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PERFORMANCE BASED STATEMENT OF WORK

General Specifications

A. Scope of Contract - This contract is to provide services for trail maintenance work on the Three Rivers Ranger District, East Side on the Colville National Forest. The objective of this contract is to provide safe public access on the trails while preventing resource and facility damage, performing all work to the standards found in the Forest Service Stand Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trials (September 1996, EM-7720-103 2005 revision). Using metric measurements remains the national standard.

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies and incidentals, necessary to perform all work specified.

B. Location and Description – vicinity maps showing project location and access are attached and made a part of this contract. Other information regarding specific sub-items are contained in the trail maintenance work summaries and delivery schedules (see Section J), and in paragraphs 982, 981, 988, and 991 of the trail maintenance specifications, sections 980 through 991.

1. The locations of the trails to be maintained are shown on the attached maps and Trail Maintenance Performance Requirement Work Summary Charts (see Section J).

2. Estimated beginnings and terminations of work items are shown on the Delivery Schedule of Task Orders (See Section J). The actual dates will be listed on the task orders.

C. Accessibility

1. All work areas may be reached by forest roads that are accessible by standard two-wheel drive pickup (with snow tires and chains, if needed) during normal operating seasons, unless otherwise indicated on the Trail Maintenance Performance Requirement Work Summary.

2. No vehicles will be permitted to operate off system roads without approval of the Contracting Officer.

3. Motorized vehicles are restricted on all trails as designated with "M" in the Trail Maintenance Performance Requirement Work Summary (reference Section J).

4. Motorized equipment (except motorized vehicles), such as chainsaw, weed eater, may be used for trail maintenance work in this contract.

Forest Service Standard Specifications for Maintenance of Trails

The Forest Service Standard Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trails, September, 1996, EM-7720-103 and Standard Drawings for Construction and Maintenance of Trails, December

1996, EM-7720-104 2005 revision are included by reference. The requirements contained in these specifications are hereby made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract. Using metric measurements remains the national standard.

Technical Specification Terms

Designated or as Staked on the Ground - Stakes, metal tags, paint, flagging, hubs, nails, etc., placed on the ground, trees, or rocks defining the location of the work.

Borrow - Soil, gravel, or rock materials, approved for use by the Engineer, taken from designated locations outside of the trail way.

Clearing Limits - The outer edges of a clearing area as specified in the plan, shown on drawings, or as designed on the ground. Note that Mac/King and Twin Sisters are Four Wheel Drive Vehicle Trails. Logout is 10 ft. in width. Minimum 5 ft. each side centerline tread.

Climbing Turn - An abrupt change in direction of the trail's alignment of 120-180 degrees and with radius of eight (8) feet or greater. The trail bed on the turn section does not exceed the approach sections widths more than 50 percent and is constructed as a part of Trail way Excavation, Specification 912, normally located on side slopes that are less than 50 percent.

Compacted - Consolidation of emplaced material resulting from tamping with hand tools, trampling with feet in layer placement, rolling with wheel type equipment, or natural settling during the winter and spring months.

Danger Tree - An unstable tree or snag five (5) inches or greater in diameter at breast height (dbh), located outside of the clearing limits, and marked or designated for cutting.

Full Bench - Where the total width of the trail bed has been excavated into side slope and no fill or compacted embankment is added.

In slope - Where the trail bed is sloped inward toward the back slope of the trail way.

Mechanical Transport - Any contrivance for moving people or material in or over land, water, or air, having moving parts, that provide a mechanical advantage to the user, and that is powered by a living or nonliving power source. This includes, but is not limited to, sailboats, hang gliders, parachutes, bicycles, game carriers, carts, and wagons. It does not include wheelchairs when used as necessary medical appliances. It also does not include skis, snowshoes, rafts, canoes, sleds, travois, or similar primitive devices without moving parts.

Motorized Equipment - Machines that use a motor, engine or other nonliving power sources. This includes, but is not limited to, such machines as chainsaws, aircraft, snowmobiles, generators, motor boats, and motor vehicles. It does not include small battery or gas powered hand carried devices such as shavers, wristwatches, flashlights, cameras, stoves or other similar small equipment.

Motor Vehicle - Any vehicle which is self-propelled or any vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from batteries, but not operated on rails. (Examples include snowmobiles, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles (ATV), cars, trucks, etc.).

Out slope - Where the trail bed is sloped outward toward the fill side or daylight side of the trail way.

Vehicle - Any device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported, including any frame, chassis, or body of any motor vehicle, except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Switchback - An abrupt change in direction of 150-180 degrees of the trail with a turn radius less than eight (8) feet. The trail bed for the approaches, the turn section, and the rock barrier are constructed in accordance with Specification 915 Switchbacks. The outer half of the turn-section is compacted embankment composed of soil and rock. The approaches are 16-foot trail sections upgrade and downgrade from the turn-section, the turn-section is approximately 16 lineal feet. The two approaches and the turn-section compose the switchback, which is 48 lineal feet. Normally, it is located on side slopes that are 50 percent or greater.

Trail Bed - The portion of trail way between the toe of the back slope and top of the fill slope or between side ditches for turnpike.

Trail Tread - That portion of the trail way constructed obstacle free and used for traffic.

Trail way - That portion of the trail within the limits of excavation and embankment.

Water Course - Any channel, either natural or constructed, where water naturally flows or will collect and flow during spring runoff or rainstorms.

Contractor Furnished Critical Items/Services

A. The Contractor shall provide tools, transportation and sufficient workforce to complete the contract in the specified time.

B. The Contractor shall provide a Quality Control Plan (QCP) and a Safety Plan in their proposals as described throughout these specifications. The Quality Control plan must demonstrate how the Contractor will assure quality meets the requirements and specifications of the contract. It shall describe: how quality will be monitored to assure the performance standards are met; the supervision of crew and work; and personnel that will be performing the quality control. Quality control shall include monitoring quality while work is in progress and other associated tasks.

Performance Requirements Summary

The following describes the major items in the contract with the incentives and deductions for the work described.

TASKS

QUALITY STANDARDS

MEASURE- MENT

Remediation

Logout Cut and remove all logs that extend across or into the clearing limits.

Remove roots & stumps from within trailway that have been uprooted.

Scatter the down trees on the lower side of the trailway outside the clearing limits.

95%

Random Sampling

Poor Performance Evaluation Re-work

Brush Remove all brush, limbs and small trees alive or

95%

Random

Poor

Slough & Berm Removal Remove all slough material from trailway. Remove berm from the trail bed when daylight can be obtained, do not obstruct drainage of out sloped tread

95%

Drainage Cleaning culverts, waterbars, drainage dips, ditches, rock spillways. Directing water from the trail where washing of the trailbed is or has been occurring. Remove organic matter from bridge & puncheon decking.

95%

100%

Progress schedule and ongoing communicati on between the Contractor and COR.

Poor Performance Evaluation Possible Termination for cause.

Quality Control

Contractor maintains good quality control on all aspects of operations..

Actions not consistent with contract specifications are corrected per Contractor’s

100%

COR or Inspector randomly observe operations

Poor Performance Evaluation Possible Termination for cause

QCP.

Performance Requirements - Technical (Trail Maintenance) Specifications

A. Trail maintenance shall be completed in accordance with attached Trail Maintenance Specifications, paragraphs 981 through 991, listed on the following pages, and with the attached drawings (see Section J). All work shall be performed to the standards found in the Forest Service Standard Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trails, September 1996, EM-7720-103 2005 revision.

A. SECTION 981 and 982 -- CLEARING MAINTENANCE OF AREA WITHIN CLEARING LIMITS

Includes removal of logs, limbs, brush, heavy growth or herbaceous plants; tree encroachment; loose rocks four inches and larger, exposed roots. This section also includes surface water diversion, minor maintenance to drainage structures, and compilation of a trail sign inventory.

1. Code Numbering for Specifications for Trail Maintenance

a. 982 -- Log Out and Tread Cleaning (within clearing limits, remove fallen trees, limbs and logs, and loose materials and provide tread maintenance and some drainage).

b. 981 – Brush Cutting (within clearing limits, cut brush and heavy herbaceous growth).

B. TRAIL MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SECTION 981 and 982

1. 982 -- Log Out and Tread Cleaning

a. Description

(1) This item pertains to clearing and tread cleaning maintenance work to be performed by the Contractor on Forest Service trails. Removal shall be done of all windfalls, leaning dead trees, limbs and brush from the trail way. Removal shall be done from the trail bed surface of all loose chunks of wood, bark, limbs, brush and logs and all loose rocks two (2) inches and larger. Work shall also include diverting surface water from the trail tread where such exists or where there are indications that the tread has been washing; and emergency drainage maintenance, as described below. An inventory of hazardous conditions and of trail signs shall be noted and reported to the Contracting Officer.

(2) This item pertains to clearing maintenance to be performed where less than an average of 15 trees or logs over four (4) inches in diameter per 100-foot station have fallen or slid into the clearing limits. Removal shall be done of leaning dead trees, windfalls, and associated limbs and brush from the trail clearing limits. Special payment will be negotiated as provided under Basis of Payment for the number of trees, or logs, in excess of an average of 15 per 100-foot station.

b. Methods

(1a) Non-Motorized Trails: Cut and remove all logs from across the trail, except in rock or earth slides in excess of 30 feet in length, to a minimum of eight (8) feet (four (4) feet each side of trail center line) and a height of 10 feet, unless otherwise indicated in the Trail Maintenance Work Summary sheets.

(1b) Four wheel Drive Trails: Cut and remove all logs from across the trail, except in rock or earth slides in excess of 30 feet in length, to a minimum of eight (10) feet (five

(5) feet each side of trail center line) and a height of 10 feet, unless otherwise indicated in the Trail Maintenance Work Summary sheets.

(1) Logs and windfalls that have fallen inside the clearing limits shall be cut back to the clearing limits and removed to the lower side of the trail and outside the clearing limits. The portion of log that remains on the upper side of the trail shall either be firmly anchored to prevent sliding into the trail, or shall be moved across and outside the clearing limits to the lower side of the trail.

(2) Trees and snags that are root sprung and leaning, or have broken off and are lodged in a leaning position over the clearing limits, will be regarded the same as down logs and windfalls and shall be cut and removed as provided in b(2) above.

(3) Limbs, alive or dead, which encroach into the trailway prism, shall be removed by cutting within 1/2 inch of the tree trunk, leaving no stubs. Pruning of live trees shall be done in such manner as to avoid tearing or scarring the bark.

(4) Live brush and small trees exceeding either 1/2 inch in diameter, or 12 inches in height, within the trail way prism shall be cut to within three (3) inches of ground level or of rocks, logs or other obstructions, and shall be removed and disposed of by scattering outside the clearing limits along the low side of the trail.

(5) All woody debris and rocks as described in B(1)b.1 above shall be removed from the trail bed and deposited on the down slope side of the trail wherever any side slope is evident; otherwise off to either side.

(6) Surface water shall be diverted off of the tread by scraping short, shallow drains out to the trail edge. Low spots in the trail tread holding surface water shall be drained and filled with soil or small rock. Fill material shall be obtained as specified under Specification #988

(b) (3). Drain dips and water bars that are plugged or silted over shall be cleaned to permit drainage.

(7) Note shall be taken of any hazardous sections of trail encountered, such as washouts, rock slides, extensive blow downs, foot logs, puncheon sections, and bridges and the conditions reported to the Contracting Officer at the first opportunity. Clean out slides, slumps and rock falls less than 30 feet in length, as well as the first 30 feet of all longer slides, slumps and rock falls. Dispose of encroaching root wads by removing the obstacle from the clearing limits.

(8) All material removed from clearing limits shall be deposited away from ponds, lakes, stream channels and seepages.

(9) Restore fill approaches at each end of trail bridges and puncheon sections.

(10) Note and keep a complete and accurate inventory of location, condition and wording of all trail signs (including trailhead signs) encountered on trails under this work specification. Inventory form shall be provided by Forest Service. Completed forms shall be provided to Contracting Officer at intervals of one week or less during field operating season.

c. Measurement and Pay Units

Quantity measured in miles, paid for at the contract unit price per mile, completed and accepted.

2. 981 – Brush Cutting

a. Description

This item pertains to clearing maintenance work to be performed by the Contractor on Forest Service trails. Removal shall be done of all limbs and brush from the trail clearing limits.

b. Methods

(1) Remove all brush, limbs and small trees, alive or dead, which exceed 1/2 inch in diameter or 12 inches in height, to a minimum width of eight (8) feet four (4) feet each side of trail center line) and to a height of 10 feet, unless otherwise indicated in the Trail Maintenance Performance Requirement Work Summary sheets, except in those portions of rock or earth slides beyond the initial 30 feet in length.

(2) Limbs, alive or dead, that encroach into the clearing limits shall be cut within 1/2 inch of the tree trunk, leaving no stubs. Pruning of live trees shall be done in such manner as to avoid tearing or scarring the bark.

(3) All brush, limbs and small trees that are to be removed shall be done so by scattering outside of the clearing limits along the low side of the trail. All ground vegetation to be removed shall be cut to within three (3) inches of ground level or of rocks, logs or other obstructions.

(4) All materials removed form clearing limits shall be deposited away from ponds, lakes, stream channels and seepages.

c. Measurement and Pay Units Quantity measured in miles, paid for at the contract unit price per mile, completed and accepted.

SECTION 988 AND 991 -- EARTHWORK MAINTENANCE TO SUSTAIN CONSTRUCTED TRAILWAY FORM

Includes tread regrading, tread widening, reshaping drain dips, reshaping stream fords and turnpike sections; maintaining, water bars; cleaning ditches, catch basins and culverts; grooming bank slopes; removing slides, slough, protruding rocks, stumps, and roots.

3. Code Numbering for Specifications for Trail Maintenance

a. 988 – Berm and Slough Removal Reshape Tread to Standard Construction Specifications

b. 991 -- Drainage Structures, Turnpike, Bridge and Puncheon Maintenance

C. TRAIL MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SECTION 988

1. 988 – Slough and Berm Removal - Reshape Tread to Standard Construction Specifications

a. Description

(1) Tread maintenance shall consist of removing excess material and debris from the trail bed, filling depressions, widening tread, providing drainage, and reestablishing damaged tread, as nearly as practicable, to its original constructed condition. It shall include the removal of slough from the inside edge of the tread and berm from the outside edge, the filling of ruts and holes in the tread occurring through usage and normal exposure, and the restoring of any sections of tread that have been damaged from slides, washing, or human or animal use.

b. Methods

(1) Remove from the trail all rocks protruding two (2) inches or more.

(2) Remove exposed roots over two (2) inches in diameter or 12 inches in length and which protrude more than two (2) inches above tread surface unless the root serves as a water bar.

(3) Trail tread that has been rutted or beaten out by travel and/or washing shall be filled with soil or gravel from deposits along the trail, such as back slope raveling and outside berm, or from ditch cleaning. A slight out slope shall be restored to the finished tread. If sufficient filler is not present from these sources, it shall be secured from another borrow area selected by the Contracting Officer. Any borrow pits opened for such purpose shall be located out of sight from the trail. Each borrow pit and any resulting trails created to access it shall be naturalized after use.

(4) Trail tread whose width has been effectively narrowed through damage caused by falling or uprooted trees, motorized, pack stock or other type use where damage cannot be repaired through filling, shall be repaired by widening the adjacent tread surface to 24 inches, or to the width of the nearby undamaged trail, whichever is greater.

(i) Tread segments which have a pronounced side hill, or outward lean, as a result of use or washing, shall be treated the same as narrowed tread, in (b) 2.4, above.

(ii) In segments where tread is widened to 24", the finished back slope shall be angled in accordance with drawing 900-2B.

(5) Low spots in the trail tread holding surface water shall be drained and filled with soil or small rock. Fill material shall be obtained as specified in b (3) above.

(6) Slough from the inside edge of the tread or deposits of soil on the outer edge of the tread or deposits of soil on the outer edge of the tread that forms a berm higher than the center of the tread shall be removed and spread over the width of the trail to produce a slightly out sloped surface.

(7) Clean out drain ditches along the upper and lower sides of turnpike and puncheon constructed sections. Restore slightly crowned surface to turnpikes which have been gouged or beaten out by horse or other traffic. Fill with mineral soil and rocks smaller than 1-1/2 inches. Material excavated from drainage ditches may be used if it meets above requirements. Material borrowed from off-site locations must be approved in advance by the Contracting Officer. All borrow pit locations shall be out of sight from the trail. Borrow pits and trails created to and from each site shall be naturalized after use.

c. Measure and Pay Units

Quantity measured in linear feet, paid for at the contract unit price per foot, completed and accepted.

2. 991 -- Drainage Structures, Turnpike, Bridge and Puncheon Maintenance

a. Description -- This item shall consist of maintenance and minor repair of existing drainage facilities and structures including turnpike, bridges and puncheon.

b. Methods -- Repair or replace water bars that have been knocked loose by traveling stock or equipment and those that have rotted or worn out. Clean out the drainage way on the upgrade side and fill in on the downgrade side of the installed water bars.

(1) Log Water bars -- Material to be used in replacing or installing log water bars under this contract shall be sound, peeled logs cut from native timber, seven to eight (7 to 8) inches in diameter and long enough to reach from the inside edge to the outside edge of the trail bed at a downgrade angle of approximately 30 degrees. The water bar log shall be buried one-half its thickness in the trail tread and be firmly anchored with heavy stakes or steel pins.

(2) Rock Water bars -- Flat rocks meeting dimensions shown in drawings shall be set on edge, fitted together, and firmly imbedded into and across the trail at approximately a 30 degree skew. Approximately two-thirds of each rock will be embedded below the tread surface with four (4) inches protruding above the surface, forming a smooth barrier for a water stop. The tops of the rocks shall be relatively even and have no sharp points or edges. The water bar shall be back filled by tamping soil against it on both sides to form a soil water seal.

(i) The trail tread shall be out sloped for a distance of five to six (5 to 6) feet on the upgrade side of the water bar.

(3) Clean out drainage dips that were originally constructed in the trail and restore the out slope to approximately 15 percent, measured from spill point to back edge of trail tread.

(4) Open and clean out ditches, rock drains, culverts and catch-basins to permit unobstructed drainage and free flow of water away from the trail.

(5) Replace logs or large rocks on lower side of shallow stream fords and steep gully crossings that have been washed out. Replace fill material necessary to restore a smooth tread in the ford or crossing.

(6) Clean out drain ditches along the upper and lower sides of turnpike and puncheon constructed sections. Restore slightly crowned surface to turnpikes which have been gouged or beaten out by horse or other traffic. Fill with mineral soil and rocks smaller than 1-1/2 inches. Material excavated from drainage ditches may be used if it meets above requirements. Material borrowed from off-site locations must be approved in advance by the Contracting Officer. All borrow pit locations shall be out of sight from the trail. Borrow pits and trails created to and from each site shall be naturalized after use.

(i) Restore fill approaches at each end of trail bridges and puncheon sections.

(ii) Clean decking of bridges and puncheon by removing all concentrations of foreign mineral and organic debris.

(iii) Replace or repair damaged, loose or missing bridge and puncheon decking and curb logs. Materials to be used shall be sound native materials similar in dimensions to that which it replaces, and shall be fastened into place with 50d galvanized spikes. When replacing sawn decking, native materials shall be sawn flat on top and notched on bottom surface so that the piece lies flat across the sill logs. Note shall be taken of any hazardous or badly deteriorated sections of puncheon, or trail bridges (broken or rotted stringers), and the conditions reported to the Contracting Officer at the first opportunity.

c. Measurement and Pay Units -- Quantity measured in miles, paid for at the contract unit price per mile, completed and accepted.

Measurement and Payment

A. Measurement

1. Method of measurement shall be as specified in attached Trail Maintenance Specifications.

2. Longitudinal measurement will be made on the trail centerline.

B. Remeasurement

1. The Contractor may request remeasurement of any unit or units in the contract, if he/she believes the quantity stated in the Schedule of Items is incorrect. Remeasurement will be made within the established termini.

2. Remeasurements will be based on slope measure.

3. If remeasurement indicates a variance of ten percent or less, the Contractor shall pay for the actual cost of remeasurement and no adjustment will be made in quantity as stated in the Schedule of Items.

4. If remeasurement indicates a variance greater than ten percent, payment will be based on the remeasured quantity and the Government will pay for the remeasurement.

C. Basis of Payment

1. Payment for work specifications Nos. 982, 981, and 991 will be made for miles and tenths of miles of accepted work at the contract unit price shown on the Schedule of Items.

2. Payment for work specification No. 988 will be made for the number of lineal feet of tread work completed and accepted at the contract unit price shown on the Schedule of Items. No payment will be allowed under this specification for work which has not been staked or otherwise designated on the ground by the Forest Service.

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLANS

Contractor Quality Control Plan

A. Quality Control Plan. The Contractor shall provide a Quality Control Plan (QCP) as part of this Technical Proposal. The Plan must demonstrate how the Contractor will assure that quality of performance meets the objectives and requirements of the contract. The QCP shall specify:

1. How quality will be monitored to assure performance standards are met.

2. How the work will be supervised.

3. How results of the monitoring will result in quality performance.

4. Identify the personnel responsible for performing quality control.

B. Contractor Quality Control Inspection. The Contractor shall assure themselves that performance meets contract specifications, in accordance with the PWS. prior to requesting the Government to inspect for payment or acceptance. Upon completion of a trail, the Contractor shall contact the Contracting Officer’s Representative to set a mutually agreed upon date for inspection of completed work.

Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan and Acceptance Requirements

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

B. Acceptance. Acceptance of the work under the contract will be made after steps in (a) above have been taken and the Contracting Officer’s Representative has made the determination of satisfactory compliance with the specifications. For acceptance purposes, complete trail by individual specifications as defined in (a) above shall be satisfactorily completed before acceptance will be made. Acceptance will not be made for segments broken by unacceptable portions of work.

B. Rework and Reinspection after Rework. When inspections indicates that the performance objectives were not met, the work will be deemed unsatisfactory and rework will be required. Payment will not be made until the Contractor has assured the Government that its Quality Control measures have corrected the deficiencies. Inspections after rework will be made in the same manner as the first inspection. The cost to the Government for inspections necessitated by the rework will be deducted from any payments to the Contractor.

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

Contract Schedule

Contractor's Schedule

A. The Contractor shall complete the trails as established in the Work Summary Sheets located in Section J.

B. In addition to the Progress Schedule required the Contractor shall submit a weekly plan prior to next week's work. Weekly plans must be approved by the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

C. The Contractor shall currently notify the or designated Contracting Officer’s Representative of changes in his/her established weekly schedule.

Required Submittals

The following is a general summary of the required submittals. Other submittals may be required as specified elsewhere in this contract.

PART I - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

Use of Premises

Before any quarry, borrow pit, storage, detour, or bypass site, other than shown on the drawings, is opened or operated on National Forest land or lands administered by the Forest Service, written permission shall be obtained through the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

A camp will be allowed for the Contractor and employees working on the project for the Contractor. For additional information concerning campsites, see “Camping Rules and Regulations”.

In the project area, any day use sites shall be naturalized following use. Fire rings and ashes shall be scattered. Any areas denuded as a result of Contractor use shall be naturalized by covering with limbs, dead logs, leaves, duff, etc., so as to present a natural appearance.

If crews walking off-trail create visible pathways or trails, or create depressions which may channel or concentrate water flowing through or over the soil, then such paths or depressions shall be naturalized at the Contractor’s expense.

Washing of Equipment

Pollutants such as fuels, lubricants, bitumen, raw sewage, and other harmful materials shall not be discharged on the ground; into or nearby rivers, streams, or impoundments; or into natural or man-made channels. Wash water or waste from concrete or aggregate operations shall not be allowed to enter live streams prior to treatment by filtration, settling, or other means sufficient to reduce the sediment content to not more than that of the stream into which it is discharged.

The Contractor shall wash all equipment except for hauling vehicles prior to entering National Forest Land. Remove all soil which could contain noxious weed seed. Remove grease and oil from drive mechanisms which would be discharged into the stream when equipment is operating. Prior to transporting equipment to the site, assure that the equipment’s hydraulic, lubrication and fuel systems are free from leaks.

Barricades, Warning Signs and Devises

Contractor shall be solely responsible for safety signing, barricades and other signing to maintain a safe site to the public and Government employees. Approved signs shall be placed at the trailhead and all trail junctions to notify the public of maintenance activity.

Safety Plan

Prior to allowing any work to commence on the project, the Contractor shall submit a Safety Plan to the Contracting Officer that is in accordance with OSHA Regulations. Such safety plan shall include all tasks and related activities anticipated to successfully complete the work.

Safety Items

(a) Data and information furnished or referred to below is for the Contractor’s information. The Government shall not be responsible for any interpretation of or conclusion drawn from the data or information by the Contractor. This list shall not be deemed to be all inclusive. The Contractor shall bear the sole responsibility for taking all appropriate actions necessary to prevent accidents and injuries to individuals at the work site.

(b) The following checked activities have been identified by the Government as potential safety hazards.

[] Confined Entry Space.

[X] Temporary excavation/deep trenching/slope stability.

[X] Tree Felling.

[X] Fall hazard from work heights exceeding six feet. [] Blasting.

[] Traffic control on high-volume and/or high-speed and/or limited visibility roads. [] Heavy equipment operation.

[X] Tree climbing and/or tower climbing.

[X] Fire hazards.

[] Hazard materials handling. [] Electrical hazard.

[] Hydraulic and/or pneumatic and/or other high pressure hazards. [] Mechanical hazards such as pulleys, springs, etc.

[X] Power tool operation including eye protection.

[X] Overhead hazards.

PART II - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

List of Attached Documents, Exhibits and Other Attachments

The following attachments are made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract.

12. Project Area Maps and Vicinity Maps Three Rivers Ranger District, West Side Three Rivers Ranger District

USDA FOREST SERVICE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION

FIRE PROTECTION AND SUPPRESSION

1. Fire Period and Closed Season

Specific fire prevention measures are listed below and shall be effective for the period April 1 to October 31 of each year. The Forest Service may change the dates of said period by advance written notice if justified by unusual weather or other conditions. Required tools and equipment shall be kept currently in serviceable condition and immediately available for initial attack on fires.

2. Fire Plan

Before starting any operations on the project, the Contractor, Permittee, Licensee, or Purchaser, hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor”, shall prepare a fire plan in cooperation with the Contracting Officer providing for the prevention and control of fires in the project area.

The Contractor shall certify compliance with fire protection and suppression requirements before beginning operations during the fire period and closed season and shall update such certification when operations change.

3. Substitute Measures

The Contracting Officer may by written notice authorizes substitute measures or equipment or may waive specific requirements during periods of low fire danger.

4. Emergency Measures

The Forest Service may require emergency measures, including the necessary shutting down of equipment or portions of operations in the project area during periods of fire emergency created by hazardous climatic conditions.

5. Fire Control

The Contractor shall, independently and in cooperation with the Forest Service, take all reasonable action to prevent and suppress fires in the project area. Independent initial action shall be prompt and shall include the use of all personnel and equipment available in the project area.

For the purpose of fighting forest fires on or in the vicinity of the project which are not caused by the Contractor's operations, the Contractor shall place employees and equipment temporarily at the disposal of the Forest Service. Any individual hired by the Forest Service will be employed in

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Accordance with the Interagency Pay Plan for Emergency Firefighters. The Forest Service will compensate the Contractor for equipment rented at fire fighting equipment rates common in the area, or at prior agreed to rates.

6. Compliance with State Forest Laws

Listing of specific fire precautionary measures herein is not intended to relieve the Contractor in any way from compliance with the State Fire Laws covering fire prevention and suppression equipment, applicable to operations under this contract, permit or license.

7. Fire Precautions

Specific fire precautionary measures are as follows:

a. Smoking and Open Fires

Smoking and fires shall be permitted only at the option of the Contractor. The Contractor shall not allow open fires on the project area without advance permission in writing from Forest Service.

Unless restricted by State Law or Federal Regulation, smoking shall be permitted only in such portions of the project area that are free of flammable material. Smokers shall sit down to smoke in such a position that any burning material will fall within a cleared area, and shall extinguish and press out in mineral soil all burning material before leaving the cleared area.

b. Fire Extinguishers and Equipment on Trucks, Tractors, etc.

All power-driven equipment operated by the Contractor on National Forest land, except portable fire pumps, shall be equipped with one fire extinguisher having a UL rating of at least 5 BC, and one "D" handled or long handled round point shovel, size "0" or larger. In addition, each motor patrol, truck and passenger-carrying vehicle shall be equipped with a double-bit axe or Pulaski, 3-1/2 pounds or larger.

Equipment shall be kept in a serviceable condition and shall be readily available.

c. Power Saws

Each gasoline power saw operator shall be equipped with a pressurized chemical fire extinguisher of not less than 8-ounce capacity by weight, and one long-handled round point shovel, size "0" or larger. The extinguisher shall be kept in possession of the saw operator at all times. The shovel shall be accessible to the operator within 1 minute.

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d. Extinguishers

One refill for each type or one extra extinguisher sufficient to replace each size extinguisher required on equipment shall be safely stored in the fire tool box or other agreed upon place on the project area that is protected and readily available.

e. Spark Arresters and Mufflers

Each internal combustion engine shall be equipped with a spark arrester meeting either (1) USDA Forest Service Standard 5100-1a, or (2) appropriate Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recommended practice J335 (b) and J350 (a) as now or hereafter amended unless it is:

(1) Equipped with a turbine-driven exhaust supercharger such as the turbocharger. There shall be no exhaust bypass.

(2) A passenger-carrying vehicle or light truck, or medium truck up to 40,000 GVW, used on roads and equipped with a factory-designed muffler complete with baffles and an exhaust system in good working condition.

(3) A heavy duty truck, such as a dump or log truck, or other vehicle used for commercial hauling, used only on roads and equipped with a factory designed muffler and with a vertical stack exhaust system extending above the cab.

Exhaust equipment described in this subsection, including spark arresters and mufflers, shall be properly installed and constantly maintained in serviceable condition.

f. Emergency Fire Precautions

The Contractor shall restrict operations in accordance with the Industrial Fire Precaution Levels listed below. The Forest Service may change the Industrial Fire Precaution Levels to other values upon revision of the National Fire Danger Rating System and may change the specific Industrial Fire Precaution Levels when such changes are necessary for the protection of the National Forest. When sent to the Contractor, the revised Industrial Fire Precaution Levels will supersede the attached levels.

INDUSTRIAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS SCHEDULE

LEVEL INDUSTRIAL FIRE PRECAUTION (IFPL)

I. Closed season - Fire precaution requirements are in effect. A fire watch/security is required at this and all higher levels unless otherwise waived.

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II. Partial hootowl - The following may operate only between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m., local time:

a. Power saws, except at loading sites;

b. Cable yarding;

c. Blasting;

d. Welding or cutting of metal.

III. Partial shutdown - The following shall be prohibited except as indicated:

Cable yarding - except that gravity operated logging systems employing non-motorized carriages may be operated between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m., local time, when all block and moving lines, except the line between the carriage and the chokers, are suspended 10 feet above the ground;

Power saws - except power saws may be used at loading sites and on tractor/skidder operations between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m., local time.

In addition, the following are permitted between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m., local time:

a. Tractor/skidder operations;

b. Mechanized loading and hauling of any product or material;

c. Blasting;

d. Welding or cutting of metal;

e. Any other spark-emitting operation not specifically mentioned.

IV. General shutdown - All operations are prohibited.

The following definitions shall apply to these Industrial Fire Precaution Levels:

Cable yarding systems: A yarding system employing cables and winches in a fixed position.

Closed season (Fire Precautionary Period): That season of the year when a fire hazard exists as declared by the responsible agency official.

Contracting Officer: The person executing the contract, permit or license on behalf of the Government and includes that person's designated representative, acting within the limits of their authority or the duly appointed successor to the individuals.

Loading sites/woods site/project area: A place where any product or material (including but not limited to logs, firewood, slash, soil, rock, poles, posts, etc.) is placed in or upon a truck or other vehicle.

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Low hazard area: Means any area where the responsible agency representative (WDNR, ORF, BIA, BLM) determines the combination of elements reduces the probability of fire starting and/or spreading.

Tractor/skidder operations: include a harvesting operation, or portion of a harvesting operation, where tractors, skidders, or other harvesting equipment capable of constructing fire line, are actively yarding forest products and can quickly reach and effectively attack a fire start.

Waivers, written in advance, may be used for any and all activities. Activities for which waivers may be issued include, but are not limited to:

a. Mechanized loading and hauling;

b. Road maintenance such as sprinkling, graveling, grading and paving;

c. Cable yarding using gravity systems or suspended lines and blocks, or other yarding systems where extra prevention measures will significantly reduce the risk of fire;

d. Powers saws at loading sites or in felling and bucking where extra prevention measures will significantly reduce the risk of fire;

e. Maintenance of equipment (other than metal cutting and welding) or improvements such as structures, fences and power lines.

Such waiver, or substitute precautions will prescribe measures to be taken by the Contractor to reduce the risk of ignition, and/or the spread of fire. The Contracting Officer shall consider site-specific weather factors, fuel conditions, and specific operations that result in less risk of fire ignition and/or spread than contemplated when precaution level was predicted. Consideration shall also be given to measures that reduce the precaution levels above. The Contractor shall assure that all conditions of such waivers or substitute precautions are met.

The Contractor shall obtain the predicted Industrial Fire Precaution Level daily, prior to the start of work, from the appropriate Ranger District headquarters. If predictions made after 6:00 p.m., local time, are significantly different than the original prediction, the Forest Service will inform the Contractor when changes in restrictions or industrial precautions are made.

NOTE: The IFPL system does not apply on lands protected by ODF east of the summit of the Cascades.

Where hauling involves transit through more than one shutdown/regulated use area, the precaution level at the woods loading site shall govern the level of haul restriction, unless otherwise prohibited by other than industrial precaution level system.

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8. Fire Tools

The Contractor shall furnish serviceable fire fighting tools in a readily accessible fire tool box or compartment of sound construction with a hinged lid and hasp so arranged that the box can be secured or sealed. The box shall be red and marked "Fire Tools" in letters one inch high. It shall contain a minimum of:

a. 2 axes or Pulaskis with a 32-inch handle;

b. 3 adze eye hoes. One Pulaski may be substituted for 1 adze eye hoe;

c. 3 long-handled, round point shovels, size "0" or larger.

9. Fire Security

When the Industrial Fire Precautions Level is “I” or higher, unless a waiver is granted, the Contractor shall designate a person who shall perform fire security services listed below on the project area and vicinity. The designated person shall be capable of operating the Contractor's communications and fire fighting equipment specified in the contract, excluding helicopters, and of directing the activities of the Contractor's personnel on forest fires. In lieu of having the designated person perform the required supervisory duties, the Contractor may provide another person meeting the qualifications stated above to direct the activities of Contractor's personnel and equipment during all fire fighting activities.

Services described shall be for at least 1 hour from the time the Contractor's operations are shut down. For the purposes of this provision, personnel servicing equipment, and their vehicles, who are not engaged in cutting or welding metal are excluded.

Fire security services shall consist of moving throughout the operation area or areas constantly looking, reporting, and taking suppression action on any fires detected. Where possible, the designated person shall observe inaccessible portions of helicopter operating areas from vantage points within or adjacent to project area.

10. Blasting

Whenever the Industrial Fire Precaution Level is “II” or greater, a fire security person equipped with a long-handled, round point, No. “0” or larger, shovel, and a five-gallon backpack pump can filled with water will stay at location of blast for 1 hour after blasting is done. Blasting may be suspended by Forest Service in writing, in an area of high rate of spread and resistance to control.

Fuses shall not be used for blasting. Explosive cords shall not be used without written permission of Forest Service, which may specify conditions under which such explosives may be used and precautions to be taken.

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CAMPING RULES AND REGULATIONS

The following rules and regulations shall govern the sanitation, cleanliness, location, and fire responsibilities on Contractor campsites located on the Colville National Forest.

A. SANITATION

1. Toilet facilities shall be self contained having adequate capacity for all waste materials and wash water or be a commercial chemical unit.

2. Waste shall be disposed of at established disposal facilities.

B. CLEANLINESS

1. All material brought to the unit or camp area by the Contractor or his employees shall be removed by the Contractor prior to termination of the contract.

2. Camp area shall be kept free, at all times, of unsightly debris; e.g., loose papers, cans, bottles, boxes, etc.

3. All garbage shall be sacked and hauled by the Contractor to an approved disposal site.

4. Contractor shall not establish or use disposal sites on National Forest lands without written approval of the Contracting Officer.

C. FIRE RULES, REGULATIONS AND CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Open fire WILL NOT be permitted unless the necessary permits are obtained from the District Fire Management Officer or his representative.

a. Fire permits are required between approximately April 15 and October 15, though dates may be extended depending on weather conditions.

2. Fire Requirements

a. Build campfire away from overhanging branches, steep slopes, rotten stumps or logs, dry grass and leaves. Pile wood away from the fire.

b. Scrape away litter, duff, and any burnable material in a 10-foot wide circle. This will keep a small campfire from spreading.

c. Never leave fire unattended. A breeze may come up while you're gone and spread the fire.

d. Keep campfire small. A good bed of coals or small fire surrounded by rocks gives plenty of heat for cooking.

3. Fire Tool Requirements

a. 1 shovel (#0 - round point)

b. 1 axe or Pulaski (#2 or over 26 in. minimum length)

c. Bucket (at least 1 gallon capacity)

d. At least one acceptable hand tool for each person in camp.

Failure to abide by the above regulations will result in withholding of payment until provisions are satisfactorily met.