2. Tiny G-Z IRSC Appendix A - Tech Specifications.pdf

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APPENDIX A

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE WORK ITEMS

SECTION I – DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The objectives of this project are to increase forest health and resiliency to insects, disease, and uncharacteristic wildfire.

Other objectives of the project to reach these goals include:

1. Contractor completed end-results from the NEPA handoff to final completion of product removal.

2. Commercial harvest and removal of Included Timber.

3. Non-commercial thinning.

4. Fuels reduction.

5. Whole Tree Yarding.

6. Existing road maintenance work.

SECTION II – GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY

The Government will provide the following item(s) of Government property to the Contractor for use in the performance of this contract. This property shall be used and maintained by the Contractor in accordance with FAR clause 52.245-1 Government Property incorporated by reference in the contract.

1. Sale Area Boundary Tags.

Accountability and Handling Attachment 1 – Forest Product Accountability Action Plan

SECTION III – WORK ITEMS

Mandatory Item 1: Cut and Remove Included Timber - Mandatory Subdivision 3,164 Acres Cut and remove from the Contract Area sawtimber trees that meet the minimum tree specifications as identified in Appendix B from within mandatory unit as shown on CAM. All specifications of Appendix B apply to product removal. Appendix C Road Maintenance requirements are commensurate with use. Completion and acceptance of Items 2 must occur before cutting and removal of included timber.

Mandatory Item 2: Paint Boundaries - Mandatory Subdivision

1. Paint Boundaries:

Paint boundaries as shown on Contract Area Map with orange paint following specifications and guidelines as described in Attachment 1 – Forest Product Accountability Action Plan (Boundary Designation/Section 3). The Forest Service will provide updates to quantities and locations of boundaries to paint adjacent to SMA3 by 07/01/2025.

Mandatory Item 3: Implementation Plan and Preliminary Project Area Map of 12,742 Acres – Mandatory (3,164) and Optional units 1 (3,467 acres), 2 (1,348 acres), 3 (6,798 acres), and 4 (1,129 acres)

Item 3a: The Implementation Plan and Project Area Map shall include the following:

1. Identification of Cut, Skid, and Deck in Mandatory Subdivision Develop an Implementation Plan for the Mandatory Units Cut, Skid, and Deck needs. Identify where Cut, Skid, and Deck is needed following the design features provided in Attachment 2. Split the Mandatory Subdivision into subunits depending on Cut, Skid, and Deck needs.

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2. Project Map:

a. Create a map of the Cut, Skid, and Deck subunits in the Mandatory Unit. The Contractor shall generate this map digitally and it shall be geo-referenced. All attribute information and data shown on maps shall be supplied to the Forest Service in the form of feature classes and/or a geodatabase for use in ArcPro.

b. Feature classes and/or a geodatabase shall include the following attributes:

i. Sub Mandatory unit number

ii. Acres

iii. Secondary Treatment Type needed

b. Maps shall:

i. Delineate the multiple treatment types and units.

ii. Identify Units by prescription and unit number.

iii. Include summary table with unit treatment type and acres.

iv.Update locations of SMA3s once the Forest Service provides updated locations and quantities.

Items 3b-3e: The Implementation Plan and Project Area Map shall include the following:

1. Identification of Treatments and Unit Delineation Develop an Implementation Plan for Optional Units. Reconnaissance of the project area shall identify and distinguish treatment areas following the objectives and design features provided in Attachment 2 and the provided Silvicultural Prescriptions (Attachment 4). Designation by Prescription (DxP) is the required designation method. Within the identified Treatment Areas, treatment types shall be split into units and classified as the following:

a. Timber Removal – Ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, or fuel break based on timber merchantability and specifications for areas that fit.

b. Cut, Skid, and Deck within Timber Removal Areas – This will consist of thinning sub-merch trees within areas of timber removal, then skidding and decking the material.

c. Cut, Skid, and Deck Natural Stands – This will consist of thinning sub-merch trees within areas not identified for timber removal, then skidding and decking the material.

d. Cut, Skid, and Deck Plantations – This will consist of thinning sub-merch trees within plantations, then skidding and decking the material.

2. Project Maps

c. Create map of the Project Area. The Contractor shall generate these maps digitally and all shall be geo-referenced. All attribute information and data shown on maps shall be supplied to the Forest Service in the form of feature classes and/or a geodatabase for use in ArcPro.

d. Feature classes and/or a geodatabase shall include the following attributes:

i. Unit number

ii. Acres

iii. Primary Treatment Type

iv. Secondary Treatment Type

v. Notes: E.g. species, condition of riparian (aspen, meadow, stream), specifics on what combination of treatment is needed, etc.

e. Maps shall:

v. Delineate the multiple treatment types and units.

vi. Identify Units by prescription and unit number.

vii. Include summary table with unit treatment type and acres.

viii. Include linear measurement of painted boundaries as per Attachment 1 – Forest Product

Accountability Action Plan.

ix. Using instructions from Attachment 1, all boundary symbols will be differentiated between painted, virtual, or discernable.

• Attachment 1 has specific information on which boundaries require flagged/tagged/painted/GPS vs. virtual boundaries.

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• The Contractor is to maximize the use of virtual boundaries relative to the direction of the Attachment.

x. Identify all improvements or resources including, but are not limited to survey monuments, powerlines, fences, etc.

xi. Identify all streamcourses either found during the initial survey or provided by the Forest Service.

Provide attribute data on perennial vs. intermittent vs. seep.

xii. Identify areas with seasonal operation restrictions.

xiii. Identify areas of exclusion either determined during the initial survey or provided by the Forest

Service and monumented according to Solicitation Section #30.

ii. Complete maintenance tables in Appendix C for all roads commensurate with product removal from Optional

Units 1, 2, and 4. Edit tables in Attachment 10 - T Specs as applicable

Contractor and Forest Service shall establish and agree to check-in procedures at the post-award conference meeting.

At minimum, weekly progress updates, meetings, and/or providing draft treatment unit plans for Forest Service inspection shall be required. Forest Service acceptance of draft submittals may be incorporated into final plans without further inspection by the Forest Service if no alterations are made.

Timing and Deliverables to Contractor from Forest Service Contractor shall provide the Forest Service with deliverables derived for this Item. The Forest Service shall review for concurrance, and delivery back to contractor within 15 business days for use on subsequent items identified below.

1. Identification of Treatments and Delineation:

a. Once the Contractor and Forest Service agree upon treatments and unit delineations, estimated quantities will be modified with true quantities for Items 4 and 6 -9.

b. Items 2 and 3a shall be completed prior to Mandatory Item 1 Timber removal

2. Project Maps:

a. Prior to issuing the Notice to Proceed for Mandatory Items 4 -7. Contractor and Forest Service shall mutually agree on the proposed treatment units needing additional prep work. Draft Treatment Unit Plans that have been submitted early, inspected, and accepted by the Forest Service may receive Notice to Proceed to start layout prior to full acceptance of Item 1. Forest Service will modify this contract to reflect actual required quantities of Items 4 and 6-9 once Item 3 is accepted and any unused obligated funds shall be shifted and used to award unfunded optional work. See Acceptance and Payment section below for partial payments for Item 3 only.

3. Optional Units 1, 2, and 4 Volume Determinations:

Maps, plans, and quantities accepted from Mandatory Items 3 will be used for volume determinations of Optional Units 1, 2, and 4. See the Notes section ** and *** of the Solicitation for volume determination procedures used.

If volume determinations are unacceptable to Contractor for Item 6, indicating this Option Item cannot be awarded bilaterally, the included timber and any Optional Items associated with timber removal (Item 7) shall not be awarded. These Items will be re-solicited for open competition.

4. Deliverables from Item 3-5 for Optional Unit 3 will be used to prepare a separate contract at a later date. I.e.

timber removal and cut, skid, and deck will not be awarded for Optional Item 3 in this contract.

Optional Item 4: Paint Boundaries: Optional Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 See Item 2.

Final quantities will be determined following acceptance of Item 3. Estimated quantities are intended to be a maximum.

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Optional Item 5: Timber Appraisal and Road Maintenance Information - Optional Unit 3

1. For each Timber Removal Unit in Optional Unit 3, a logging plan summary (Attachment 3) shall be completed.

2. Complete maintenance tables in Appendix C for all roads commensurate with product removal from Unit 3.

Edit tables in Attachment 10. Provide total price estimate for road maintenance. Provide total applicable surface rock replacement deposit amount calculated using Attachment 11.

Timing and Deliverables to Contractor from Forest Service Contractor shall provide the Forest Service with deliverables derived for this Item. Deliverables from Item 3-5 for Optional Unit 3 will be used to prepare a separate contract at a later date. I.e. timber removal and cut, skid, and deck will not be awarded for Optional Unit 3 in this contract.

Optional Item 6: Cut and Remove Included Timber: Optional Units 1, 2, 4 Cut and remove from Contract Area all trees and forest products which meet the minimum tree specifications as identified in Appendix B. All specifications of Appendix B apply to product removal. Appendix C Road Maintenance requirements are commensurate with use. Completion and acceptance of Items 3 and 4 must occur before cutting and removal of included timber.

Optional Item 7: Cut, Skid, and Deck within Timber Removal Areas - Mandatory Unit and Optional Units 1, 2, 4

End Results: Mature ponderosa pine and sugar pine will have surrounding ladder fuels reduced, and young trees of desirable species will be released from competition. There will be a reduction in conifer encroachment and stand density, increasing forest health and resistance to catastrophic wildfire. The spacing of this size class will leave the healthiest trees of desirable species in a similar pattern to the variable spacing that would occur naturally. The intent is to retain a portion of this size class of trees within the subdivisions, therefore preserving a cohort of younger, healthy trees.

A 1/10th acre fixed plot will be used to determine stocking compliance.

Project Description: Cut conifer trees 2”-6.9” DBH for all species, except ponderosa which is up to 8.9” and except dead lodgepole which is up to 15” DBH.

Specifications: Perform these in order; subsequent objectives do not override any before them. Variable spacing is performed last after completion of any other applicable objectives, therefore objectives #1-5 may result in a higher or lower spacing in portions of subdivisions than the range specified in #6.

1. Within 30 feet of healthy mature ponderosa pine and sugar pine, cut all conifers.

2. Within 50 feet of an aspen clump, cut all conifers.

3. Within Control Features, cut all dead lodgepole

4. Maintain a clump of 10-20 sub merchantable trees left every 3 acres for hiding cover as identified during implementation.

5. Thin conifers to a variable spacing ranging from 10 by 10 to 30 by 30 feet (Average 109 trees per acre).

6. Follow the prescription in Appendix B - C2.355# for the subdivision being cut to verify species preference and tree selection criteria.

7. Cut trees shall be completely severed from the stump after felling. Stump height shall not exceed six (6) inches above ground level, or four (4) inches above natural obstacles, such as large rocks.

Slash Treatment Specifications: Whole-tree yard cut trees that are less than A.2 specifications to approved landing locations. Machine pile all cut trees and slash at least three inches diameter and three feet in length. Refer to provision C6.74# - Slash Treatment Requirements for pile location, size and arrangement in Appendix B.

Optional Item 8: Cut, Skid, and Deck Natural Stands - Optional units 1, 2, 4

See Item 7.

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Optional Item 9: Cut, Skid, and Deck Plantations - Optional units 1, 2, 4

End Results: These planted stands will have their average spacing increased, allowing for further growth of browse shrub species, such as bitterbrush, into these openings. Overall stand density will be reduced, increasing the health of the residual trees while shifting away from a plantation spacing and providing greater growing space for understory browse.

A 1/10th acre fixed plot will be used to determine stocking compliance.

Project Description: Cut conifer trees 2”-6.9” DBH for all species, except ponderosa which is up to 8.9” and except dead lodgepole which is up to 15” DBH to a variable spacing of 14 x 14 to 17 x 17 feet (150 - 225 TPA).

• Retain at least 5% of each unit as untreated regeneration/small tree skips.

• Avoid uniform spacing; leave trees in clumps of 5-15 where tree vigor is adequate

• Follow tree selection objective #1 and residual stocking objective #1 from C2.355# Dry Ponderosa Pine.

• Within Control Features, cut all dead lodgepole

Slash Treatment Specifications: Whole-tree yard cut trees that are less than A.2 specifications to approved landing locations. Machine pile all cut trees and slash at least three inches diameter and three feet in length. Refer to provision C6.74# - Slash Treatment Requirements for pile location, size and arrangement in Appendix B.

SECTION IV – CONTROL OF WORK

The Contractor agrees to conduct its operations under this contract and other related business activities in compliance with Federal, State, and local statutes, standards, orders, permits and other regulations.

The Contractor shall meet all State and local environmental quality laws applicable to National Forest system lands.

Work may be done any time during the term of the contract, except under the following conditions:

(1) When conditions are such that harvest operations shall be restricted or ceased due to increased fire risk.

(2) When seasonal operating restrictions for active raptor nests are in effect. All active nest sites and areas of restriction are shown on CAM and listed in the solicitation under Protection Measures Needed for Plants Animals, Cultural Resources, and Cave Resources. Restrictions would apply if new nests are discovered after award.

(3) When soil moisture conditions create excessive risk of damage to the soil.

(4) When snow depth creates a situation where requirements cannot be met and/or work cannot be inspected, as determined by the COR.

(5) If any cultural or archeological sites are discovered during operations of this contract, work will be suspended in the immediate vicinity of the site until a reconnaissance survey is completed by the Forest Archeologist.

Areas excluded from treatment shall be deleted from the contract.

(6) Notify the Forest Service if new Threatened, Endangered, Proposed and Candidate and Region 4 Sensitive (TEPC/S) denning, nesting or roosting sites are discovered during implementation. Known TEPC/S species in the project area include northern goshawk, and flammulated owl.

SECTION V – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

For All Work Items:

At any point during the project, the Contractor and/or Project Manager may request (documented through email, text, or hand-written request) and in the field consultation with the Forest Service to inspect work progress, review contract

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GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN

Quality assurance will be performed by the Government during the contract at regular intervals. Methods may include visual survey and review of contractor quality control documents. Unacceptable work shall require rework at no cost to the Government. All work shall meet all the standards listed in above sections.

Quality assurance will ensure proposed activity (or treatment) units in the Project Implementation Plan adhere to the purpose and need, project objectives and site-specific silviculture, fuels reduction, harvest plan and resource protection requirements, and other attached project design criteria.

Government Inspection Procedures – Items 1-9

The COR, or a designated inspector (GTM), will make periodic inspections while work is in progress, usually daily at first, as needed to assure work is proceeding satisfactorily. The Contractor shall notify the COR when units are started, when problems are encountered, and when contract work needs government oversight.

1. Each unit will be inspected as a separate unit. Units will not be averaged with other units for acceptance or payment.

2. When work items and/or units are completed and ready for government inspection, Contractor’s designated

Project manager shall request unit inspection in writing, prior to moving out of the general area.

3. The COR, or designated inspector, will determine compliance with contract specifications through formal and/or informal visual inspections. In the event visual inspection indicates work to be in non-compliance with specifications, prompt corrective action and/or rework shall be required.

Formal Government Inspection Procedures – Deliverables Deliverables are documents, maps, files, and data produced in work Items 2-5. All deliverables will either be accepted or returned to the Contractor for corrections.

1. In the event informal inspections indicate work and/or rework to be in non-compliance with contract specifications, the Government will perform a formal review to determine compliance with specifications.

2. Government inspection of deliverables will be evaluated based on quality and timelines. Timeliness is determined by adherence to performance period deadlines provided in the Solicitation under Period of Performance.

3. Determination of acceptability of the work performed will be based on Government verification and will be considered conclusive.

4. For each verification of a deliverable, the Government will examine if the document, map, file, or data adheres to the specification listed in the sub items of the work description and follows direction in the provided documents and attachments.

5. Forest Service Land Surveyor will perform inspections of work items 2 and 5.

Task Metric Type

Performance Standard Performance Indicator

Surveillance Method

All reports and other deliverables

Quality Reports and other deliverables are correct and provide information as outlined in work item descriptions when submitted.

Documents are complete and accurate 100% of the time.

COR or inspector reviews reports for completion and accuracy.

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All reports and other deliverables

Timely Reports submitted no later than the due dates.

Documents are submitted timely 100% of the time.

COR or inspector accepts reports and documents date and time.

Unsatisfactory Deliverables If work quality and timelines don’t meet performance standards, the COR will immediately notify the Contractor, in writing, and order him to improve the quality of the documents, maps, files, or data. If the quality of the subsequent deliverables does not meet performance standards within the amount of time agreed to by the Forest Service, the Contractor’s right to proceed may be terminated and the contract considered default.

Government Inspection Procedures – Formal (Plots) for Items 1

Follows specifications found in Appendix B, C6.36# - Acceptance of Work.

Government Inspection Procedures – Formal (Plots) for Items 6-9

1. In the event visual inspection indicates work and / or rework to be in non-compliance with contract specifications, a series of verification plots shall be installed by the Government to determine compliance with specifications and percent of satisfactory work for treatment of each unit not meeting specification as observed with visual inspection.

2. Government verification plots will consist of a series of fixed area plots and variable radius plots along transects to record whether density, basal area, best tree selection, and other requirements are being met and to what extent.

3. Plots and grid will be distributed so that a representative sample is obtained.

4. The COR or designated inspector will mark the center of each plot on the ground using flagging, stakes, or pin flags. Additional flagging will be hung near the plot center so that it may be seen from a distance. The inspector will include the plot number, their initials and date on the flagging.

5. Plots will be numbered to correlate with the inspection form and transects on a unit map.

6. The minimum number of verification plots, per treatment unit, shall be as follows:

Unit Acreage Minimum No. of Plots 1 – 9 1 plot per 2 acres 10 – 29 10 plots 30 – 59 1 plot per 4 acres 60 – 99 20 plots 100 1 plot per 5 acres

7. Determination of acceptability of the work performed will be based on Government verification inspections and will be considered conclusive.

8. At each plot, the Government will examine the plot area and record findings on the items listed below:

a. Plot number

b. Number of trees to be left on plot.

c. Number of trees left on plot.

d. Number of satisfactory trees.

e. Number of deficient trees.

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f. Number of excess trees.

- Stumps containing live limbs which are not in accordance with specifications herein will be counted as excess trees.

- Cut trees which are still attached at the stump will be counted as excess trees

- Trees meeting cut specifications will be counted as excess trees

- Trees in excess of trees to be left will be counted as excess

9. Work quality will be calculated on the form as follows:

No. Trees Deficient + No. Excess Trees -------------------------------------------------- = % Unsatisfactory work No. Trees to be left

100% – % Unsatisfactory work = % Work Quality

Unsatisfactory Performance Items 1, 6-9

1. If the work quality falls below 90 percent, the COR will immediately notify the Contractor, in writing, and order him to improve the quality of subsequent work

2. If after rework has been performed and reinspected, and work quality still falls below minimum AQL percent, payment wil either be made at a reduced rate, or not at all, as determined in section VI below.

3. Repepeated failure to produce work quality at or above the minimum acceptable standard will be considered reason for contract termination for cause.

4. Unsatisfactory performance for Item 1 and 6 – Cut and Remove Included Timber will be corrected through contract actions such as notices of non-compliance, cure notices, and stop work orders.

Reinspection Upon Contractor Request

1. If Government inspection results are unacceptable to the Contractor, a reinspection may be requested, in writing, within 5 business days after receipt of notice of said inspection results. The same inspection procedure will be used; however, the inspection pattern will be shifted so that new inspection plots will not overlap previously inspected plots.

2. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – indicate a variance of more than 5 percent from the first inspection, the results of the second inspection will be used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Government will bear the cost of reinspection.

3. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – are within 5 percent of the first inspection, plots from the initial inspection and the reinspection will be combined and used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Contractor shall bear the cost of reinspection.

Table 1 – Minimum Acceptable Quality Levels (AQL) of Work

ITEM DESCRIPTION SCHEDULE UNIT Min AQL

1, 6 Cut and Remove Included Timber:

Mandatory Subdivision MANDATORY ACRE N/A

2, 4 Paint Boundaries: Mandatory Subdivision MANDATORY FEET 100%

3 Implementation Plan and Preliminary Contract Maps of 12,742 Acres MANDATORY LUMP

SUM 100%

5 Timber Appraisal and Road Maintenance Information: Optional Unit 3 MANDATORY ACRE 100%

Cut, Skid, and Deck within Timber Removal Areas: Mandatory Unit and Optional Units 1, 2, 4

MANDATORY Acre 90%

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8 Cut, Skid, and Deck Natural Stands:

Optional units 1, 2, 4 OPTIONAL ACRE 90%

9 Cut, Skid, and Deck Plantations: Optional units 1, 2, 4 OPTIONAL ACRE 90%

SECTION VI – PAYMENT METHODS

Method of Measurement for Acreages and Lengths Acreages and miles were determined by using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or digitized using GIS mapping. Some unit boundaries are flagged or painted, but the majority of boundaries are virtual.

Discernable Boundaries are boundary locations that are readily identifiable features on the ground in locations shown on the Contract Area Map. A Geo-Fence is a location on the ground corresponding to the boundary location shown on a mobile mapping device using a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver using a digital vector file/shapefile. The digital vector file/shapefile will be provided as an attachment to the Contractor by the Forest Service. A digital list of the coordinates can be provided upon request.

Contractor is responsible for obtaining a GPS receiver(s) that is capable of determining the location of the geo-fence boundary within the contract tolerance. Allowable contract tolerance is 40 feet.

Forest Service inspection of treatment boundaries shall be conducted to determine treatments are within the allowable contract tolerance using the digital vector file/shapefile referenced above using a GPS Receiver with a minimum, tested accuracy in a Light- Medium canopy of 20 feet.

National Technology Development Program GPS Receiver accuracy reports by GPS manufacturer and model are available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/gps/mtdcrept/accuracy/index.htm. Forest Service determination of boundary location will be final.

In case of a major disruption in GPS service, or lack of GPS coverage on the Contract Area beyond the control of the Contractor, as determined by the Contracting Officer, extension of time may be granted by Contracting Officer when requested in writing by Contractor in accordance with 52.212-4 (f) Excusable Delays. To resolve major disruption of GPS service, or lack of GPS coverage on the Contract Area, the Forest Service may elect to Mark Geo-Fence boundaries on the ground, in which case the Forest Service’s determination of boundary location will be final.

The acreage for each work item will be rounded to the nearest acre and miles will be rounded to the nearest hundredth of a mile. Acreage and milage is final unless:

a) The contract is modified or,

b) The Government makes a determination to remeasure or,

c) The Contractor exercises his/her option under the following Remeasurement provisions:

Remeasurement

1. The Contractor may request, in writing, remeasurement of any units under this contract if he/she feels that acreage stated on the project maps is incorrect. The remeasurement must be within the existing perimeter of the respective unit. No variance of the unit perimeters as laid out on the ground for this contract will be allowed.

All requests for remeasurement must be made prior to payment for each completed unit. Remeasurement will be performed by the Government.

2. If remeasurement indicates that a variance of ten percent or less exists on units of 1 to 5 acres, five percent or less exists on units of more than five but less than 20 acres, or if three percent or less exists on units of 20 acres or larger, the Contractor shall pay for the actual costs of the remeasurement. Under this condition, payment will be made on the acreage stated on the project maps. If the remeasurement indicates the actual acreage varies by more than the above factors from that stated on the project maps, the payment will be made on the remeasured acreage and the Forest Service will pay for the cost of the remeasurement.

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Acceptance and Payment

1. Percentages as calculated herein shall be rounded to the nearest whole percent.

2. No allowance for variation or portion of a variation will be added which will create a percentage greater than 100 percent.

Acceptance and Payment – Items 4 Implementation Plan and Preliminary Project Maps of 12,742 Acres & Item 5 Appraisal and Road Maintenance Information:

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

2. Only one rework opportunity will be allowed for these Items. CO discretion to allow additional opportunities when requested by Contractor with a justification of reasoning for not meeting acceptable quality.

3. For Item 4 Only – Partial payments may be requested for completed and accepted plans per CO discretion. The Forest Service makes no guarantee to make partial payments.

Acceptance and Payment – Items 2, and 4 Paint Boundaries

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 % of their bid rate.

2. Contractor shall rework any areas or entire units at no additional cost to the Government, when work is deemed to be unacceptable by visual inspection.

3. If after rework, the work quality is measured with informal inspection to be 100%, the Contractor will be paid

100% of their bid rate. If the percentage is less than 100%, the work is unacceptable, and no payment will be made.

Acceptance and Payment – Item 7-9

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100% of their bid rate.

2. For work quality measured to be 90% or higher with formal plots, Contractor will be paid 100% of their bid rate.

3. Contractor shall rework any areas or entire units at no additional cost to the Government when work is deemed to be unacceptable by visual or formal inspection.

4. If after rework, the work quality is measured with formal inspection to be between 90% and 100%, payment will be made by the actual percentage. If the percentage is less than 90%, the work is unacceptable, and no payment will be made.

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SECTION VII – DEFINITIONS

ACCEPTABLE QUALITY LEVEL (AQL): Acceptance of work will be based on compliance with all specifications corresponding to the appropriate task(s). A minimum AQL is required for all service work – hand or mechanical. The minimum AQL will receive a satisfactory performance rating.

BOLE SPACING: The horizontal distance in feet from the edge of one leave tree bole to another leave tree bole, measured from the outside bark of each tree.

CIRCULAR PLOT: A sample plot within a thinning unit that is used to determine the number of desirable trees and other contract specifications.

CROWN RATIO: The ratio of live crown length (tip of leader to base of the crown) to total tree length/height.

CROWN SPACING: The horizontal distance in feet between the dripline of a live crown to another live crown.

CROWN RATIO: The ratio of live crown length (tip of leader to base of the crown) to total tree length/height.

CROWN SPACING: The horizontal distance in feet between the dripline of a live crown to another live crown.

CUT TREES: Trees that do not possess the characteristics of desirable leave trees and are required to be cut. As described by the contract or otherwise marked to be cut.

CUTTING UNIT: See Treatment Unit definition

DAMAGED TREES: Trees damaged beyond recovery. A tree that is larger than 2 feet in height, and has the top knocked out, is leaning more than 10 degrees, has less than one half of its original limbs, or has approximately 50% of bark removed from the circumference of the bole.

DBH: Diameter at breast height, measured at a point of 4.5 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of the tree.

DECKING: Stockpiling of trees in a designated area.

DEAD/DYING TREES: Trees with the crown foliage changing from green to red, yellow, or needleless. Any tree that has pitch tubes indicating Mountain Pine Beetle infestation.

DESIGNATION BY PRESCRIPTION (DXP): A cutting prescription in which prescription is used to determine which trees will be left and which will be cut.

DIB: Diameter inside bark.

HANG-UP TREE: Any cut tree suspended above ground level.

HEALTHY REGENERATION: Young, healthy, dwarf mistletoe free conifers, less than 4.9 inches in diameter, free of defect or characteristics listed in Section II, 2.2.2.

LEAVE TREE: Trees that possess desirable characteristics and that serve to create the basis for designated spacing requirements or are otherwise designated to be left.

NON-SAWTIMBER TREE: For all conifer species, minimum diameter of 5 inches DBH to minimum diameter by species identified in Appendix B, Division A.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY (PRS): Identifies the key service outputs of the contract that will be evaluated by the Government to assure contract performance standards are met by the Contractor.

PILING: Material moved to an agreed upon location shall be piled for future treatment by Forest Service.

PROGRESSION OF WORK: Work conducted in a progressive, workmanlike and orderly manner by the Contractor.

SAWTIMBER TREE: Included timber meeting sawlog size specifications as defined in Appendix B, Division A.2.

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SLASH: Woody material existing or created that has accumulated on the forest floor. Woody material includes logs, pieces of logs, tops, and branches.

UNIT: See Treatment Unit.

TEMPORARY ROADS: Non-permanent roads that are constructed by Contractor for the purpose of treatment unit access.

TREATMENT UNIT: An individual area on the ground in which activities will be performed and which may appear as a separate pay item in the Schedule of Items.

UNSATISFACTORY WORK: If work quality falls below the AQL, the COR will issue a work order or notice of noncompliance to the Contractor in writing. Untreated or unsatisfactory treated areas shall be reworked to obtain satisfactory work quality.

WHOLE TREE YARDING: Whole tree logging includes cutting tree and removing the entire tree, including tops and branches, to the landing.

Unsatisfactory Performance Items 1, 6-9

SECTION VII – DEFINITIONS