SF30Amend.doc

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION OF CONTRACT

USDA Forest Service

R1 IMAT

3815 Schreiber Way Coeur d'Alene ID 83815-8363 Contracting Officer

R1 IMAT

3815 Schreiber Way Coeur d'Alene ID 83815-8363

AG-02RC-S-13-0036

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

6/3/13

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.

1016/1054B Road Decommissioning, Sandpoint Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle National Forests is hereby amended as follows:

Notes from the 6/14/13 prebid meeting are attached.

Sign and return SF-30 as acknowledgement of amendment.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

RITA J. LOPER

BY

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

30-10

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.24

Pre-bid Meeting

Friday, June 14, 2013

Rd 1016 & 1054B Road Decommissioning

Sandpoint Ranger District

In Attendance:

Rita Loper, CO, IMAT

Marion Daniel, Purchasing Agent, IMAT

Kevin Davis, Technical Rep, Sandpoint RD

Charlie Kramer, CE Kramer Crane & Contracting Inc Scott Keaton Ben Travers Rita Loper, went through the soliciation package pointing our various terms and conditions listed:

RFQ due on 6/27/13, 4:00 pm local time

Some units of measure on Schedule of Items are linear feet, but the brushing is by the mile

Section C, note Standard Industry Practice indicates use of Hydraulic Excavator is used to perform services

Section E, inspection requirements and link to obtain full text reference clauses

Section F, Period of Peformance, complete by 9/15/13, Plan of Operation required and No work allowed on weekends or Holidays. Stream work not to begin until after July 1

Section G, there will be a post award/prework confernce held before work begins

Section H, note AGAR Key Personnel Supervisor or Contract Rep on-site, Equipment Operator(s) and Quality Control, note 90 day requirement-see Experience Questionnaire; note Weed Free requirement; CPARS-performance evaluation will be electronic; contractor will receive an email; and note State of Idaho Workers’ Comp requirement.

Section I, Reference Clauses; note Use of specific BioBased Products not required but will be evaluated, note reporting requirements and see Experience Questionnaire to provide list of products.

Section J, attachments and wage determination for service work

Setion K, Reps and Certs; Experience Questionnaire, note Past Performance is for last 3 years of relevant experience associated with road decommissioning and Block 9 Technical Ability includes Erosion Control Measures, Plan to accomplish the work & equipment to be utilized, Timeline for major work items, Key Personnel and their experience with the position identified, Did you visit the project site, Identify list of bio-based products to be used on project-no specific products specified by the Govt.

Section L, Facsimile will be accepted, Site Visits highly recommended, Reviewed items to submit as quote, registration required inSAM with NAICS 115310 (see Section K-1). SAM is FREE be leary of entities contacting you to provide service for a fee. PTAC Center provide assistance for free also, contact information listed for Idaho. Additonal PTAC Centers located in Spokane, WA, Missoula, MT and Kalispell MT.

Section M, Basis of Award and note past performance evaluation criteria, if no past performance information available, then it is a Neutral rating.

Kevin Davis covered key points of the technical aspects of the project.

History

· This project is part of the Lightning Creek Watershed restoration

· An assessment was done 8 yrs ago, in 2006 there was flood damage

· Most of the work has been completed, this project is one of the items identified in the assessment This is a straight forward decommissioning project with some partial obliteration. The technical challenge will be heavy brushing, especially on Rd1016.

Soil Erosion & Pollution Control, stream crossings/live water in Wellington Creek crossing need mitigation; keep number of crossings/disturbances to a minimum. How this will be accomplished should be addressed in an erosion control plan.

Disposing of culverts; to be hauled off site and disposed of properly by contractor; will become property of contractor

Fill removal will be dispersed on site; no haul off

Stream Channels, Category 1, 15 ft or less, address how to remove pipes in erosion control plan Ditch culvert removal; may or may not have water

Rd 1016 – full recontour

Rd 1054B – partial recontour

Rd 1054 – partial recontour approx 300 ft to access Rd1054B Deep ripping incidental to recontour work

Water bars incidental to recontour, specs states no more than 10 Site accessible now due to low snow pack this year

Questions/Answers:

Question: Which streams are live streams? Do they need water bars?

Answer: 2 live streams; Wellington and Steep Creek.

Pictures are of culvert in Wellington and Rd1016 brush

Question: Brushing/Grubbing

Answer: Grubbing too time consuming due to the significant amount of material at the sites Question: Do you want all grubbing out on recontour?

Answer: Vegetation from cutslope, throw brush back on top

Question: Are rock weirs required?

Answer: No gradient controls Question: Size of pipe in Wellington Crk crossing?

Answer: None, there was a bridge that washed out years ago and only an abutement left to pull, can disburse on site. Pipes in Rd 1016 all have water; need full recontour due to possible failure.

The roads are brushed in, but road failures tend to occur over time even though they are growed over. The Wellington crossing is fairly brushy.

Question: Are there any drawings that show profiles, elevation, cuts, and topographical lines?

Answer: No. All are Category I (no variation); most are less than 10 ft, Steep Creek is a little more, but all are Category I.

Question: Base on fill or cut?

Anwer: Fill Question: What type of bridge will be crossed (can it take the equipment)? Is it a timber bridge?

Answer: Yes. It’s a timber bridge, yes there are limits. Highway legal loads. NO overloads allowed Question: How long is the bridge?

Answer: approx 60 ft long and 16 ft wide Question: Can it be accessed from Clark Fork?

Answer: Yes.

NOTE: mulch required to be certified weed free Question: Mulching and total acreage

Answer: 2000 lbs per acre; just the wet areas need mulching and there are 7 sites-see Schedule and Work List Question: Start time preference?

Answer: Stream work cannot start until after July 1st.

Kevin noted another project is coming up in the same area as this existing project through a partnership involving Forest Service, Avista and the National Forest Foundation (NFF). This is NOT a Forest Service project/contract. Project called Mud Creek Road Decommissioning.

Conversion of FS Road 340 to a non-motorized trail would occur from the Mud Crk Rock Pit. Applied prescriptions for decommissioning of the road would be similar as those completed on the upper half of Rattle Creek and would include the installation of a trail tread and a small parking area in the rock pit to accommodate room for a vehicle towing a trailer to turn around. Project prescriptions would include removing all culverts, full and partial obliteration of problem sections of the road, installing waterbars, deep ripping the road surface, and planting native seed and mulching to mitigate surface erosion along this 3.3 mile road.Work involves water bars, culvert removal, and obliteration. The following design features would be included in the project equipment contract:

· Full obliteration - 345 feet

· Partial obliteration - 1,291 feet

· Stream culvert removals - 11

· Cross drain removals - 12

· Waterbar installations - 37

· Drainage swale installations - 6

· Road ripping - 500 feet

The National Forest Foundation will be the organization soliciting and awarding this other work and may look at the awardee of this contract dependant upon performance. The work is to be complete in 2013.