Mowing_Specs_Revised.pdf

SPECIFICATION for 490

SITE PREPARATION: ROTARY MOWING

Wetland Reserve Program Easements – Lamar and Van Zandt Counties, Texas

1. SCOPE OF WORK

The work consists of treatment of areas to improve site conditions for establishing trees and/or shrubs on United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Natural Resources Conservation Service Wetland Reserve Program Easements (WRP).

Areas designated for mowing shall have the vegetative cover removed as close as possible to provide no more than 4 inches of stubble.

Care shall be taken not to damage existing trees on adjacent areas by scoring, barking or other injury during mowing operations.

Contractors must provide enough tractors to accomplish the mowing and ripping in a timely manner.

Mowing shall not start before December 1, 2016. Mowing must be completed prior to ripping, and all ripping must be completed no later than December 31, 2016.

2. MEASUREMENT

Mowing shall be conducted on the planned acres based on the NRCS conservation plan. The designated NRCS representative shall be informed if the actual acres are more than 5% +/- of the planned acres.

Acre (AC.): Mowing shall be measured on an acre basis. This measurement shall be the acres certified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The mowed areas will be measured by NRCS designated inspector with

GPS. This measured acreage will be used as the basis for certification.

3. PAYMENT

Mowing shall be paid for at the unit price basis bid for "Site Preparation - Rotary Mowing" and measured as specified herein. The unit price bid for mowing and ripping shall be payment in full for the supply of all materials, equipment, labor, and any other incidental items necessary to perform those mowing operations described by this specification.

A one-time payment for mobilization and demobilization will be made for mowing and ripping combined.