Attachment 2 - Specifications.doc

ARRA Trails Contract Specifications CIM-0802-10T

SCOPE OF CONTRACT

The contractor shall provide any and all labor, supervision, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, permits, insurance and incidental supplies necessary (except as identified below) necessary to accomplish maintenance activities on system trails, on the Stearns Ranger District, Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky in strict accordance with the attached specifications, maps, terms and conditions and attachments hereto which form a part of the solicitation and any resultant contract.

No motorized vehicles will be allowed on designated hiking, bike, or horse trails or within wilderness areas unless such action is approved by the COR in writing. Authorized vehicles must be clearly marked as a contract vehicle performing trail maintenance for the Forest Service.

DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION

Trail maintenance work consists of clearing, brushing, removal of hazard trees, installing trail markers, placement and repair of waterbars, tread restoration, and drainage structure maintenance, and surfacing with stone, within the administrative boundaries of the Daniel National Forest, Stearns Ranger District, McCreary and Pulaski Counties, Kentucky. See Exhibit 1.

Inspection: Inspection of the work shall be made by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or the designated inspector as the work progresses at such intervals as are necessary to insure compliance with the contract specifications and provisions. Upon completion of an area, the contractor shall notify the COR so that he/she can make an inspection of that phase of work. If the work is unacceptable, the contractor shall complete any remedial work required for acceptance prior to commencing work on the next area.

Labor Laws: The Service Contract Act of 1965 amended applies to this procurement. Wage Determination No. 1980-0151, Revision 30, dated 05/26/2009 applies to this solicitation and is enclosed for your information.

ACCESS TO WORK

Access on roads that are gated or waterbarred will be coordinated with the Contracting Officer’s Representative. All locked gates shall remain locked at all times unless otherwise directed by Contracting Officer’s Representative.

SITE CLEANUP

Upon completion of each site and prior to moving to the next site, all trash, rubbish and debris generated by Contractor’s operation will be removed from National Forest land.

QUOTE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Quoters shall provide a list of each similar contract completed within the last 3 years, including the name and phone number of the contract administrator. The Government is not obligated to request additional information and in the absence of appropriate information. The Government may rely on personal knowledge of the firm.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Cost to the Government is not expected to be the controlling factor in the selection of a contractor for this solicitation. The degree of importance of cost as a factor could become greater depending upon the equality of the quotations for other factors evaluated.

The following factors will be used for evaluation of each quotation.

· Qualifications and Experience – Explain how you and your crew are qualified and provide details of how many years of experience you have with similar projects.

· Past Performance – List related types of successful projects.

· Price

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Trail Maintenance: The contractor shall perform trail maintenance tasks.

ONLY non-mechanized equipment (hand-tools) may be used in congressionally designated wilderness areas.

Clearing, Brushing, Hazard Tree Removal and Installation of Trail Markers, Non-Wilderness

GENERAL PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARDS(S):

· Motorized or non-motorized equipment may be used to remove brush.

· Dozers and tractors may be used only on trails specified by the COR.

· Clearing consists of the removal and disposal of all trees, limbs, brush, downed logs herbaceous vegetation (grass, weeds), and debris within the clearing limits.

· Brush extending into the clearing zone cut flush with the main stem or at a branch fork or at ground level if a fork or main stem is non-existent.

· Leaning, damaged, dead, dying, and fallen trees that are within one tree-length of the trail tread edge will be cut at the stump and removed from the clearing limits of the trail. Also remove trees that have branches or tops that may fall into the clearing limits. Stump heights should not exceed 12 inches as measured from the uphill side of the stump. See Exhibit 2

· Debris disposed of by scattering on the downhill side of the trail outside the clearing limits.

· NO debris disposal in any stream, lake, other body of water, roads or any recreation sites.

· Install trail markers on non-wilderness trails with Forest Service supplied white diamond markers and white markers with turtle printing with Forest Service supplied aluminum nails. Markers shall be placed at an interval of 300 feet or within the line of sight at approximately the eye level on both sides of a tree. Placement shall allow 1-1/2 inches between the tree and marker to allow the tree room to grow.

· These general standards apply to the following subtasks:

Clearing, Brushing and Hazard Tree Removal of Hiking Trails:

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S): Clearing limits are: two (2) feet from each side of the tread centerline and eight (8) feet in height. No vehicles or pack animals are allowed on hiking trails. See Exhibits 3 and 4.

Clearing, Brushing and Hazard Tree Removal of Horse Trails SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S): Clearing limits are: five(5) feet from each side of the tread centerline and ten (10) feet in height. Pack animals may be used to carry equipment on horse trails. ATVs may be used to carry equipment on trails specified by the COR. See Exhibit 5 and 6.

Clearing, Brushing and Hazard Tree Removal of OHV Trails

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S): Clearing limits are: three (3) feet from each side of the tread centerline and eight (8) feet in height. OHVs and pack animals may be used to haul equipment on OHV trails. See Exhibit No. 7 and 8.

Clearing, Brushing and Hazard Tree Removal of Mountain Bike Trails

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S): Clearing limits are: two (2) feet from each side of the tread centerline and eight (8) feet in height. No vehicles or pack animals are allowed on biking trails. See Exhibit No. 3 and 4.

Clearing, Brushing and Hazard Tree Removal in Wilderness:

GENERAL PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S):

· ONLY non-mechanized equipment (hand-tools) may be used in congressionally designated wilderness areas.

· Pack stock MAY NOT may be used.

· Clearing consists of the removal and disposal of all trees, limbs, brush, downed logs herbaceous vegetation (grass, weeds), and debris within the clearing limits.

· Leaning, damaged, dead, dying, and fallen trees that are within one tree-length of the trail tread edge will be cut at the stump and removed from the clearing limits of the trail. Also remove trees that have branches or tops that may fall into the clearing limits. Stump heights should not exceed 12 inches as measured from the uphill side of the stump. See Exhibit 1

· Debris disposed of by scattering on the downhill side of the trail outside the clearing limits.

· No debris disposal in any stream, lake, or other body of water.

· These general standards apply to the following subtasks:

Clearing, Brushing and Hazard Tree Removal of Hiking Trails

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S): Clearing limits are: two (2) feet from each side of the tread centerline and eight (8) feet in height. See Exhibit No. 3 and 4.

Tread Restoration

GENERAL PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S):

· Trail restoration consists of restoring the original trailway, including clearing, removing slough and berm, borrow, filling ruts and troughs, reshaping backslopes, excavation, reshaping trail tread, restoring drainage and other trail structures, and removing protruding rocks, roots, stumps, slough, and berms. See Exhibits 9, 10 and 11.

· Outslope of the trail bed shall be 3-5 percent. Backslope shall be 45 percent when complete. See Exhibit 12.

· Remove all debris from within the trail way. Place outside of the clearing limits no more than 4 feet in depth. Place excess and unsuitable excavation beyond the downslope edge of the trailbed. Do not obstruct drainage or create piles, berms or windrows of debris or excavation.

· Rocks and roots protruding 3 inches or more above the graded surface shall be removed flush with the trailbed.

· This work also includes cleaning culverts, drainage dips, ditches (including lead-off ditches), rock spillways, waterbars, and stream fords; directing water from the trail where washing of the trailbed is or has been occurring and draining low spots in the trailbed that tend to hold water.

· Where culverts, dips, water bars, rock spillways and other drainage facilities have been plugged, remove the debris and if that water has been diverted return it to the drainage channel. Clean ditches to permit water to flow into culverts and/or dips and away from the trail. Reshape water bars and dips as shown on the drawings.

· Use suitable material obtained from cleaning the drainage for fill on the trailbed. Remove rock more than 3 inches in diameter and compact all material placed on the trail.

· Trail widths shall not vary from the width shown on the drawings.

· These general standards apply to the following subtasks:

Tread Restoration of Hiking Trails:

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S):

Restored trail tread: twenty-four inches (24) wide. No vehicles or pack animals are allowed on hiking trails. ONLY non-mechanized equipment (hand-tools) may be used in congressionally designated wilderness areas.

Culvert Installation Non-Wilderness

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S):

· Install 8, 10 or 12 inch corrugated galvanized metal culvert perpendicular to trail bed with a headwall constructed of native stone on the uphill side. Cover culvert surface with 6 inches of native soil or crushed aggregate. See Exhibit 13.

Water Bar Placement, Hiking

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S): Water bars placed where specified by stakes in the ground and “WB” written on the stake. Use native stones that are cobble-sized or better (12 inch by 6 inch) with two-thirds of the stone buried in the soil. See Exhibits 14.

Water Bar Placement, Horse

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S): Water bars placed where specified by stakes in the ground and “WB” written on the stake. Usage of treated utility poles 10 inches in diameter See Exhibits No. 14.

Tread Restoration using heavy equipment

GENERAL PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S):

Tread Restoration will be conducted on an hourly basis using the following equipment as directed by the COR their inspector:

Dozer within the T3 class or equivalent (60-69HP):

· Must be in safe and operative condition, no excessive fluid leaks

· Minimum grouser height of 1.5 inches

· Fully functional hydraulic 6-way angle blade

· Minimum flywheel horse power of 60

580 4WD Backhoe or equivalent

· Must be in safe and operative condition, no excessive fluid leaks

Gravel placement

GENERAL PERFORMANCE/QUALITY STANDARD(S):

Purchase, haul and spread surface gravel (KY #2 Crushed Aggregate and Dense Grade Aggregate) on horse and OHV trails as directed by inspector. These trails are not of sufficient width to accommodate a standard gravel truck. Locations in most cases would require movement of gravel with a small dump truck or rock wagon. The closest quarry for most trails would be Lake Cumberland Stone at Tateville.

METHOD OF MEASUREMENT

Method of Measurement –Trails will be measured to the nearest one-hundredth of a mile using a measuring wheel, GPS unit or GIS and mileage will be considered to be actual quantity.

BASIS OF PAYMENT

Payment will be made at the established unit price for the total number of units satisfactorily complete and accepted.

PAY ITEMS

Documentation: The contractor shall provide the following documentation.

Work Plan Schedule

Weekly Status Report

GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY

The Government will provide the following item(s) of Government property to the Contractor for use in the performance of this contract. This property shall be used and maintained by the Contractor in accordance with the provisions of the “Government Property” FAR clause contained elsewhere in the contract.

GOVT FURNISHED

PROPERTY/SERVICES/

DATA ETC.

BE FURNISHED TO CONTRACTOR

Property will be made available to the Contractor upon start of work requiring government furnished property. Contractor shall pick up at the Stearns Ranger District located on 3320 Hwy 27 N, Whitley City, KY 42653. All property shall be returned to the Forest Service upon completion of the contract.

The period of performance of this contract is from XXXX 2010 to September 30, 2010 (This solicitation contains FAR Clause 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract.)