, SS1, SS-1H, & CRS-1, CSS-1, CCC-1H 75-130 70-160

RS-2, MS-2, CR-2, & CMS-2S, 110-160 70-160

CMS-2

DO-6-7-8 50-140

Asphalt Cement (All 400 Max. 250-325 Grades)

As required to achieve viscosity of 75-150 seconds. Saybolt-Furol or as required to achieve a Kinematic viscosity of 150-300 centistrokes.

7. Equipment

The Contractor shall provide equipment for heating and applying the bituminous material. The bituminous distributor shall be self-powered and mounted on pneumatic tires. It shall be equipped with a pump and a circulating spray bar. The unit shall include a tachometer, pressure gauges, accurate volume measuring devices such as a visual volume dial or gauge calibrated to the tank, and a tank thermometer.

All equipment shall be standard, commercial types, of proven performance.

8. Weather Limitations

Bituminous dust palliative treatment shall be applied only when the surface to be treated contains sufficient moisture to get uniform dispersion of the dust palliative when the road surface and atmospheric temperature are 50 degrees F or more and rising, or above 60 degrees F if falling; and when the weather is not foggy, rainy, or stormy.

893 AGGREGATE (10/16)

1. Gradations

a. Gradations for aggregates are included in Special Project Specifications for contracts where the aggregates are not provided by the Government.

b. The inclusion of aggregate gradations does not constitute a warranty by the Government that commercial sources in the area are producing the gradation indicated. Aggregates commercially produced to meet State or County gradations and specifications for similar materials will be considered an equal alternate to the gradation in the contract provided the following quality requirements are met. Contractor shall provide testing and certification of supplied materials.

2. Aggregate for Bituminous Plant-Mix

a. Coarse Aggregate - Coarse aggregate (retained on the No. 8 sieve) shall be crushed stone or crushed or natural gravel and shall conform to the quality requirements of AASHTO M 63.

Gradation shall conform to the provisions of the Special Project Specifications.

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b. Fine Aggregate - Fine aggregate (passing the No. 8 sieve) shall be manufactured and conform to the quality requirements of AASHTO M 29 (ASTM D 1073). It shall be of such a gradation that when combined with the other required aggregate fractions in the proper proportion, the resultant mixture will meet the gradation required.

3. Aggregate for Bituminous Road Mix

a. Aggregates for bituminous road mix shall be crushed stone, or crushed or natural gravel which meets the quality requirements of AASHTO M 62 or M 63 for the specified gradation, except the sodium sulfate soundness loss shall not exceed 9 percent. The swell test will not be required.

b. Gradation shall be as shown in the Special Project Specifications. When crushed gravel is used, not less than 50 percent by weight of the particles retained on the No. 4 sieve shall have at least one fractured face.

4. Aggregate for Spot Surfacing

a. Aggregates for spot surfacing shall be crushed stone, crushed slag, or crushed or natural gravel which conforms to the quality requirements of AASHTO M 147, or as specified in the Special Project Specifications, except as noted below: The requirements of M 147 shall apply, except that the liquid limit shall not exceed 35 and the plasticity index shall be not be less than 4 nor more than 9.

b. Aggregate gradation shall conform to the provisions of the Special Project Specifications and AASHTO M 147.

c. When crushed gravel is used, not less than 50 percent by weight of the particles retained on the No. 4 sieve shall have at least one fractured face.

d. Gradations of each designated size of aggregates shall be obtained by crushing, screening, and blending processes as may be necessary.

e. Materials otherwise meeting the requirements of this subsection will be acceptable whenever the gradations of such materials are within the tolerances corresponding to the selected sieve sizes required by the Special Project Specifications and whenever such materials produce a compacted course meeting density requirements as specified in Specification Section 811(2)(e).

5. Aggregate for Bituminous Concrete - General

a. Coarse Aggregate

1) Coarse aggregate (retained on the No. 8 sieve) shall be crushed stone, crushed slag, or crushed or natural gravel, and unless otherwise stipulated, shall conform to the quality requirements of

AASHTO M 79.

2) Lightweight aggregate, if required or permitted by the Special Project Specifications, shall meet the requirements of AASHTO M 195.

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3) When crushed gravel is used, it shall also meet the requirements of Section 2.1 of AASHTO M 62 and not less than 50 percent by weight of the particles retained on the No. 4 sieve shall have at least one fractured face. The coarse aggregate shall be of such gradation that when combined with other required aggregate fractions in proper proportion, the resultant mixture shall meet the gradation required under the composition of mixture for the specific type under contract.

b. Fine Aggregate

1) Fine aggregate (passing the No. 8 sieve) shall consist of natural sand, stone screenings, or slag screenings, or a combination thereof, and unless otherwise stipulated shall conform to the quality requirements of AASHTO M 29 (ASTM D 1073). Fine aggregate shall be of such gradation that when combined with other required aggregate fractions in proper proportion, the resultant mixture shall meet the gradation required under the composition of mixture for the specific type under contract.

c. Lightweight aggregate If required or permitted by the Special Project Specifications, shall meet the requirements of AASHTO M 195.

6. Aggregate for Bituminous Hot Plant-Mix

a. The provisions of 5(a) and 5(b) herein shall apply.

b. The several aggregate fractions for the mixture shall be sized, and blended to meet one of the grading requirements of the Special Project Specifications as specified on the drawings.

7. Aggregate for Cold Plant-Mix Bituminous Pavement

The provisions of 5(a) and 5(b) herein shall apply.

a. Aggregate for Pavement - The several aggregate fractions for the mixture shall be sized, graded, and combined in such proportions that the resulting composite blend meets one of the grading requirements of the Special Project Specifications as specified on the drawings.

b. Aggregate for Top Dressing

1) The material for the top dressing shall consist of dry sand, stone screenings, or slag screenings meeting the grading requirements of the Special Project Specifications as specified on the drawings.

2) Lightweight aggregate, if required or permitted by the Special Project Specifications, shall meet the pertinent requirements of AASHTO M 195.

8. Aggregate for Road Mix Bituminous Pavement

a. Aggregates for road mix bituminous pavement construction shall be crushed stone, crushed slag, or crushed or natural gravel which meet the quality requirements of AASHTO M 62 or M 63 for the specified gradation, except that the sodium sulfate soundness loss shall not exceed 12 percent.

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b. When crushed gravel is used, at least 50 percent by weight of the particles retained on the No. 4 sieve shall have at least one fractured face. Gradation shall conform to the grading requirements of the Special Project Specifications as specified on the drawings.

c. Lightweight aggregate, if required or permitted by the Special Project Specifications, shall meet the pertinent requirements of AASHTO M 195.

9. Aggregate for Cover Coats, Surface Treatments, and Bituminous Preservative Treatment

a. Aggregates shall meet the quality requirements of AASHTO M 78.

b. When tested in accordance with AASHTO T 182 (ASTM D 1664), aggregate shall have a retained bituminous film above 95 percent.

c. Aggregates which do not meet this requirement may be used for bituminous surface treatments and seal coats provided an approved chemical additive or wetting agent is used to provide a water resistant film.

d. Lightweight aggregate if required or permitted by the Special Project Specifications, shall meet the pertinent requirements of AASHTO M 195.

e. When crushed gravel is used, not less than 50 percent by weight of the particles retained on the No. 4 sieve shall have at least one fractured face. Aggregates shall meet one of the grading requirements of the Special Project Specifications.

SPECIAL PROJECT SPECIFICATION 893-1 AGGREGATE (10-16)

SEE ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATION INFORMATION

ATTACHMENT 2

Crushed aggregate for base course shall meet the requirements of Table 893-1 below, for the grading shown in the

SCHEDULE OF ITEMS.

Crushed aggregate grading requirements for base course:

Table 893-1 Percent Passing (AASHTO T-11 and T-22)

Sieve 1 ½" Max ¾" Max

2-inch 100 - 1 1/2-inch 90-100 - 1-inch - 100 3/4-inch 50-85 90-100 No. 4 25-45 35-60 No. 30 10-25 10-30 No.200 2-9 2-9

5. AGGREGATE FOR BITUMINOUS CONCRETE – GENERAL

AGGREGATE FOR DENSE-GRADED HOT BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT. All aggregate shall be clean and free from decomposed material, organic material and other deleterious substances. The aggregate shall meet the following requirements.

1) Coarse Aggregate. Coarse aggregate shall consist of crushed stone or crushed gravel retained on the No. 4 sieve. At least 25 percent by weight shall be crushed particles having more than one fractured face, and at least 50 percent by weight shall have at least one fractured face.

2) Fine Aggregate. Fine aggregate shall consist of material passing the No. 4 sieve. At least 20 percent by weight of the particles passing the No. 4 sieve and retained on the No. 8 sieve shall be crushed particles having at least one fractured face. The remainder may consist of natural fine aggregate.

3) Combined Aggregate. The combined aggregate shall not have a percent wear greater than 50 when tested in accordance with AASHTO I 96, and shall not have a sand equivalent of less than 45 when tested in accordance with AASHTO T 176, When there is a difference of 0.20 or more between the bulk specific gravity (AASHTO T 85) of the coarse aggregate and the apparent specific gravity (AASHTO T 84) of the fine aggregate, the blend of aggregates shall be modified by California Test No. 105. The combined aggregate gradation shall meet the requirements of Table 893-2 below for the grading shown in the SCHEDULE OF ITEMS.

Table 893-2--Crushed aggregate grading requirements for dense graded (DG) hot bituminous pavement.

Percent Passing (AASHTO T-11 and T-27)

Sieve Grading DG-1 Grading DG-2 Grading DG-3 Grading DG-4

(3/4in.Maximum) (1/2in.Maximum) (3/8in. Maximum) (No.4 Maximum)

1-inch 100 - - -

3/4-inch 95-100 100 - -

1/2-inch - 95-100 100 -

3/8-inch 65-80 80-95 95-100 100

No. 4 44-59 54-71 67-83 95-100

No. 8 31-45 38-54 52-69 66-83

No. 30 13-26 17-32 23-40 30-50

No. 200 3-8 3-8 3-10 3-12

C-5 REQUIREMENTS/TASKS OVERVIEW

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE

The Road Maintenance Schedule specifies the road number and required maintenance activity for each road.

Adjustments to these schedules may be made in accordance with applicable FAR clauses. Any such adjustments require prior written documentation from the Contracting Officer.

Maintenance and Control of Traffic

For all items of work provide safety signage, barricades, lane closures, flaggers, and other traffic control devices appropriate for the location of the work. Take all necessary precautions for the protection of workers and the public. At a minimum, erect warning signs in advance of any place on the project where operations may interfere with the use of the road or trail by traffic. The minimum may only be used on closed roads where public traffic is not expected, but administrative traffic or pedestrian use is possible. On any open road, more comprehensive warnings and traffic control is required. Maximum delay of any traffic on open roads is 10 minutes. See also, Attachment 3, Section C-1.2.2.

Erosion and Sedimentation Control

If the work of the contract creates potential for soil erosion or silt migration over areas of mature vegetation or natural areas the contractor will be responsible for providing silt fence, straw bales or other suitable containment and will also be required to seed, fertilize , and mulch bare ground areas. Such works includes, but is not limited to culvert cleaning, excess dirt generation from ditch transition cleaning, and disposal of slide or silt trap material. This does not include the newly graded ditch line.

Grading Aggregate Surfaced, Native Surfaced, and Non-surfaced Roads

Scarify sections of roads where numerous or severe deep defects have developed. Scarification depth shall be to a depth of 6 inches or to the bottom of the defect, whichever is less.

All suitable dislodged aggregate shall be smoothly spread over the entire traveled way to produce proper cross slope or crown. (1/4” to ½” per foot of width).

All suitable aggregate which has been worked onto road shoulders by traffic or maintenance activities shall be reclaimed onto the traveled way. A definite, continuous, and smooth line between aggregate surface and road shoulder shall be obtained. Grass, pine needle, or leaf litter shall be evenly spread within the traveled way after sifting out the surface aggregate. Excessive amounts of grass or leaf litter may be evenly spread along the shoulder if approved by the government technical monitor or COR prior to placement. Excessive amounts of grass or leaf litter containing aggregate may be placed in areas designated by the COR. Berming of litter and litter balls containing aggregate along the fill side shoulder will not be allowed. The contractor shall make as many passes as necessary to assure that the aggregate is sifted out of the grass and leaf litter.

The Forest Service may supply aggregate to be placed by tailgate spreading at any time and in any amount.

Finish blading by the contractor is required when aggregate is hauled and spread ahead of the contractor’s blading operations. No additional compensation will be allowed for finish grading government-furnished aggregate as long as the material is deposited by tailgating ahead of the blading operation.

Dislodged rocks of more than 3” in dimension will be removed from the traveled way. EXCEPTION: On non-surfaced roads, where the traveled way material is made up of a substantial amount of rocks over three inches, the contractor will remove those rocks that are greater than 25% larger than the typical stone size on the road. In no case will rocks over 6” be allowed to remain.

If erosion has removed gradable material to the extent that there is not sufficient material within 300 feet to provide the surface smoothness or cross-section specified, notify the Project Inspector prior to proceeding.

The government technical monitor or COR may allow a modified cross-section and/or surface smoothness that effectively utilizes available material. The Contractor will not be held responsible for substandard work that results from the lack of suitable material.

Undercutting of road surface at the shoulder will not be allowed.

Blading operations shall include removing all foreign material and debris from bridge decks without allowing any material to fall into watercourses, below. It includes sweeping sand and fines from the bridge decks and depositing the removed material in a location along the roadway that will not allow it to enter waterways or stream courses.

All traveled way widths shall be perpetuated as existing. Dips and swales within the traveled way designed to control surface drainage shall be maintained.

Cleaning and Reshaping Ditches/Drainage Dips

All ditches/drainage dips shall be maintained in their original location to the shape and grade required to ensure roadway drainage. Drainage structures and road appurtenances shall not be damaged during this operation. Handwork required to properly connect ditch flow to drainage structure inlets is considered a part of this activity. Cleaning lead-off ditches/OSDs to drain is included in this item of work. Cleaning silt traps that service the roadside ditch(es) or lead-off ditch(es) is included in this work. Restore silt traps to their original dimensions and depth.

If erosion or other existing condition, has removed gradable material to the extent that the specified ditch depth or cross section cannot be maintained, notify the Project Inspector prior to proceeding. The government technical monitor or COR may allow a modified cross-section and/or ditch depth that effectively utilizes available material. The Contractor will not be held responsible for substandard work that results from the lack of suitable material.

All suitable material having the same character as the road surface excavated through ditch cleaning shall be reclaimed and used within the traveled way. Unsuitable material from ditches or silt traps shall be spread along road shoulders, in depressions, or on fill slopes in a manner which will not affect watercourses, traveled way or shoulders. Unless otherwise directed, required to meet culvert inverts, or required to maintain positive flow of water, ditches shall be cleaned to a depth of 1 foot (12”) below the shoulder of the road and the slope of the ditch from the road shoulder to the bottom of the ditch is 2:1 or flatter. Deeper ditches may be required to maintain positive drainage or to match culvert entrances. No debris from ditches shall remain in or around culvert entrances.

SECTION D – CONTRACT ADMINSTRATION

D-1 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING OFFICER [CO]

Contracting Officer (CO) responsible for this contract Jeremy Bedner Region 5 Regional Office 1323 Club Drive Vallejo, CA 94592 707-562-8756 Jeremy.bedner@usda.gov

D-2 CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE [COR]

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for this contract Becky Dodez San Bernardino National Forest Supervisor’s Office 602 S Tippecanoe Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92408 909-382-2617 Rebekah.dodez@usda.gov

The COR will act as a liaison between the U.S. Forest Service herein referred to as "Service" and the Contractor, and, when necessary, will provide technical direction to the Contractor. The COR, however, is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the contract, issue new assignments of work, make decisions concerning disputes arising under the contract, or resolve differing site condition matters. Neither the presence nor absence of a government representative shall relieve the Contractor of its responsibilities under the contract.

D-3 ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS – INTERNET PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) System. “Payment request” means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice Prime contractor and subcontract payrolls (if applicable) https://www.ipp.gov/

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Payment Request Certification Release of Claims (Final) SF 1413 – Statement and Acknowledgment Construction Schedule (Microsoft Project or other Industry Standard Software (if applicable) Schedule of Values Owner/Operator manuals (if applicable) Warranty Certificates (if applicable)

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment.

The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 – 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via e-mail ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

D-4 FAR 52.211-10 COMMENCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK (APR 1984)

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within ten (10) calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use in 30 days. Estimated work start is NLT July 1, 2019.

D-5 POST AWARD CONFERENCE (AGAR 452.215-73) (FEB 1988)

A post award conference with the successful offeror is required. It will be scheduled and held within TBD following the date of contract award. The conference will be held at mutually agreeable location. The Notice to Proceed shall be provided at or immediately following the post award conference.

SECTION E – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

E-1 STORAGE AND STOCKPILING OF MATERIAL

Roadway and suitable areas adjacent to the site may be utilized for temporary stockpiling of materials as approved by the CO.

E-2 PROSECUTION OF WORK – WORK HOUR LIMITS – WORK ITEM LIMITS

Construction activity may be performed Monday through Friday and shall be limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., unless other hours are approved in writing by the COR. No work will be allowed on Federal Holidays unless approved by CO in writing.

E-3 UNUSUAL HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS

The following conditions have been identified as inherently hazardous to a degree that failure to take the proper precautions could lead to serious injury or loss of life. This listing shall not be construed as all inclusive.

The Contractor shall provide a written job-specific hazard analysis and safety plan that addresses and conforms to the requirements of 29 CFR 1910 and 1926 and the clause entitled Accident Prevention (FAR 52.236-13) included herein. Appropriate actions shall be taken by the Contractor to implement this plan during performance and to take any and all other necessary steps to mitigate the dangers from hazards.

• Tree Mortality

• Burned Area

E-3 FIRE PLAN

See Attachment 3.

E-4 ROAD RULES

See Attachment 4.

SECTION F – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS (AGAR 452.252-70) (FEB 1988)

NUMBER

TITLE PAGES

1 MAPS 1

2 ADDITINONAL SPECIFICATION INFORMATION

892 AND 893

3 FIRE PLAN 11

4 ROAD USE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS 4

5 DOL SCA WAGE DETERMINATION 2015-5629 13

SECTION G – CONTRACT CLAUSES

Contract clauses under the base IDIQ contract shall apply to this task order.

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