Attachment1StatementofWprk.pdf

Attachment 1 – Performance Based Statement of Work

Scope of work

The purpose of this solicitation is to provide fence removal services on forest genetic sites across the Fremont-Winema national forest.

Item 1 and Item 3 include the deconstruction and removal of wire fences from specific genetic sites on the Fremont-Winema national forest. And, the removal and disposal of all metal fencing materials as specified off forest service lands.

Item 2 includes the deconstruction and removal of wire fences from specific genetic sites on the Fremont-Winema national forest. And, the removal and disposal of all metal fencing materials as specified off forest service lands. These sites have had some prior work to deconstruct the fences but the work is incomplete.

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities

(except as otherwise specified) to perform the Performance Statement of Work and Quality

Assurance Surveillance Plan referenced in the attachments. Contract time will run Sunday through Saturday. Work may only occur on Saturday and Sunday with Contracting Officer approval.

Contract performance period: The government anticipates all treatments and completion to occur within the 2015-2016 field season for the base item.

Location and description

The project is located within Fremont-Winema National Forest. Specific locations are shown on the attached project maps.

Estimated start work is July 20, 2015.

Access

Use of approved vehicles or equipment will be restricted to designated work areas. All-terrain vehicles and/or equipment may be allowed with prior approval of the COR. Vehicle/ Equipment use may be restricted due to safety or resource concerns. No access trails or paths will be constructed or existing one improved without prior approval of the COR.

CONTRACTOR OBLIGATIONS

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, licenses, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, (except those designated as Government furnished) and incidentals to perform and inspect all treatments as proposed in the technical proposal and specifications of this contract.

The Contractor shall provide protection of threatened, endangered, and sensitive species when found on contract units, if found, these species shall be protected from being damaged or destroyed and the Contracting Officer notified.

The Contractor shall perform all work in accordance to OSHA standards.

The Contractor shall provide and implement a safety plan for all treatments. As a minimum the safety plan shall include travel, equipment use, spills, snags, hazard trees, physical elements and communications. Safety plans shall be provided to the Government prior to start of work.

The Contractor shall provide a quality control plan for all work. As a minimum, the Contractor shall include how inspections will be conducted and acceptability determined.

The Contractor shall provide a spill clean up plan for the Government’s review. Spill control materials shall be available at all times. Any spill shall be immediately reported to the

Government. Failure to report a spill or to take appropriate clean up action will be grounds for termination for default.

The Contractor shall assume all risk of loss or damage to their equipment and injury to themselves or their employees, and will hold and save the Government and its employee’s harmless from liability of any nature or kind resulting from performance of this contract, except for negligent acts of Government employees.

The Contractor shall erect and maintain warning signs in advance to any place on the project where operations may interfere with the use of the road or trail by traffic, and at all intermediate points where traffic crosses or coincides with an existing road or trail.

All bid items contain noxious weed sites which require treatment mitigation measures including;

equipment exclusions and monitoring, and equipment cleaning as a minimum.

The Contractor shall be required to clean all equipment and vehicles prior to entry into the contract area. This cleaning shall remove all soil, vegetative matter and other debris. Only equipment so cleaned and inspected by the Forest Service shall be allowed to operate within the contract.

CONTROL OF WORK

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

The Contractor shall meet all State and local environmental quality laws applicable to National

Forest system lands.

The Contractor shall meet all mitigation requirements for Riparian Habitat Conservation areas as defined by INFISH. As a minimum all perennial streams, lakes, intermittent streams, springs and seeps shall have a 50 foot no equipment buffer. Additional buffers may be required.

The Contractor agrees as a minimum to interrupt or delay operations under this contract, in whole or part, upon the written request of the contracting officer for the following:

(a) To prevent serious environmental degradation or resource damage.

(b) Weather predictions or conditions indicate a hazardous condition warranting curtailment of operations.

(c) When mitigation measures for wildlife are required per Fremont National Forest Land

Management Plan. These may include as a minimum: Mule Deer, Rocky Mountain Elk, Bald

Eagle, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, and Osprey.

(d) Fawning Season: May 1 to June 30th of each year

The Contractor shall repair damage attributable to the Contractor’s operations under this contract, which, as determined by the Contracting Officer, is excessive or was avoidable damage.

All damage shall be corrected at no extra cost to the Government, as soon as practicable. The

Contracting Officer prior to implementation shall approve mitigation of damage.

The Government may specify a priority of work by Item(s), sub-item(s). Treatment and bid items will run concurrently.

Specifications:

The Contractor shall be required to dismantel and remove all woven wire and hardware cloth from designated forest sites, pull and remove all iron t posts, aluminum flashing and fence stays or additional metal fencing materials.

The Contractor shall remove all gates and associated hardware.

Hardware cloth may be trenched up to 24” below the surface of the ground and must be rremoved in full and not burried on site. Filling of any trenches or holes as a result of removing any material will be required.

The contractor is required to leave any signs, wooden fence posts, corner braces undisturbed .

However the metal fencing materials shall be removed from the posts or braces and properly disposed.

All metal fencing materials including gates will be removed from forest site and will become the property of the contractor. Materials will be transported and disposed of off forest and at the contractor’s expense.

EQUIPMENT INSPECTION

The Contractor shall furnish equipment to be used prior to beginning work under this contract for

Government inspection, if requested by the Contracting Officer.

The Contractor shall assure the offered equipment meets all contract specification prior to the inspection.

If the equipment is found to be in such a condition as to indicate the need for frequent repairs and delays in performance, it shall be rejected. The decision of the Contracting Officer on equipment acceptance is final.

The Contractor shall be responsible for any cost associated with making equipment available for inspection. Equipment which is deemed as unacceptable by the Government will receive no payment of transportation costs or other associated costs. If the Contractor provides less than acceptable equipment twice in a field season, the Contractor may be found in non-compliance with the requirements and the Contract may be terminated for default.

EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION

There will be no extra payment for the transport of excavators or other equipment to the project sites or between project sites. Transport costs shall be included in the per-acre cost of the services.

Vehicles used to transport equipment shall meet the following specifications:

Shall be of size and power to safely haul equipment on Forest Roads.

Shall be capable of negotiating mountain roads during normal operating seasons.

Equipment and operator shall meet all State, ODOT and Federal requirements for highway use and safety. Pilot car services, if needed, will be the Contractor’s responsibility and at no extra cost to the Government.

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The Contractor shall furnish all equipment, repairs, maintenance fuel, tools, labor, supplies, material, and supervision necessary for proper equipment operation and to perform the work described.

The Contractor shall provide operator(s) who have sufficient skill and experience to properly perform the work assigned to them. An operator who, in the opinion of the Government, does not perform his/ her work in a proper, safe, and skillful manner or is intemperate, disorderly, or otherwise objectionable shall be removed immediately by the Contractor upon request by the

Contracting Officer and replaced at no extra cost to the Government.

During the contract period, the Contractor shall maintain his equipment, by repair or replacement, to such a standard as to guarantee maximum use. All repairs will be initiated within 24 hours.

SAFETY

Additional safety measures may be required on Forest Roads including but not limited to signing, traffic control measures and removal of slash material as needed from the road surface.

The contractor shall provide treatment to all areas within the contract units. If a class 3 or 4 snag is encountered the following guide shall be applied.

As required by the Washington Office amendment 6309.11-91-1, contractors are required to submit a safety plan to the Contracting Officer, in compliance with the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA). The following list of inherently hazardous activities should be considered, but not limited to, requiring a safety plan: tree falling, snags felling, traffic control, etc

The Contractor shall abide by all Federal and State laws pertaining to the health and safety of individuals on the worksite. This includes minors working or observing the operations of the work in the field.