2a. KFT Mechanical Appendix A.pdf

FY26 KANIKSU FUELS TREATMENT SSC COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST

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APPENDIX A- Mechanical Treatments

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE WORK ITEMS

SECTION I – DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The mission of the Forest Service and Colville National Forest is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Forests. The objectives of this project are to increase forest health and vigor, and reduce hazardous fuels to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire within the Forest and Wildland Urban Interface by accomplishing the following:

1. Mechanically rake and pile residual activity slash and preexisting ground fuels within identified units.

2. Mechanically masticate brush and small trees to change the fuel profile from vertical to horizontal.

3. Decommission temporary roads constructed for harvest operations.

4. Whip fell ladder fuels to aid in piling and prescribed burning treatments.

5. Thin young trees to increase tree vigor, restore species composition and improve forest health resilience.

SECTION II – WORK ITEMS

Applicable to ALL Work Items

1. Work Item Unit boundaries are a combination of virtual, flagged and painted on the ground. Detailed Unit Information Sheets provide unit specific information. In Virtual Boundary Units vendors will need to use Avenza Maps Software, or similar products, hand-held devices such as a cell phone or tablet with Avenza Maps software is required to determine virtual boundary locations.

2. Detailed information Sheets included specification applicable to this solicitation including, but not limited to, cutting specifications, slash treatment and unit access information.

Work Item #1(a,b and c) Mechanical Piling:

Total acres for all Item 1: 3,333 Boulder Park Geographic Mechanical Piling

Unit Acres Unit Acres Unit Acres

Little Tacoma 41 18 Rankin 34 64 Swamp Creek 88 20 Little Tacoma 44 91 Rankin 36 8 Swamp Creek 89 130 Little Tacoma 45 41 Rankin 37 78 Swamp Creek 91 61 Little Tacoma 49 60 Rankin 38 25 Swamp Creek 92 128 Little Tacoma 50 84 Rankin 39 59 Swamp Creek 93 17 Little Tacoma 66 81 Rankin 40 96 Swamp Creek 109 98

Rankin 12 5 Swamp Creek 69 123 Swamp Creek 170 41 Rankin 14 15 Swamp Creek 70 267 Rankin 17 13 Swamp Creek 80 105

Total - 1728 acres

Ione Geographic Mechanical Piling Unit Acres Unit Acres Unit Acres

Ione 38 14 Ione 70 107 Ione 85 64 Ione 39 17 Ione 71 50 Ione 86 48

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Ione 40 24 Ione 72 62 Ione 88 71 Ione 41 91 Ione 75 40 Ione 164 2 Ione 42 12 Ione 76 40 Ione 188 29 Ione 64 3 Ione 81 77 Limestone 41 44 Ione 68 144 Ione 83 33 Limestone 43 36 Ione 69 9 Ione 84 168 Limestone 46 10

Limestone 49 12 Total - 1207 acres

Eastside Geographic Mechanical Piling

Unit Acres Unit Acres Unit Acres

Kalispel Moon 73 73 Kings Lake 91 86 Kings Lake 293 8 Kalispel Moon 75 20 Kings Lake 263 12 Kings Lake 638 12 Kalispel Moon 82 83 Kings Lake 283 13 Kalispel Moon 83 37 Kings Lake 289 19

Kings Lake 85 25 Kings Lake 292 10 Total – 398 acres

1. Piling of Slash

a. The Contractor shall leave all logs defined as coarse woody debris, which are greater than 10 inches in diameter on the large end and over 16 feet in length, in the unit. Additionally, the contractor shall ensure that the coarse woody debris is randomly scattered throughout the unit and not just near the edges, at the top of the unit or concentrated in a few spots-while maintaining an average of 5 -10 tons per acre of the coarse woody debris.

b. The Contractor shall pile 95% of all slash from 1 to 10 inches in diameter and 3 feet and over in length.

c. Any slash present on roads, cut slopes, and ditches within unit boundaries of pile units, should be raked up and placed into a pile.

d. Work shall be performed in an organized systematic manner. Work shall not be scattered within or between units except as necessitated by on-the-ground conditions and only when authorized by the Contracting Officer.

2. Location of Piles

a. Contractor is required to monitor pile placement closely so that burning does not cause excessive crown scorch or bole scorch to leave trees, snags, or seed wall trees. Contractor shall construct piles as far away from designated leave trees as feasible.

b. Piles shall be located within contract unit boundaries. Piles should be located at least 10 feet from unit boundaries adjacent to Forest Service land and 20 feet from unit boundaries adjacent to private land.

c. Piles shall not be located on the road prism of system roads, within 150 feet of a stream, bog, swamp, or within 60 feet of a Tree Improvement select tree.

d. Piles shall not be located next to existing snags. A snag is any standing bole greater than 10-inch DBH and 12 feet tall.

3. Construction and Size of Piles

a. All piles shall be as compact as possible and be relatively free of dirt and decomposed duff. No soil other than that adhering to the bark or root wads will be acceptable in the piles.

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b. Piles should be less than 10ft in height, and 20 feet in length and width and greater than 7ft in height and 8ft in length and width, or as otherwise approved.

c. Contractor shall attempt to place slash of various sizes into each pile and avoid piling concentrations of only large logs and stumps.

d. To allow for maximum fuel consumption during ignition, no more than 1 bole in the pile shall project more than 10 feet beyond the general side contours of the pile.

4. Non-treatment Areas, Slash shall not be treated on the following:

a. Areas where the soil erosion potential is high (as determined on the ground by the Contracting Officer).

b. Areas where treatment will cause excessive damage to leave trees or areas with advance regeneration of potential crop trees (as designated by the Contracting Officer).

c. Cultural sites, mining areas, or other areas as designated by the Contracting Officer.

d. Within 60 feet of a Tree Improvement select tree.

e. Areas larger than three acres which cannot be safely piled will be deleted from the unit, and an adjustment will be made in the acres for payment purposes.

5. Prevention and Control of Damage

a. Work shall be accomplished with the least possible damage to the residual stand and soil. If

Contractor operations cause excessive damage, the Contractor shall alter operations to prevent the occurrence of such damage.

b. Damage to leave trees, overstory trees, or snags shall not exceed 5 percent of the total trees requiring protection. Trees shall be considered damaged if the inner cambium is bruised or exposed over 1/5th of the circumference of the tree or the tree is pushed over to an angle of 15 degrees or more.

c. Contractor is permitted to navigate through the unit to reach and pile all specified slash.

6. Equipment Requirements The Contractor shall provide all equipment. The equipment requirements are:

a. Equipment shall be furnished on a fully operational basis and in good operating condition, with a competent, qualified operator. The Contractor shall provide operators that have sufficient skill and experience to perform properly the work assigned to them.

b. Ground pressure, measured in pounds per square inch (PSI), will be determined using the following formula:

PSI = Weight of Equipment________ (Inches of track on ground X inches of track width) X 2

i. The equipment shall be a track mounted excavator which meets the following specifications:

ii. Ground Pressure – maximum 10 PSI. PSI will be determined by using the formula given above.

iii. Climbing ability – up to 45% slope.

iv. Pivot – attachment arm shall be able to swing 360 degrees while the tracks remain stationary.

v. Reach – attachment arm shall have a minimum reach of 20 feet.

vi. Capability – machine must have the capability of picking up wood debris between 1 inch and 20 inches in diameter, while at the same time allowing all loose soil and duff to fall free so it is not placed into the pile. To do this, the machine shall be equipped with a grapple or claw rake and thumb. No bucket and thumb will be allowed.

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c. Equipment must have a closed cab and adequate guarding to protect the machine and operator from falling material or debris.

d. Equipment shall be inspected to verify clean and weed free prior to entrance onto National Forest Service lands.

Mandatory Item 2 Mastication:

30 acres

Mechanical Pre-commercial Thinning:

The technical specifications are based on the overall composition and condition of the stand and are intended to be guidelines for achieving a high-quality final product in a professional manner. Contractor is expected to use silvicultural knowledge to identify and adjust to variations within the stand.

1. Contractor shall always leave the following trees and disregard them for spacing purposes:

a. Leave all trees exhibiting visible wildlife denning or nesting use. Should an active hawk or eagle nest be located, work shall be discontinued within 500 feet of the nest-tree until the COR has been notified and has authorized resumption of work.

b. Leave all dead trees, except as indicated on the Detailed Unit Information Sheets, unless these trees pose a safety hazard to workers in the area.

c. Leave all trees with fencing attached.

d. Leave all trees that are signed/marked as Wildlife Trees or Habitat.

e. Trees 7” DBH and larger are considered leave trees within the spacing designations.

2. Contractor shall leave all Conifers that are larger than the maximum cut DBH of 9” or as specified on the

Detailed Unit Information Sheets and shall include these trees for spacing purposes.

3. Contractor shall select additional leave-trees, from those live conifers at least 12” tall and up to maximum cut DBH, to achieve an on average spacing of 14’ x 14’ or as specified in the Detailed Unit Information Sheets.

a. Leave-trees shall be the healthiest, most vigorous, and best-formed trees of the preferred species in the stand, as evidenced by the tallest height, largest crowns and crown ratios, straightest stems, and the least amount of damage or disease.

b. The leave-tree spacing is an average and can be varied up to 25% (wider or tighter) to leave the most desirable trees. It is more important to leave the best trees, than to have uniform spacing. Averaged over the stand, leave tree spacing shall not be materially increased or decreased from what is specified in the Detailed Unit Information Sheets.

c. Leave trees shall be selected within the order of species preference as listed below in Section D, below.

This order of preference only applies if the trees are free of damage or defect. In most cases tree vigor will help you determine which trees will best inhabit the site.

d. Avoid leaving any trees with signs of dwarf mistletoe, root rot, bark beetles, low vigor, or mechanical damage.

e. Where undamaged trees are not available, select leave-trees with the least amount of damage.

f. Species preference compensates somewhat for minor differences in size or quality. For example, a smaller but otherwise equal quality ponderosa pine which is 2/3 the height of Douglas-fir should be left

Unit Acres Tacoma CP Mastication 25 Tacoma CP 2600003 2 Tacoma CP 2600007 3

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rather than the Douglas-fir. A western larch with minor bole damage would be preferred over an undamaged Grand Fir.

g. All species up to 9” DBH are to be cut within dripline of mature (12”+ DBH or 50’ height) preferable species (PP, WWP, WL, DF) regardless of spacing requirements.

4. Selection of leave trees will be made in following priority order or as specified in the Detailed Unit Information Sheets:

a. Ponderosa Pine, Western Larch, Western White Pine, Douglas-fir, Engleman Spruce, Lodgepole

Pine, and Grand fir.

b. Trees to be cut will be sized 12” tall and up to 6.9” DBH.

c. Trees shall be completely severed from the stump.

d. Trees shall be cut below the lowest live limb, except when prevented by obstacles.

e. Stump height shall not exceed 4” above ground level except when prevented by natural obstacles; in which case stump height shall not exceed 4 inches above the natural obstacle.

Mastication of PCT Slash and Existing Forest Debris:

1. Specific Tasks:

a) The term “slash” as used herein refers to all woody debris either activity created or pre-existing on the ground.

b) Slash does not include cull decks or landing piles in existence prior to award of this contract.

c) Masticated brush and small conifers shall be cut as close to ground as possible limiting ground disturbance, but no taller than 4 inches.

d) Dead brush and small dead trees (6.9 inches or less in diameter and 10 feet or less in height) will be masticated.

e) Leave all hardwood trees such as, but not limited to aspen, cottonwood, birch, and alder.

f) Leave all existing downed logs 10 inches in diameter (or larger) on large end and over 16 feet long

g) For windblown trees, remove as many limbs as possible and leave pieces that are 10” on the large end and greater.

h) Any debris that is on an open road or trail caused by contractor operations that impedes travel, safety, and creates the potential for damage to vehicles shall be removed each day to ensure access and protection of road/trail surface.

i) The contractor shall treat 95% of all material within the unit that is from 1 to 10 inches in diameter and 2 feet and over in length.

2. Long-Term Nutrient Recycling:

a. Coarse woody debris provides numerous benefits to the site and shall be maintained in the unit. The

Contractor shall leave all logs that are greater than 10 inches in diameter on the large end and over 16 feet in length, in the unit. Additionally, the contractor shall ensure that the coarse woody debris is randomly scattered throughout the unit and not just near the edges, at the top of the unit or concentrated in a few spots-while maintaining an average of 5 -10 tons per acre.

3. Non-treatment areas: Slash shall not be treated on the following

a. Areas where the soil erosion potential is high (as determined on the ground by the Contracting Officers

Representative).

b. Areas where the ground exceeds 40 percent slope.

c. Areas where treatment will cause excessive damage to leave trees or areas with advance regeneration of potential crop trees (as designated by the Contracting Officers Representative).

d. Cultural sites, mining areas, or other areas as designated by the Contracting Officer.

e. Within 60 feet of a Tree Improvement select tree.

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Mandatory Item 3 Road Decommissioning:

Road Number BMP Description EMP Description Segment Length

Temp 12 0.00 Begins from the 2700300 junction at unit 93, middle of section 25.

0.72 Ends just in the

beginning of the unit

3,808 ft.

Road Decommissioning

The end result is to decommission roads and make them hydrologically stable. These roads may be system roads or temporary roads. Decommissioning of a road could include one or more of the following treatments:

1. Reestablish former drainage patterns, stabilizing slopes, and restoring vegetation.

2. Blocking the entrance to a road or installing water bars.

3. Close road entrances using a combination of earthen berms, boulder and/or available logging slash, debris, or stumps.

4. Amount of entrance to close may vary from 100ft to 300ft in length.

5. Removing culverts, reestablishing drainages, removing unstable fills, pulling back road shoulders, and scattering slash on the roadbed.

6. Completely eliminating the roadbed by restoring natural contours and slopes.

7. Other methods designed to meet the specific conditions associated with the unneeded road.

8. Grass seed all disturbed areas. Approved grass seed will be provided by the USFS.

Culvert Removal

The end result is to remove culverts where necessary and recontour the stream channel.

1. Remove culvert from the road and stream channel.

2. Recontour stream crossing sites.

3. Remove road fill from culverts and deposit this material onto the running surface adjacent to culvert location to discourage motorized use.

4. Grass seed all disturbed areas. Approved grass seed will be supplied by the USFS.

5. Remove culverts from project area and dispose of properly.

Gate Removal

The end result is to remove gates and effectively close the road to any motorized use.

1. Remove gate and posts from the project area.

2. Ensure post holes are filled in after removal.

3. Effectively close road to motorized use using a combination of earthen berms, root wads, slash, or boulders.

SECTION III – 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) an in-the-field consultation with the Forest Service to inspect work progress, review

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contract specifications, or clarify issues. The Forest Service shall respond to Contractor’s request within 5 working days, excluding weekends and federal holidays.

GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN

Government Inspection Procedures - The COR, or a designated inspector (GTM), will make periodic inspections while work is in progress, usually daily at first, as needed to ensure 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. Unit will not be averaged with other units for acceptance or payment.

2. When 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 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.

Government Inspection Procedures – Formal (Plots)

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:

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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.

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 Cutting

1. If the work quality falls below 85 percent, the COR will immediately notify the Contractor, in writing, and order him to improve the quality of subsequent tree cutting. If the quality of subsequent tree cutting is not raised above the 85 percent minimum acceptable standard within 24 business hours after receipt of such written notice, the Contractor’s right to proceed may be terminated and the contract considered in default.

2. When the work quality falls below 90 percent as a result of excess trees, the Government may elect to do one of the following:

(a) Order rework to be performed and withhold payment until excess trees are cut and the results of a post-rework Government inspection show work quality to be at least 85 percent or more. No rework shall be performed unless ordered or authorized by the COR.

(b) Order that no rework be performed and payment will either be made at a reduced rate, or not at all, as determined from the Thinning Inspection Report.

3. Repeated failure to produce work quality at or above the 85 percent minimum acceptable standard will be considered reason for contract termination and default action.

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

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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.

Minimum Acceptable Quality Levels of Work

ITEM DESCRIPTION SCHEDULE UNIT Min AQL

1 Mechanical Piling MANDATORY ACRE 95%

2 Mastication MANDATORY ACRE 95%

3 Road Decommissioning MANDATORY ACRE 100%

SECTION IV – PAYMENT METHODS

Method of Measurement for Acreages

Acreages were determined by using Global Positioning Systems (GPS). The acreage for each work item will be rounded to the nearest acre and 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.

Acceptance and Payment – Items 1-3

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

2. In the event that formal inspections are used, the rate of payment to the Contractor will be calculated as follows:

(a) For work quality of 95 percent or higher Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

(b) For work quality from 85 to 94 percent the Contractor will be paid the total multiplied by the bid rate.

(c) For work quality 84 percent and less there will be no payment made to the Contractor.

If, after rework, the percentage of satisfactory work is between 85% and 94%, payment will be made by the actual percentage. If the percentage is less than 85%, the work is unacceptable, and no payment will be made.

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SECTION V – DEFINITIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE TERMS

Acceptable Service. A job performed to the standard and within the acceptable quality level. The Contractor must do the specific job, and meet the standard, and meet the acceptable quality level before one can say that performance is acceptable for payment.

Acceptable Quality Level (AQL). The maximum allowable deviation from perfect performance that may occur before the Government will invoke payment deduction. An AQL does not allow a Contractor knowingly to offer defective service, but limits reduced payment to circumstances in which defective performance results in a measurable reduction in the value of services rendered.

Best Value. One criterion used for selecting a service contractor for award, based on comparison of the service price offered, with the quality of service offered.

Biobased. Products determined by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to be commercial or industrial product (other than food or feed) composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural material (including plant, animal and marine materials, or forestry materials.

Biodegradable. Products that are non-toxic, non-petroleum, and have low VOC levels. Typically originating from plant or animal sources, which may be broken down by other living organisms.

BioPreferred. Biobased items the USDA has designated as “preferred” for purchase. It meets or exceeds USDA – established minimum biobased content requirements.

Calendar Days. Every day shown on the calendar, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays included.

Change Order. An order issued to the Contractor by the Contracting Officer, pursuant to the “Changes” clause included in Section I of this contract, requiring work to be performed within the general scope of the contract.

Contract Item. A pay item designated on the bid schedule and described by a specification.

Contracting Officer (CO). A Government employee with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings. The term includes certain authorized representatives of the Contracting Officer acting within the limits of their authority as delegated by the Contracting Officer.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). A Government person appointed by the Contracting Officer (CO) to help the CO with the contract administration and surveillance. The duties and responsibilities of a COR are defined in the letter of designation by the CO. The Government may also designate another COR to help the main COR. In some cases, the Government may also designated a COR with “limited authority” to help in the contract administration and surveillance.

Crew Foreman. The individual responsible for ensuring the contract specifications are met on the ground and that the proper inspection plots have been taken.

Defective Service. A block of service that contains one or more defects, or nonconformance with specified requirements.

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). The Federal Regulations that govern Forest Service acquisitions of property and services, also supplemented by the FSAR (Forest Service Acquisition Regulations).

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Forest Supervisor. The person responsible for administration of a National Forest, including his or her authorized representative.

General Provisions. Those provisions of an administrative nature applicable to the contract.

Government. Title used to represent the United States Federal Government and its designated employees acting within their delegated contract authority. Throughout this contract the titles United States, USDA- Forest Service, Forest Service, and USFS may be used interchangeably as synonymous with Government.

Government Technical Monitor (GTM). A Government person appointed by the CO to help the COR with the contract administration and surveillance. The duties and responsibilities of a GTM are defined in the letter of designation. The GTM’s authorities are very limited.

“Green” purchasing. Green Purchasing is the method wherein environmental and social considerations are taken with equal weight to the price, availability and performance criteria that are used to make purchasing decisions. Green Purchasing is also known as “environmentally preferred purchasing (EPP), green procurement, affirmative procurement, eco-procurement, and environmentally responsible purchasing” particularly within the US Federal government agencies. Green Purchasing minimizes negative environmental and social effects through the use of environmentally friendly products. Green purchasing attempts to identify and reduce environmental impact and to maximize resource efficiency. Examples include: Recycled content products, also known as Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Items; Energy Star. And energy-efficient products; standby power devices; Alternative fuel vehicles/alternative fuels; Biobased products; Non-ozone depleting substances, as well as environmentally preferable products (EPP), etc.

Labor Standards Provisions. Those statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to the Contractor’s employees and employment practices.

Performance Based Service Contract (PBSC). A service contract that (1) Describes requirements in terms of results required rather than the methods of performance of the work; (2) Use measurable performance standards (i.e., terms of quality, timeliness, quantity, etc.) and quality assurance surveillance plans; (3) Specifies procedures for reductions of fee or for reductions to the price of a fixed-price contract when services are not performed or do not meet contract requirements; (4) May include performance incentives where appropriate.

Performance Work Statement (PWS). Is a statement of work for performance-based acquisitions that describes the required results in clear, specific and objective terms with measurable outcomes.

Period of Performance (also Performance Period or Contract Time). The number of calendar days allowed in this contract for completion of the contract work. Once begun on the official start date, the period of performance will be counted in consecutive calendar days, including Sundays and holidays. This time may be suspended by Government issuance of one or more written Suspend Work Order/s.

Quality Assurance. Those actions taken by the Government to assure services meet the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Government inspection for quality assurance does not substitute for the Contractor’s quality control.

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). An organized written document used for quality assurance surveillance. The document contains specific methods the Government will use to perform surveillance of the contractor.

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Quality Control. Those actions taken by a Contractor to control the performance of services so that they meet the requirements of the PWS. The methods for inspecting for quality control are described in the Contractor’s Quality Control Plan (QCP).

Random Sampling. A sampling method in which each service output in a unit has an equal chance of being selected. A method of inspecting a few individual items in a lot to determine the quality of that lot against the standard.

Specifications. That portion of the contract comprising a description of the general and technical requirements for materials, products or services to be furnished under the contract.

Standard. An acknowledged measure of comparison.

Statement of Objectives (SOO). is a Government-prepared document incorporated into the solicitation that states the overall performance objectives. It is used in solicitations when the Government intends to provide the maximum flexibility to each offeror to propose an innovative approach. That portion of a contract that establishes a broad description of the government’s required performance objectives.

Statement of Work (SOW). Is portion of a contract which establishes and defines all non-specification requirements for contractor's efforts either directly or with the use of specific cited documents.

Task Order. An order for services issued under a Task Order contract.

Work Order. An order written by the COR, which directs the Contractor to correct deficient performance. It may also be used to document satisfactory completion of units and give permission for the Contractor to begin work on additional work units.

TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS

Activity Slash – Leftover debris from logging operations, including treetops, limbs, and other woody material.

Brush – broad-leaved bushes, shrubs of low trees growing in dense thickets. Brush does not include hardwood tree species.

Bucking – cutting the boles of down trees/slash into lengths as indicated by technical specifications.

Coarse Woody Debris - logs that are 10 inches in diameter on large end and over 16 feet long.

Cultural site – any area exhibiting signs of past human behavior such as Indian artifacts, old mining sites, cabins, etc.

Damage - Includes any defect or deformity of a tree resulting from agents such as wind, snow, animals, insects, disease, and equipment, and evidenced by such things as dead or broken tops or trunks, crooks, deep scars, abnormal swelling of the bole, or conks.

Damage to soil – removal of top soil, mixing of soil horizons, and/or multiple passes over the same piece of ground.

DBH (Diameter at Breast Height) – Diameter of the trunk measured at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of the tree.

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Healthy Tree – A tree of good form and vigor which shows no physical damage or suppression, extends vertical from the ground and has a minimum of 30 percent live crown.

Horizontal Plane - Acreage measured as though the terrain were level, with no adjustment for changes in slope.

Large woody material – existing large, down logs that may be starting to decompose and recycle nutrients into the ground; large logs are 16 inches in diameter on large end and over 33 feet long.

Leave Tree – desirable species with the best form, growth and vigor that is disease and damage-free that is selected or required to be left standing as provided in the specifications.

Live Stream Channel - Stream channel with water in it, or a channel which shows evidence of washing.

Low Vigor Tree – A tree of poor form, which has less than 30 percent live crown ratio, a height –to-diameter ratio over 80 (tall, skinny trees), is chlorotic, fading or otherwise unhealthy crown, and/ or Dwarf mistletoe infection centers.

Machine piling – raking/gathering and stacking slash from thinning or whipfelling using a “lift and pile” method into piles constructed with mechanical equipment.

Mastication - Use of mechanized equipment to grind/rearrange the size and height of residual and/or created slash to facilitate in decomposition.

Open Road – System roads that are shown as “open” on attached maps.

Overstory Tree – trees greater than 10.1 inch DBH

Plantable Spot – An area from which vegetation, ash, duff, brush, slash, and debris has been removed.

Pre-commercial Thinning – the cutting of live trees that are greater than 1 foot high and less than 6 inches DBH for lodgepole pine and less than 7 inches DBH for all other tree species, to a designated spacing.

Progression of work - work conducted in a progressive, workmanlike and orderly manner by the Contractor.

Road Prism – The area between the outside edges of the fill slope and the cut slope.

Seed tree wall – live crop trees on the perimeter of the unit that provide seed for natural regeneration.

Seral conifer species – ponderosa pine and western larch.

Slash - Any dead or dying vegetation that that is on or near the forest floor between 0.25 to 10 inch diameters.

Snag – any standing dead tree/bole greater than 10 inch DBH and 12 feet in height, in any condition.

Spacing - The horizontal distance from the trunk of one leave tree to the trunk of the next nearest leave tree [measured from the middle (not the outside) of the base of each tree].

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

Tree Improvement select tree – protected trees for the tree improvement breeding program identified with an orange paint band at roughly 4 ½ feet height around the tree, a brown metal squirrel band and an identification tag.

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Understory Tree – live and dead trees between over foot tall and less than 10.0 inch DBH.

Untreated Area – Areas that are excluded from treatments due to sensitive soils, mule deer hiding cover, wetland/ riparian areas, threatened and endangered plants, desirable snags or species, or other reasons.

Virtual Boundary – A unit boundary that is shown on the map, but is not demarcated on the ground. The contractor must use mapping applications in order to locate these boundaries in the unit.

WHIP - Excess tree greater than 12 inches in height and less than the diameter specified in the data sheets.

Whip felling- The cutting of live or dead harvest-damaged trees or non-desirable trees of poor form that are greater than one foot tall and less than seven inches DBH.

Wildlife tree - Standing tree marked to be reserved as a wildlife tree. Used by birds and small mammals for shelter, nesting, perching, etc.

SECTION V – DEFINITIONS