PKS_Task_Order_1.pdf

Task Order One (1)

Parks RD Planting Project

Solicitation AG-82AT-S-13-0007

Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grasslands

Task Order #1

Solicitation AG-82AT-S-13-0007

PARKS

TREE PLANTING PROJECT

MEDICINE BOW/ROUTT

NATIONAL FORESTS

PARKS RANGER DISTRICT

JACKSON COUNTY, COLORADO

A Task Order under the Tri-Forest Planting IDIQ

Solicitation AG-82AT-S-13-0007

Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grasslands

SECTION B - SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

Table B.1 Base Year Pricing

Task

Order

Item

No.

Item from

Parent

Contract

Description Unit of

Measure

# of

Trees

Unit

Price

Total

Price

Line Items 1.01, 2.01, 3.01, 4.01 and 5.01 will be adjusted based on Line Item 8

Line Items 1 through and 5 will be used with Line Items 7.01-7.11

Planting Category 1

Spacing range: 6x6 to 7x7; Trees per acre range; 889 to 1210

A 1.02 Planting Category 1.02 Thousand trees

(M trees)

3.555 $______ $______ .

The following trees shall be planted on 3.95 ac in unit Spring 105: 3,555 1-0 lodgepole pine (112’s).

Trees to be interspersed on all acres and planted at a spacing of 7x7. 18” Scalp and 6” shade required.

No Walk in & no Shelter Install.

Planting Category 4

Spacing range: 16x16 to 19x19; Trees per acre range; 121 to 170

B 4.02 Planting Category 4.02 Thousand trees

(M trees)

4.4 $______ $______ .

The following trees shall be planted across 28.15 ac in the Teal Lake Campground: 4,400 1-0

Engelmann Spruce (160’s). Trees to be interspersed on all acres and planted at a spacing of 14 x 20.

18” Scalp and 6” shade required. No Walk in & no Shelter Install.

Planting Category 5

Spacing range: 20x20 to 41x41; Trees per acre range; 26 to 109

C 5.02 Planting Category 5.02 Thousand trees

(M trees) .95 $______ $______ .

The following trees shall be planted across 28.15 ac at predefined locations identified by blue pin flags in the Teal Lake Campground: 950 1-0 Engelmann Spruce (160’s). 18” Scalp and shelter installation required. No Walk in.

Planting Category 5

Spacing range: 20x20 to 41x41; Trees per acre range; 26 to 109

D 5.02 Planting Category 5.02 Thousand trees

(M trees) .495 $______ $______ .

The following shrubs shall be planted across 28.15 ac at predefined locations identified by yellow and orange pin flags in the Teal Lake Campground: 495 1-0 ceanothus and mtn. ash (98’s). 18” Scalp and shelter installation required. No Walk in.

Solicitation AG-82AT-S-13-0007

Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest

Note that individual Task Orders under the parent contract shall be individually priced but at no more than the maximums entered on the parent contract schedule of items.

Name:________________________________

DUNS:_______________________________

Telephone:___________________________

Email:______________________________

Task

Order

Item

No.

Item from

Parent

Contract

Description

Unit of

Measure

# of

Trees

Unit

Price

Total

Price

Container Type Root Depth

E 7.01 112, 160 6” No price adjustment

F 7.03 98 8-9” Each 495 $______ $______ .

Scalping

G 7.13 Scalping 18”x18” Each 9400 $______ $______ .

Shading

H 7.14 Installation of Shade Tubes Each 1445 $______ $______ .

GRAND TOTAL ALL LINE ITEMS $______ .

AWARD OF TASK ORDER: The Government intends to make a single award for this Task Order.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: All line items associated with this Task Order shall be on the Parks Ranger District of the

Medicine Bow – Routt National Forest. Additional information on the place of performance can be found in the Task Order.

ITEMS BEING ACQUIRED/TOTAL PRICE: The contractor shall furnish all personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, vehicles, supplies and services (except as may be expressly set forth in this contract as furnished by the government), and otherwise do all things necessary for, or incident to, the satisfactory performance of this Task Order. The unit price shall include all work items specified in the parent contract and in this Task Order.

OPTIONAL LINE ITEMS: No optional items are included on this Task Order.

Solicitation AG-82AT-S-13-0007

Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION OF WORK

(Clause numbers in this Task Order are consistent with the parent contract. All clauses included in the parent contract are applicable and supplemented with information in this Task Order.)

C.1. Scope of Task Order

Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) has caused high levels of mortality in mature trees in campgrounds and forested areas located on the Parks Ranger District. Removal of dead lodgepole pine trees has occurred resulting in opportunities to plant and establish a younger cohort of trees. Trees and shrubs to be planted include one year old container grown lodgepole, spruce, and ceanothus and mountain ash shrub species. Conditions suitable for planting are expected to occur around late-April – mid-May for both sites.

Ten (10) total days are allowed for the performance of all line items included in this task order.

C.2. Location and Description of Planting Units

C.2.1. Working in forests impacted by insect epidemics and wildfire.

The Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) and Spruce Beetle (SB) epidemics across these forests have caused high levels of mortality in mature trees. Insects and disease typical of MPB in pines and SB infestations in Engelmann spruce have been degrading wood structure in the dead standing trees found in and around planting units and along forest roads. Whole trees, branches, and other debris may fall at any time but especially during windy conditions.

C.2.3. Specific locations, maps and other information pertaining to project sites will be provided with each Task order.

This Task Order is located on the Parks Ranger District, located at 100 Main St., Walden, CO.

Legal descriptions for planting sites:

Teal Lake Campground. Approximately 60 miles from Walden, CO. In Section 9 & 16, T7N, R82W, 6 th

PM, Jackson County, CO

Spring 105. Approximately 40 miles from Walden, CO. In Sections 21, T5N, R78W, 6 th

PM, Jackson

County, CO

C.3 Planting Site Descriptions

Teal Lake Camp Ground (CG) is within an established campground. Hazard tree removal occurred in 2009.

Slash from the hazard tree removal operations has been piled and burned and will not impede planting. The majority of the over-story in the campground planting area has been removed. This unit has three (3) separate work items but all three (3) occur in the same unit. One item is for tree planting across the unit, while the other two (2) work items are for tree and shrub planting by pin flag location within a specified portion of the unit. All planting is within the 28 plantable acres. Some shelters shall be required and furnished by the government. No walk-in.

The second site is a timber harvest unit which resulted in a regeneration failure. The overstory occurred around

2009 and slash has been removed, the site is prepped of planting. No shelters or walk-in required.

Both sites will be closed to the public during planting operations.

C.4 Access to Planting Units

All items are accessed by National Forest System Roads (NFSR), County or State roads. Access to, and within all campground units is via gravel or paved surfaced roads.

Teal Lake CG. Access from Walden via Colorado Highway 14 to Jackson County Road (CR) 24, to NFSR 60, to

NFSR 615. Harden gravel surface road starts on CR24 and continues to the CG entrance.

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Spring 105. Access from Walden via Colorado Highway 125, to NFSR 106, to a logging road a short distance off the 106 rd. Harden gravel surface road starts on NFSR106 and continues to the logging road which is harden with little gravel.

C.5. Government Furnished Property and Services

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

Item Description Where

Detailed Information Chart Chart with unit specifics. Provided in Section J.

Project Maps Maps of planting units with access roads.

Provided in Section J.

Access Roads The Government will provide access to the planting units (or seedling delivery points). The Government will initially clear down trees from the access roads.

Access roads are accessible by 4 wheel drive vehicles equipped for mountain driving.

Access roads may become impassible when wet, snow covered or when wind thrown trees fall across the road.

Access behind locked gates Some units are behind Forest road closures (locked gate). The

Government will provide access through locked gates

Keep gate closed and locked at all times during planting. Leave gate closed and locked after completion of planting.

Container grown tree planting stock Container grown trees:

112/160: Container plus are 6” long and firm. Top heights range from 1-

8”. At least 90% of the trees will meet these specifications.

98’s: Container plus are 8-9” long and firm. Top heights

Range from about 6-12”. At least

90% of the shrubs will meet these specifications.

Provided on written request submitted at least 24 hours in advance of delivery. Delivered to seedling delivery point as indicated on map.

Container grown shrub/forb-planting stock

98’s: Container plus are 8-9” long and firm. Top heights

Range from about 6-12”. At least

90% of the shrubs will meet these specifications.

Delivered to planting unit.

Planting Inspection Sheet Planting Inspection Sheet. Quantity necessary to inspect the contract.

Provided in Section J

Tree Shelters As required Delivered to planting unit.

Wage USDOL-Register of Wage

Determinations Under the Service

Contract Act for the State of

Colorado.

Provided in Section J.

C.6. Technical Specificatons

C.6.1. Satisfactorily Planted Tree

The open-hole method shall be used and tile shovels, planting augers (six (6) inch hole) or wide bladed planting hoe will be used to create a hole a minimum of two (2) inches wider and two (2) inches deeper than the container sizes of 2-7/8” x 2-7/8” x 5’ in length or 3-5/8”x3-5/8” x 6”in length. Trees shall be planted with roots in the container medium in the dimensions of the container.

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C.6.2. Scalping

Each planting spot shall be free of live vegetation, including roots, to reduce competition from existing vegetation. Mineral soil shall be exposed over the scalped area. The planted tree/shrub shall be in the center of the minimum scalp. The minimum diameter and the maximum depth required to expose mineral soil are specified for scalping in the Detailed Information Chart.

C.6.3. Shade

The minimum height and distance specifications for shade are stated in the Detailed Information Chart in

Section J.

C.6.5. Spacing

Tree and shrub spacing is defined in the Detailed Information Chart in Section J.

It is expected that an irregular distribution within the planting locations will result as planters avoid acceptable established trees, rock or shallow soils and seek planting spot in the best micro-sites and soil conditions. The number of trees planted shall not be materially changed by the method of selecting planting spots.

C.6.6. Species Mix

Engelmann spruce and shrub species shall be planted in the Teal Lake CG unit. Lodgepole pine shall be planted throughout the Spring 105 unit.

C.6.18 Camping and Worksite Conditions.

Camping shall not be permitted.

SECTION E – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E. 2. Plot Inspections- Tree/shrub Planting

The following plot size shall be used by the Contractor to sample at least one-percent (1%) of the planted area, with a minimum of five (5) plots per sub-item.

Seedling Spacing (ft) Trees per Acre Plot Size Plot Radius (ft) Trees per Plot

14 x 20 Teal CG 157 1/50 16.7 3

7 x 7 Spring 105 889 1/100 11.8 9

F. 1. FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFRENCE (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://www.acquisition.gov/far

FAR 52.242-14 Suspension of Work (APR 1984)

F. 2. DELIVERIES

F.2.1 Contract Performance Time and Required Rate of Progress

The Contractor shall maintain progress at a rate that will assure completion within the performance period.

F.2.2 Contract Time.

The Contractor shall start work promptly after receipt of a Notice to Proceed. The Contractor shall maintain progress at a rate that will assure completion within the stated contract time. The contract time specified in each Task Order will generally not exceed a required rate of progress exceeding that determined from the accepted work plan.

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F.2.2.1 AGAR 452.211-74 Period of Performance (FEB 1988)

The period of performance of this contract is ten (10) calendar days from the date of the Notice to Proceed.

(End of Clause)

Task Orders period of performance may extend past the expiration of this contract with all the terms and conditions of this contract remaining in full force until the Task Order expires.

SECTION G: CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.8.5. For the purposes of calculating liquidated damages the following rates shall apply:

This Task Order Request for Quote is issued in accordance with the terms, conditions and requirements of Solicitation AG-82AT-S-13-0007.

Return this Quote to:

Malinda Jiminez

U.S. Forest Service

2150 Centre Avenue, Building E

Fort Collins, CO 80526

May 6, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time

Contractor’s Attachments (include the following, if checked, when the signed Quote Request/Task Order is returned to the Government :

___ Progress Plan

_X_ Schedule of Items

___ Submittals (if applicable)

Attachments for Task Order 1

Attachment 1 – Detailed Information Chart (2 pages)

Attachment 2 – Vicinity Map (1 page)

Attachment 3 – Teal Camp Ground Map (1 page)

Attachment 4 – Spring 105 Map (1 page)

Tree Species Size Number of trees Cost per tree Cost per

M trees

All species All 9400 $3.00 $28,200

Tree Shelters All types 1445 $3.50 $5,058