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Mechanical Herbicide Application—IDIQ--Savannah River AG-4660-S-12-0005

ATTACHMENT 1

MECHANICAL HERBICIDE BROADCAST APPLICATION SPECIFICATIONS

USDA – FOREST SERVICE – SAVANNAH RIVER SITE

SPECIFICATIONS INDEX:

C.1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Item No. 0001 – Site Preparation: Cutover timber units and brush fields.

Each area will vary with vegetation, brush, number of standing trees, logging slash density, and cut tree stumps that vary in height.

Item No. 0002 – Red Cockaded Woodpecker, Endangered Species, (RCW) Mid / Understory Control: Mature longleaf pine plantations, each area will vary with vegetation, brush, number of standing trees, logging slash density, and possible cut tree stumps that vary in height.

Item No. 0003 – Red Cockaded Woodpecker, Endangered Species, (RCW) Mid / Understory Control – Designated Area(s): Mature longleaf pine plantations, each area will vary with vegetation, brush, number of standing trees, logging slash density, and possible cut tree stumps that vary in height.

Item No. 0004 – Seed Production Mid – Understory Control: Mature longleaf pine plantations. Each area will vary with vegetation, brush, number of standing trees, logging slash density, and possible cut tree stumps that vary in height.

Unforeseen hazards also may be encountered within the treatment areas such as, but not limited to, unmarked open wells, ditches, gullies, and steep slopes. The Forest Service highly recommends that the contractor inspect each designated treatment site before beginning work.

Item 0001.

Designated Reserve Tree(s)

Pine and hardwood trees marked with a painted continuous band, a half band, or a single stripe on opposite sides of same tree. The paint color is either blue or orange. These trees can be in groups or inclusions. Trees with paint mark “X” are not protected.

Item 0002. RCW Cavity Tree(s) / RCW Tree(s).

Pine with a DBH of (10) inches or greater. RCW tree(s) are not marked with a double band of paint at breast height. Only RCW cavity tree(s) are marked with a double band of white paint.

Item 0003. RCW Cavity Tree(s) / RCW Tree(s).

Pine with a DBH of (10) inches or greater. RCW tree(s) are not marked with a double band of paint at breast height. Only RCW cavity tree(s) are marked with a double band of white paint.

Item 0004. Seed Production Tree(s). Longleaf pine with a DBH of (10) inches or greater. *All trees within the seed production areas meeting this specification are considered Seed Production tree(s).

removed from each work area and disposed of properly, in order for work to be accepted.

C.2 DEFINITIONS:

Contract Time. All calendar days allowed for completion of contract work. Includes all days of the week including weekends and holidays.

Task / Work Order(s). Written notice to the contractor specifying treatment areas

(location maps included), chemical rates to be applied per/acre, and contract time allotted in calendar days for the work to be completed.

Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) / Inspector(s). The COTR / Inspector(s) are the on - site contract administrator for the Contracting Officer (CO). The duties and responsibilities of the COTR / Inspector(s) are defined in the letter of designation issued by the Contracting Officer.

Delivery Point. The point identified for delivery of Government furnished Property and

Services. If there are multiple points for delivery of various items, it will be so noted.

Compartment / Stand. The Savannah River Site forest is identified as timber compartments, within compartments are smaller areas identified as stands.

Example: Compartment 52 Stand 10 (30) Acres.

Remote Field Workers and Contractor Tracking System. The USFS – SR

Coordination Center, (Fire Dispatch Office), tracks all field going personnel utilizing a site grid system. Example: NE – E5. During off shift hours Savannah River Site Operations Center (SRSOC) tracks and notifies USFS-SR employees, contractors, researchers and other cooperator personnel through radio, cell phone, and alphanumeric pagers.

GPS. Global Positioning System. A system of satellites, computers, and receivers that is able to determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on earth by calculating the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver.

AGPS. A technology that uses an assistance server to cut down the time needed to determine a location using GPS.

Quality Assurance. The actions taken by the Government to assess the contractor’s results to determine that they meet contract requirements. The methods for quality assurance is described in the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).

Quality Control (QC). Those actions taken by a contractor to control the production of outputs to ensure that they conform to the contract requirements. The methods for inspecting for quality control are described in the Contractor’s Quality Control Plan.

Pesticide / Herbicide. Pesticide(s) are chemicals that control, prevent, destroy, or regulate pests. Herbicide(s) are pesticides that kill or control plants.

Pesticide / Herbicide Prescription. Description of the chemical(s), additive(s), surfactant(s), and rates to be applied; Example of a standard tank mix: – (1.0 gallon hexazinone per / acre) – (38.0 oz. triclopyr per acre) – (.64 oz. – tracer dye per gallon of spray mixture) – (.64 oz. – surfactant per gallon of spray mixture).

MSDS. Material safety data sheet(s), contains important information on a chemical’s properties.

PPE. Personal Protective Equipment.

Chemical Spill Kit(s). Necessary equipment required for containing small chemical spills of (50) gallons or less.

Tree Drip Line. The line extending vertically from the exterior edge of a tree’s live crown to the ground.

Protected / Buffered Areas. Areas flagged, marked out with paint, stand boundary lines, or improvements (test wells, roads, main road systems) that are to be protected from pesticides during the contractor’s operations. Protected areas to be buffered from pesticides shall be identified on each stand treatment instruction map.

Designated Reserve Tree(s). Pine or hardwood trees identified by either orange or blue paint, or flagging. These trees can be in clumps, groups, or inclusions.

DBH. Diameter measured in inches at breast height.

Red Cockaded Woodpecker (RCW). Endangered woodpecker species protected under

Federal law.

RCW Cavity Tree(s). Any tree containing a RCW nest or roost, marked with a double band of white paint at breast height, and typically metal tagged with an identification number.

RCW Tree(s). Pine tree, in RCW area, with DBH of (10) inches or greater.

Seed Production Trees. All longleaf pine trees, in seed production area, with a DBH of (10) inches or greater.

Site Preparation. Eliminating unwanted vegetation, woody plants, and trees from cutover timber stands or brush fields preceding pine / hard wood regeneration. Prescribed coverage is 100% of stand.

RCW Mid /Understory Control. Eliminating the layer of foliage (vegetation, woody plants / trees) intermediate in height between the canopy and ground that deprive nutrients and moisture from the desired species of trees. Prescribed coverage is 100% of stand.

RCW Mid /Understory Control - Designated Area(s). Eliminating the layer of foliage (vegetation, woody plants / trees) intermediate in height between the canopy and ground that deprive nutrients and moisture from the desired species of trees. An identified location further defined by a prescribed coverage that is between 30% and 100%.

Example: Compartment 52 Stand 10 (30) Acres is to receive 15 acres of coverage evenly spaced in strips across the stand.

Seed Tree Production Mid /Understory Control. Eliminating the layer of foliage (vegetation, woody plants / trees) intermediate in height between the canopy and ground that deprive nutrients and moisture from the desired seed trees. Prescribed coverage is 100% of stand.

C.3 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES:

Property and services that will be provided by the Government are as follows:

C.3.1. Treatment schedule.

C.3.4. Access behind locked gate(s).

C.3.7. Pesticide application treatment forms.

C.3.8. Eye Wash Station(s).

Portable eye wash station(s) capable of supplying water to flush the eyes for (15) minutes.

As required, building 760 – 9G.

The Forest Service cannot guarantee a provided water source for the contractor. Water for the contractor’s spray solution is not considered a Government furnished service or property. The contractor shall not be allowed to use water from any ponds, lakes, creeks, rivers, or flowing streams on site, or off site.

C.4 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY:

The following describes the major items in the contract with the incentives and deductions for the work described. If the contractor meets the standards for each item no deductions will be made and the contractor will receive a positive performance evaluation. If standards are not met by the contractor, corrective action will be taken, the Government may assess actual damages, and provide adverse performance evaluation.

Protection of Designated Reserve Tree(s), RCW Cavity Tree(s) RCW Trees, and Seed Production Tree(s).

Section

C.1.3.

Herbicide Application

Inspection and Acceptance:

Section(s)

C.8

C.8.2.

Herbicide(s), shall be evenly applied over the designated areas within (+ / -) 5 % at specified rates to be acceptable.

Herbicide Application

Inspection and

Acceptance:

Section(s)

C.8.

C.8.3.

Herbicide(s), shall be evenly applied over the designated areas within (+ / -) 5 % at specified rates to be acceptable.

C. 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

GENERAL APPLICATION INSTRUCTION FOR ITEM(S) No. 0001 - 0004:

contractor shall be standard forestry type use, foliar and or soil active, tank mixed with a non - ionic surfactant. Water based tracer dye and drift control spray adjuvant(s) may also be required. The contractor shall be directed to apply herbicides, individually, or as a combination together with clean water to produce a spray solution. A minimum of (50) gallons of spray mixture shall be required per acre. Each designated treatment area will require a specific herbicide prescription that will be specified on each task order. The Forest Service reserves the right to change the herbicide prescriptions as issued on the work order if it is determined by the COTR that a more appropriate herbicide prescription is desirable at the time of application. All herbicide(s), adjuvant(s), additive(s), and spray mixtures shall be applied with an articulated rubber-tired skidder, equipped with AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) with parallel swathing option, light bar guidance system, mapping computer capable of producing shapefiles, spray control computer, solution, and speed meters, all capable of working in conjunction together to meet the required spray rates per acre. Spray mixtures shall be applied from nozzles mounted at a fixed position to produce a minimum spray swath of (35) feet and no greater than (55) feet, even in distribution.

C.5.7. Items No. 0001 – 0004 Application Instructions:

*Spray applicator shall be calibrated / adjusted, to apply herbicide mixtures evenly over the designated area(s), at the specified rate(s) required. Prescribed coverage is 100% of stand.

*Contractor shall avoid damaging designated Reserve trees, inclusions, or any protected trees, damage to undesirable trees and brush is acceptable.

*Spray applicator shall be calibrated / adjusted, to apply herbicide mixtures evenly over the designated area(s), at the specified rate(s) required. Prescribed coverage is 100% of stand.

*Contractor shall exercise care when operating within RCW areas and shall not cause unnecessary damage when navigating equipment through plantations.

*Contractor shall not damage RCW cavity tree(s).

*Contractor shall avoid damaging RCW tree(s), (10) inches or greater DBH.

*Contractor shall avoid damaging other protected trees (i.e. reserve trees) that may be present in stand.

*Damage to undesirable vegetation for pine tree(s) less than (10) inches DBH, hard wood(s), and brush is acceptable.

*Spray applicator shall be calibrated / adjusted, to apply herbicide mixtures evenly over the designated area(s), at the specified rate(s) required. Prescribed designated area coverage is 100%; this designated area will be 30% to 100% of the total stand area.

*Contractor shall exercise care when operating within RCW areas and shall not cause unnecessary damage when navigating equipment through plantations.

*Contractor shall not damage RCW cavity tree(s).

*Contractor shall avoid damaging RCW tree(s), (10) inches or greater DBH.

*Contractor shall avoid damaging other protected trees (i.e. reserve trees) that may be present in stand.

*Damage to undesirable vegetation, for pine tree(s) less than (10) inches DBH, hard wood(s), and brush is acceptable.

0004 – Seed Production Mid – Under Story Control

*Protected and areas to be buffered from herbicides shall be identified on each stand treatment instruction map.

*Spray applicator shall be calibrated / adjusted, to apply herbicide mixtures evenly over the designated area(s), at the specified rate(s) required. Prescribed coverage is 100% of stand.

*Contractor shall not cause unnecessary damage to seed production trees when navigating equipment through Seed Production plantations.

*Seed trees are longleaf pine with a DBH of (10) inches or greater.

*Damage to non-seed production trees is acceptable for pine tree(s) less than (10) inches DBH, hard wood(s), and brush.

C.6. EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS:

The contractor shall furnish the following equipment for the performance of this contract. The CO may order the removal and replacement of any unsatisfactory equipment.

C.7. SAFETY / EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

personnel handling herbicides have appropriate protective clothing and equipment as recommended on the herbicide label(s) and MSDS.

contractor’s operations that cannot be handled safely without endangering personnel or causing further contamination to the environment, the contractor shall be required to follow the “USDA Forest Service – Savannah River Spill

Prevention, Control and Containment Procedure” dated June 2010. The contractor shall immediately notify the COTR / Inspector(s). The contractor bears all costs of damages, clean up, disposal and decontamination. The

Government reserves the right to determine the appropriate means for proper clean up and disposal of spilled herbicide(s).The contractor shall be responsible for providing written documentation to the Contracting Officer, COTR and Environmental Coordinator for any information requested concerning any herbicide spill.

C.7.A. SAFETY EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

DOE site pager(s) C.3.10. - Government Furnished Property.

the eyes for (15) continuous minutes at each work site at all times.

C.3.8. – Government Furnished Property.

C.3.9. – Government Furnished Property.

on the work site.

under this contract shall be made by the COTR / Inspector(s) as the contractor's work progresses. The contractor shall be required to provide shapefile information from the on board computer system and herbicide use records for actual quantities applied for each designated area treated. Acceptable shapefiles include AutoCAD 2000 ASCII DXF, dBASE, Esri Shapefiles, Esri File

Geodatabase, MapInfo MIF, Microsoft Access MDB, Trimble SSF and DDF data format extensions for FME. Esri shapefiles are preferred.

C.10. METHOD OF MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT:

(+ / -) 5 % Section(s) C.8. – C.8.3. / Section C.11. – Example Form C.11.2.

C.11 EXAMPLE(S):

C.11.1. Herbicide Application Instruction / Inspection Field - Computation Form - Ground Mechanical Broadcast (liquid).

C.11.2. Herbicide Application Inspection / Computation Form.

C.11.3. Treatment Instruction Map.