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PERFORMANCE STANDARDS page 1

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Contractor Performance Checklist

Tasks and Critical

Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Roadbed Moisture Content (MC) Determination Blade Roadbed when adequate MC is present

Apply water or aerate as needed.

Optimum MC for aggregate surfaces is 6-8% + 2% depending on the amount of fines.

Optimum MC for native surfaces is 12-20% depending on amount and type of fines.

Optimum MC to insure mixing, processing, lay down and compaction.

Recognized Industry Standards for blading aggregate surfaced and native surface roads.

Contractor maintained MC during blading so that processed materials are well mixed and finished surfaces are smooth and compacted.

Aggregate surfaces tight and non-raveling.

Recognized Industry Quality workmanship.

Government may inspect during all operations to satisfy that adequate MC is present.

Contractor performance substantiates that optimum MC and recognized Industry Standards are being met.

Contractor may be required to re-work, at their expense, the unacceptable section when the MC returns to within acceptable range

Government may withhold full or partial compensation for that section

Contractor may receive poor performance rating

Contract may be terminated with repeated deficiencies.

Contractor would receive a superior performance rating

Government would likely exercise renewal option for one more season if such option is part of the contract.

Ditch Cleaning and Shaping

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Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality

Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Cleaning and reshaping ditches

Cleaning lead-out ditches

Original lines and grades are restored

Accepted industry quality workmanship.

Slough, debris, and deposition is removed

Water is able to flow freely with no significant constrictions

No avoidable standing water in ditch lines.

Back slopes have not been undercut.

Lead-out ditches drain to daylight

Shoulder ditch slope at a 3:1 ratio (horz:vert)

Excess ditch material has been pulled onto and across roadway and deposited off road on fill slopes;

it has not been heeled onto backslope.

Visual verification.

Measurement with standard survey equipment such as level, rod, etc.

Contractor may be required to re-work, at their expense, the unacceptable portions of work

Contractor may receive poor performance rating

Contract may be terminated with repeated deficiencies.

Contractor would receive a superior performance rating

Government would likely exercise renewal option for one more season if such option is part of the contract.

Reshaping Road – Aggregate Surfacing

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS page 3

Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality

Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Cut, relay, and reshape to full surfaced width (including turnouts) and to sufficient depth to remove rutting, potholing, washing, and wash boarding

Existing crown/out-slope preserved or enhanced

Aggregate surface is restored to uniform depth and free of ruts, potholes, washes and wash boarding

Road surface drains effectively.

Intersections properly blended with no abrupt edges.

Oversize material removed.

Sod is broken down and materials incorporated back into the roadway.

Accepted industry quality workmanship.

No berms or ridges along either shoulder of roadbed.

No oversize material greater than 2 inches.

Crown 5-8% Aggregate has not been contaminated Little or no lost material outside of roadbed.

Pot holes, ruts, washes, and wash boards have been cut to the bottom of the defect and the road material blended, re-laid, shaped and compacted along with the rest of the road surface.

standard survey equipment such as level, rod, etc.

Contractor may be required to re-work, at their expense, the unacceptable portions of work

Contractor may receive poor performance rating

Contract may be terminated with repeated deficiencies.

Contractor may be required to replace any aggregate lost that can not be recovered.

Contractor would receive a superior performance rating

Government would likely exercise renewal option for one more season if such option is part of the contract

Reshaping Road – Native Surfacing

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Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality

Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Crowning/out-sloping

Material spread evenly over surface to form a “pad”

Side cast oversize rocky material

Clean/reshape existing drain dips

Scarification and blending of materials

Road crowned or out-sloped

No material is wasted

No oversize material on road

No berms or ridges left along either shoulder

Oversize rocky material removed.

Road surface drains effectively

Sod is broken down and earthen materials incorporated back into roadway.

Accepted industry quality workmanship.

Road bed smooth and dressed to produce a uniform grade and cross section, with a surface free of hollows, depressions, and projections

No berms or ridges along either shoulder of roadbed.

Dips are smooth with good transitions

No oversize rocky material greater than 3 inches.

Crown 5-8% Outslope 3-5 % standard survey equipment such as level, rod, etc.

Contractor may be required to re-work, at their expense, the unacceptable portions of work

Contractor may receive poor performance rating

Contract may be terminated with repeated deficiencies.

Contractor would receive a superior performance rating

Government would likely exercise renewal option for one more season if such option is part

Structure and Improvement Protection

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS page 5

Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality

Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Protecting existing structures and improvements.

Structures and improvements are protected from damage.

Structures and Improvements are free from grading material

No damage to structures or improvements

Minimal material deposited on or in cattle guards, bridge decks, culverts, etc.

No pothole or depressions where structure meets roadway.

standard survey equipment such as level, rod, etc.

Contractor may be required to clean, repair, or replace, at their expense, any plugged or damaged structure or improvements.

Contractor may receive poor performance rating

Government may withhold full or partial compensation.

Contract may be terminated with repeated deficiencies.

Contractor would receive a superior performance rating

Government would likely exercise renewal option for one more season if such option is part

Compaction

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Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality

Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Compacting roadbed. Aggregate moisture content suitable for optimum compaction.

No visual displacement of aggregate.

Entire width of roadway uniformly compacted.

Entire roadbed holds together under normal use.

Entire roadway smooth.

Road template meets typicals shown on drawings standard survey equipment such as level, rod, etc.

Contractor may be required to re-work, at their expense, the unacceptable portions of work.

Contractor may receive poor performance rating

Government may withhold full or partial compensation.

Contract may be terminated with repeated deficiencies.

Contractor would receive a superior performance rating

Government would likely exercise renewal option for one more season if such option is part

Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Watershed Protection

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Subtasks Quality Standards Acceptable Quality

Level Means of Measurement Penalties Incentives

Prevention of sediment pollution in live drainages.

Meet State approved Best Management Practices.

No introduction of sediment into drainages and water ways due to contractor’s operations.

No hazardous waste deposited on ground.

No deposits left within 100 feet each side of live drainages.

Roadway drainage to occur 100 feet before and after waterways.

Clean dips, culverts and cross drains to prevent erosion and sediment delivery into waterways.

Eliminate edges that develop on road surfaces that direct non-intended water toward waterways.

Fuel and lubricant spills avoided..

Visual verification.

Measurement with standard survey equipment such as level, rod, etc.

Contractor may be required to re-work, at their expense, the unacceptable portions of work.

Government may withhold full or partial compensation for that section

Contractor may receive poor performance rating

Contract may be terminated with repeated deficiencies.

Contractor would receive a superior performance rating

Government would likely exercise renewal option for one more season if such option is part