Appendix A Dullknife Stwardship 01.11.10.doc

Appendix A Contract Name: Dullknife Stewardship

K-G.9# Appendix A

Work Activity Items – Terms and Specifications

1. Scope of Work

Appendix A of this solicitation describes the contract requirements and specifications for serbvices for a performance based, fixed price contract for the treatment of fuels in the contract area in the Dullknife Stewardship project. The contractor shall provide any and all labor, equipment, supplies, services, permits, insurance, and licenses required to preform work as described in this contract including felling, skiding, yarding, decking, and removing designated trees from FS land, and related activities in the contact area on the Powder River Ranger District on the Bighorn National Forest.

The timber harvest and removal requirements of this contract are outlined here and in Appendix B of this solicitation.

2. Contractor-furnished Equipment and Services

a) The Contractor shall provide sufficiently skilled labor, experienced supervision, transportation, equipment, operating supplies, incidentals and inspection services, except those items listed as Government-Furnished property, to perform the work in compliance with the contract.

a. Government-Furnished property includes Contract Maps and Specifications.

b) The Contractor shall notify the COR of any changes in work schedule.

Definitions – These definitions apply to stewardship projects only. (Helms, 1998 The Dictionary of Forestry, and other sources)

Access point - The point identified for access.

Acceptable (Stocking) Density - The number of trees between the minimum and maximum specified.

Accessible - Road access to a unit. Unit will be considered accessible when road access is within 1/4 mile of the unit.

Bole Spacing - The horizontal distance from the trunk of one leave tree to the trunk of the next nearest leave tree. Average spacing is calculated using leave trees per acre.

Brush - Woody or shrubby vegetation that does not produce commercial timber, excluding aspen.

Calendar Days - Every day shown on the calendar, Sundays and holidays included.

Codominant - A tree whose crown helps to form the general level of the main canopy in even-aged stands or, in uneven-aged stands, the main canopy of the tree’s immediate neighbors, receiving full light from above and comparatively little from the sides.

Crop Tree - Trees that will be a component of a future commercial harvest or managed into the future. In this contract, it is interpreted as the trees specified in the technical specifications that are of preferred species; free of insect or disease, or if there is present does not threaten the tree’s survival or growth; exhibits leader dominance and growth; exhibits little or no damage that affects tree survival or growth; and has crown ratio of greater than 40% (ratio of crown to overall length).

Crown Spacing - The horizontal distance from the drip line of the live crown of one leave tree to the drip line of the live crown of the next nearest leave tree. Average spacing is calculated from the leave trees per acre.

Cultural and/or Threatened and Endangered (T&E) Sites - Locations where special protection is required to preserve and protect cultural values and species of plants or animals listed on the T&E list.

Damage - Defect or deformity of a tree resulting from agents such as wind, snow, animals, insects, disease, and equipment, and evidenced by such things as dead or broken tops or trunks, crooks, and deep scars or damage to the bark on more than ¼ of the circumference of the tree.

DBH – See Diameter breast height, below.

Decking - An area on which logs are placed.

Desirable leave tree characteristics - Trees that are desirable as leave trees have the following characteristics:

· Straight stem

· Small branch diameter

· Good coloration

· Well-formed crown

· Branches horizontal or slightly angled to bole

· Free of insect or disease damage and/or symptoms.

· Vigorous annual terminal growth (especially in last 1 to 3 years)

· Crown class of dominant or co-dominant

· Crown ratio is 40% or greater.

Characteristics of trees that are not desirable as leave trees:

· Multiple or forked tops

· Poor crown form

· Crook or sweep in bole

· Dead or broken top

· Poor coloration

· Large branch diameter

· Presence of insect or diseases, such as but not limited to:

· Bark Beetles (on pines, spruce, and firs)

· Comandra Blister Rust

· Western Gall Rust

· White Pine Blister Rust

· Mistletoe

· Wood rot

· Branches greater than 45 degrees from horizontal

· Physical or mechanical damage

· Suppressed

· Poor annual growth

· Sucker limbs

Diameter breast height (DBH) - The diameter of the trunk of a tree measured at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of the tree.

Dominant tree - A tree whose crown extends through the upper layer of the forest canopy and receives full light from above and partly from all sides.

Dripline - The line extending vertically from the exterior edge of a tree’s live crown to the ground.

Duff - Decaying organic material found on the forest floor down to mineral soil.

Excess trees - Uncut trees that, according to specification, should have been cut. These include trees not severed from the stump, hang-up trees, and stumps with live limbs. When girdling or pruning is required, excess trees also includes trees not girdled or trees not pruned that, according to specification, should have been girdled or pruned.

Excessive damage - Contractor-caused damage to leave trees in excess of contract specifications. Excessive damage includes damage to the bole of the tree where the wood is exposed, broken tops, root damage as evidenced by lean or splitting of the bole, and any tree pushed out of the soil.

Existing slash - Woody debris from trees and brush on site prior to contractor’s operations.

FDR - Forest Designated Road

FSR - Forest Service Road

Girdle - A cut through the bark and cambium tissue completely encircling the tree trunk for the purpose of killing the tree.

Gullying - A channel cut by concentrated runoff, through which water flows.

Hang-up tree - Any cut tree suspended more than 3 feet off the ground.

Hardwood - A broad-leaved tree, which usually has a single well-defined trunk and/or attains a height greater than 20 feet. Includes, but not limited to, species such as aspen and oak. Sprouting hardwood species may be in the form of multi-stemmed clumps, such as alder.

Hazard - The existence of a fuel complex that constitutes a threat of wildfire ignition, unacceptable fire behavior and severity, or suppression difficulty.

Hazard Reduction - The planned treatment or manipulation of naturally growing vegetation or any other flammable material for the purpose of reducing rate of spread and output of heat energy from any wildfire occurring in the area treated.

Healthy conifer - Trees that are growing well, exhibited by good leader growth, green foliage, and at least 40% crown ratio (ratio of crown to overall length), has upright growth form, absence of forking or broken tops, absence of mortality causing diseases or insects in the terminal buds.

Kettle ponds - Also called Fens or Bogs - Open wetland that receives some drainage from surrounding soils, and usually supports marsh-like vegetation including sedges, rushes, shrubs, and trees.

Ladder Fuels - Fuels that provide vertical continuity between the ground and the tree crowns thus are creating a pathway for surface fire to move into the overstory.

Landing – A place where any logs or products are gathered for loading.

Layering - A form of vegetative reproduction in which an intact branch develops roots as result of contact with the soil.

Leave Trees - Any tree that is selected or required to be left standing.

Leave Trees per acre - The number of leave trees within one acre. Generally referred to average leave trees per acre calculated from one or more plot samples.

No. of trees per plot X reciprocal of plot size = leave trees per acre

And Total trees on all plots X reciprocal of plot size = leave trees per acre

Divided by Total no. plots taken

Litter - Needles, duff, twigs, cones and leaves.

Live limb - A limb of any size attached to the bole of a tree that has green needles attached.

Missing leave trees - Trees cut that have been selected as leave trees.

Minor damage - Trees with damage where crooks in the trunk are offset less than 3 inches from the long axis and within 13 feet of the ground, or bark damage to less than ¼ of the circumference of the tree. Trees with forks or broken tops are not considered to have minor damage.

Mobilization - The act of delivering all ordered personnel and equipment to the project area.

Percent Cover - Portion of the project area beneath the dripline of vegetation to be cut.

Project Area - The gross area being treated. (With prescribed fire, it is the planned ignition unit and any escapes or spot fires resulting from the prescribed fire.)

Reserved Trees or Reserved Areas - Individual species of trees or certain areas within a treatment unit that the contract or COR designates are reserved from treatment.

Reserved Vegetation or Reserved Areas - Species of vegetation, vegetation size limits, locations, or all within a project area that are reserved from treatment that can be designated by the Government using paint, flagging, or sign, by written task order instructions, or contract specifications. Reserved vegetation, vegetation size limits, and areas shall not be damaged or cut, and shall not be considered in the spacing of leave trees or shrubs

Riparian Buffer - A 100-foot area extending upslope on each side of a stream channel to protect water quality.

Slash - Any cut vegetation or existing natural dead and down woody debris.

Activity Slash - Trunks of cut trees, limbs, and/or brush created by the contractor’s operations.

Existing Slash - Woody debris from trees and brush that are on site prior to contractor’s operations.

Snag - A standing, generally unmerchantable dead tree.

Spike - Sharp pointed limbs of living or dead vegetation.

Special Protection Area - A zone that has special characteristics, such as riparian vegetation, wildlife calving areas, etc. Special protection areas are noted on the Contract Area Map and they may require special treatment such as an alteration to the tree cutting, slash treatment, vehicle travel or fueling of saws.

Streamcourse - The area along a stream with riparian vegetation and other riparian characteristics. Streamcourses are noted on Contract Maps and typically require special treatment as described in G.5 Streamcourse Protection.

Stream Channel - That area influenced by high water at the time of the year with the highest flow.

Thinning - A cultural treatment made to reduce stand density of trees primarily to improve growth, enhance forest health, or recover potential mortality, including:

Crown Thinning The removal of trees from the dominant and codominant crown classes in order to favor the best trees of the same crown classes - synonym thin from above, high thinning.

Free Thinning The removal of trees to control stand spacing and favor desired trees, using a combination of thinning criteria without regard to crown position.

Low Thinning The removal of trees from the lower crown classes to favor those in the upper crown classes – synonym; thin from below.

Selection Thinning The removal of trees in the dominate crown class in order to favor the lower crown classes –synonym; dominant thinning or overstory removal

Tons/Acre - Unit of measurement of dead and down fuel.

Unmerchantable Tree – Tree not meeting merchantability specifications of the Contract.

Unsatisfactory Tree - As pertaining to the stewardship contract items; cutting of a tree that fails to meet contract standards; includes but is not limited to:

1. Cutting the wrong tree, failing to cut a correct tree, failure to completely sever a live limb, etc.

2. Failure to prune a tree or pruning that is not in contract.

3. Failure to girdle a tree that meets the specifications.

Unsatisfactory trees are considered a deficiency or discrepancy in contract inspection.

Water Influence Zone (WIZ) - The land next to streams and lakes where vegetation plays a major role in sustaining the long-term integrity of aquatic ecosystems (Hynes 1970, Odum 1971). Includes the geomorphic floodplain, riparian ecosystem, and inner gorge, and has a minimum horizontal width (from top of each bank) of 100 feet or the mean height of mature dominant late-seral vegetation, whichever is greater (36 CFR 219.27e). In Bighorn Management Area 5.4 the horizontal width is 300 feet.

Whip Falling - The removal of damaged trees less than 5” DBH.

Wildlife Trees - Standing dead or live trees left for nesting, feeding, perching and shelter for birds and mammals. Trees may be marked with paint and/or designated with a tag stating it is a wildlife tree or as identified by the CO.

Yard Unmerchantable Material (YUM) - The removal or decking of material not meeting utilization specifications.

Project 1

Non-Commercial Treatment A - Designation by Spacing, Non-Commercial Thinning.

Contractor shall cut non-commercial trees in units 1-10, 23, 61, as shown on the Contract Area map according to specifications described in the table below. Thinning conifer trees, leaving the healthiest trees, to a bole spacing described in the table below. All brush greater than 24” in height will be cut and treated as slash.

Silvicultural Goal and Desired Condition

The overall goal is to attain healthy, vigorous forested stands that are less susceptible to insect and disease than existing stands. The stands should be composed conifer trees that are free of insect and disease, have vigorous annual terminal growth on straight stems, good coloration, well-formed crowns, crown ratios of 40% or greater, and branches that are 90 degrees or slightly angled to the boles. Trees will be spaced as described in the table below. All existing and contractor generated slash will be treated as described in Project 2: Remove, Pile or Masticate Slash.

Summary Information Chart

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· Leave Tree Selection:

A. Desirable leave tree characteristics are described, above, in Definitions section.

a. Trees Over 24” tall and Under 4.9” DBH (units 1-6, 8-10, 23, 61) - Live conifer trees over 24” tall and up to 4.9” DBH shall be cut unless they qualify as a desirable leave tree and are needed to maintain the specified average spacing intervals.

b. Trees Over 24” tall and Under 6.9” DBH (unit 7) - Live conifer trees over 24” tall and up to 6.9” DBH shall be cut unless they qualify as a desirable leave tree and are needed to maintain the specified average spacing intervals.

c. In units 1-6, 8-10, 23, 61, non-merchantable trees over 5.0” DBH (6.0” stump diameter) shall be cut, and treated as slash, unless they qualify as a desirable leave tree and are needed to maintain the specified average spacing intervals.

d. In unit 7, non-merchantable trees over 7.0” DBH (8.0” stump diameter) shall be cut, and treated as slash, unless they qualify as a desirable leave tree and are needed to maintain the specified average spacing intervals.

B. Species Preference: The order of preference by species for leave trees is 1) Lodgepole Pine, 2) Engelmann Spruce, 3) Limber Pine, 4) Douglas-fir, and 5) Subalpine fir.

C. Trees to be ignored (not to be cut): All hardwood species shall not be cut, or considered in spacing requirements.

D. Subalpine fir stems layering around a larger parent subalpine fir leave tree shall not be cut or considered in spacing requirements (see definition for layering).

E. Maximum stump height:

a. For all cut trees: 6.0” above ground level or 6.0” above natural obstacles with an angle of less than 30 degrees from horizontal. All live limbs below the cutting point shall be removed.

F. All cut trees shall be directionally felled away from unit boundaries, Kettle ponds, roads, telephone lines, established trails, stock driveways, fence lines, established land corners, and Streamcourses.

G. Payment will be on actual quantity.

Project 2

Slash Treatment S1 – Remove, Pile, or Masticate Slash.

A. Contractor shall either 1) remove from the Forest, 2) pile by hand or machine, 3) masticate, or 4) otherwise remove fuel loading of all contractor generated slash within units 1-10, 23, 61, and 80% of pre-existing slash up to 19” in diameter at the large end, having a minimum length of 4’. To minimize damage to residual trees and maximize consumption when burned, slash piles should be constructed as follows:

a. Slash skidded to landings: All slash accumulated at landings shall be removed from the National Forest or piled. Piles shall be reasonably compact and free of soil to facilitate burning. Piles will not be less than 10’ in height. Piles shall be of a size and location which will not impair road use or result in damage to residual timber. Generally, the distance from residual trees will need to be at least 3 times the pile height.

b. Slash piled in the units:

i. Piles shall be no larger than 10' wide by 10' long by 10' high.

ii. Piles shall be no smaller than 5' wide by 5' long by 5' high.

iii. Generally, the distance from the pile to a residual tree or improvement will need to be at least 3 times the pile height.

iv. If conditions make it impractical to locate piles so that damage to residual green trees and improvements cannot be avoided, an area designated by the Forest Service will be cleared and used as a piling area.

v. Material to be piled shall be cut into sections not longer than 6’.

vi. Limbs with foliage and fine fuels less than 1/4" diameter shall make up at least 1/3 of the pile. Fine materials should be placed in the lower portion of the pile with heavier fuels on top.

vii. Branches and limbs shall be piled parallel to each other and perpendicular to the contour of the slope to prevent rolling of material.

viii. To maximize consumption, ends of piled slash will be trimmed even and placed in piles.

c. Slash masticated in the units:

i. Masticate all contractor generated slash, and 80% of pre-existing slash up to 19” in diameter at the large end, having a minimum length of 4’. Masticator chips shall be spread in patches across the unit. Chips will need to be spread on site or transported offsite if the amount of chipped material is excessive, generally greater than 6”.

ii. No slash or chips will be left on established Forest System trails or roads (unless needed for Project 4, Temporary Road Closure), on any other improvements, or in protected streamcourses, wetlands, or in the WIZ. This project is within Management Area 5.4 which has a 300’ WIZ. Slash will not be left within 5’ of culverts or culvert channels.

B. No slash or cut material shall lean against an uncut tree, stump, log or any obstacle. It shall be secure and not able to roll down the hill.

C. All trails indicated on the Contract Area Map and all open roads within or adjacent to a unit shall be kept free of slash at all times.

D. The following improvement and developments shall be free from contractor gernerated slash:

a. Any area adjacent to cut and fill slopes and ditches for a distance of 5’ measured from the upper cut slope and the lower shoulder of the road.

b. Culverts and channels for a distance of 5’.

c. Improvements such as Forest Service trails and roads (unless needed for Project 4, Temporary Road Closure), telephone lines, stock driveways, fence lines, and established land corners.

d. Stream courses identified on Contract Area Map.

E. Any slash comprising the 20% left on site shall be lopped and scattered to no higher than 18” above the ground.

F. Payment will be on actual quantity.

Project 3

Slash Treatment S2 – Construction of Fireline.

Firelines shall be constructed around the perimeter, of the cutting units 11, 21, 22, 31, and 32 as shown on the Contract Area Map. A fuelbreak shall be cleared of all vegetative debris larger than 3” in diameter at the large end and 5’ long for a minimum width of 10’. All vegetative material removed from the fuelbreak shall be scattered within the unit and not windrowed or otherwise concentrated adjacent to the fuelbreak. On the exterior edge of the fuelbreak a fireline will be constructed so that a continuous mineral soil line not less than 2.5 feet and not greater than 4 feet shall be cleared completely to expose mineral soil. Slash will not be buried or covered with dirt during the construction of the fireline. The total width of the fireline and fuelbreak will not exceed 14’. Payment will be on actual quantity.

Project 4

Closure of Temporary Roads.

All constructed temporary roads shall be closed after contractor’s use (est. 4.5 miles). Closure will include outsloping cut and fill slopes, scarifying to a depth of 6”, seeding with approved mixture and quantity as described in K-G.6.0.1#, and slashing roadbed with available slash. Payment will be on actual quantity.

It is estimated that approximately half of the roadway is to be outsloped if the road profile and ground terrain permits.

The entire roadway is to be ripped to a depth of a minimum of 6 inches with ripper teeth spaced no greater than 18 inches apart.

To deter illegal traffic and re-habilitate the roadbed, Slash will be placed on the entire roadbed. Depth of slash will be directed by the Forest Service and depend on avilability of Slash.

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

The following describes the major items in the contract with the incentives and deductions for the work described.

deduction

Project 1

Designation by Description, Non-Commercial Thinning

Quality meets or exceeds performance standard of 90%.

· If Contractor achieves 90% or greater quality, the Contractor will receive unit price as incentive.

· If Contractor does not achieve at least 90% quality, deductions as per Section G and adverse performance evaluation.

Project 2

Remove, Pile or Masticate Slash

Project 3

Construction of Fireline

Project 4

Closure of Temporary Roads

Quality Control

· If the Contractor fails to meet standards, work may be suspended or put in Default for failure to take corrective action immediately. Result in adverse performance evaluation.

· When Contractor’s plot inspections meet standards, no deduction.

· If quality does not meet standard, pay deduction (Section G) and/or additional costs to the Government will be assessed

Work Plan and Schedule

· Work not completed on schedule is subject to Default and may result in assessment of actual costs.

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E. 1. FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (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.arnet.gov/far

FAR 52.246-4 Inspection of Services – Fixed Price (Aug 1996)

E. 2. CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

E.2.1. Quality Control Plan. The Contractor shall provide a Quality Control Plan (QCP) with the technical proposal. The Contractor shall supplement the QCP within 1 day of start work based on items awarded to the Contractor and Government comments.

The general Quality Control plan must demonstrate how the Contractor will assure quality meets the requirements and specifications of the contract. It shall specify how quality will be monitored to assure the performance standards are met; the supervision of crew and work; and the personnel that will be performing the quality control. Quality control includes the monitoring of quality while work is in progress and an unbiased sample of thinning and other work to determine actual quality percentage.

E.2.2 Plot Inspections. The Contractor shall maintain a plot system that provides an unbiased sample of thinning quality, and which represents the entire area treated. At least 1-percent of the treated area shall be sampled. The Government may observe or re-inspect the Contractor’s plots at any time.

E.2.2.1. Plots shall be marked and identifiable on the ground.

E.2.2.2. Contractor shall provide written inspection data by unit that meets contract requirements and a sketch map with plot locations.

E.2.2.3. All Contractor inspection records shall be provided to the Government based on the schedule proposed by the Contractor and agreed to by the Contracting Officer for quality assurance assessment consistent with the Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. All records shall be signed and dated by the person who conducted the inspection.

E.2.3. Project 1, Designation by Spacing, Non-Commercial Thinning Quality shall be calculated based on the following equation.

Trees in excess of the maximum number of acceptable trees will be considered unsatisfactorily selected. Deductions for improper tree selection and improper treatment shall be included in the inspection quality.

E.2.4. Project 2, Remove, Pile, or Masticate Slash, treatment quality must reflect full compliance with requirements.

E.2.5. Project 3, Construction of Fireline must reflect full compliance with requirements.

E.2.6. Project 4, Closure of Temporary Roads must reflect full compliance with requirements.

E.2.7. Acceptance. The Contractor’s Quality Control inspections for thinning shall be within 5 percent of the Government quality assurance to be considered acceptable.

E.2.7.1. Failure of the Contractor to provide tree thinning quality resulting in inspection results within 5 -percent of the Government’s quality assurance at the completion of a unit, will deem the Contractor’s quality control unacceptable and will result in payment for that unit based on results of the Government’s quality assurance (G.2.1.). If the Government’s results are objectionable to the Contractor, a re-examination may be requested in writing. The same plot method will be used, but new plots will be selected that do not overlap plots previously inspected by the Government. A 2-percent sample will be conducted by the Government. If the results of the re-examination support the Contractor’s submitted quality control results, those results will be considered acceptable and used for pay. If results of the re-examination support the Government’s quality assurance results, the Government’s results will be used for the basis of pay and the Contractor will be assessed the costs incurred by the Government that are directly related to the performance of such service.

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

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 (as): http://www.arnet.gov/far F. 4. Acceptance and Rework F.4.1. Project 1, Designation by Spacing, Non-Commercial.

F.4.1.1. When the Contractor’s inspection results are below the performance standard of 90 percent quality based on the Contractor’s quality control inspection and verified by the Government monitoring, and excess trees contribute to the deficiency, acceptance and payment will not be made until the deficiency has been corrected unless the Contracting Officer determines excess tree deficiency to be minor or an isolated situation that will not result in any material differences in the total number of trees to be left.

F.4.1.1.1. When the total number of deficiencies exceed 5-percent of the maximum stocking density, based on the Contractor’s quality control inspection and verified by the Government monitoring, acceptance and payment will not be made until the deficiency has been corrected unless the Contracting Officer determines the deficiencies to be minor in nature.

F.4.3. Project 2, Remove, Pile, or Masticate Slash, Project 3, Construction of Fireline, Project 4, Closure of Temporary Roads. Acceptance will be determined based on the Contractor’s quality control inspection and verified by the Government monitoring and will be based on adherence to the specifications stated in the contract. Noncompliance with any of the specifications will classify the treatment as unsatisfactory and rework will be required to bring the treatment up to specification standards.

F.4.4. Acceptance. Acceptance will be determined based on compliance with the contract specifications. Noncompliance will result in non-acceptance of the work. If the Contractor’s work is determined to be unacceptable, the Government may initiate any remedies described in FAR 52.246-4 Inspection of Services.

F.4.4.1. If the initial work is unacceptable to the Government, the Contractor may re-work the area if deficiencies can be corrected. The Government will assess the re-work after receiving the Contractor’s inspection records which reflect that all work meets specification standards.

F.4.4.1.2. The Government will assess the Contractor the actual costs of conducting the additional quality assurance after rework. Items that may be included in the actual damages includes but is not limited to: wages of the COR and Government inspector(s), costs of vehicles, meals and lodging that are incurred during the additional quality assurance.

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G. 2. METHOD OF CALCULATING PAYMENT

G.2.1. The Contractor’s Quality Control For each completed unit, the Contractor’s quality control inspection percentage for tree thinning will be compared to the Government’s assessment results. If the results differ by 5 percent or less, the Contractor’s inspection will be considered acceptable and the quality percentage will be used as the basis for payment. When the results differ by more than 5 percent, the Government’s inspection percentage will be used as the basis for payment.

G.2.2. Payment calculation

Payment less damages will be based on the following methods.

G.2.2.1. Quality at fully acceptable performance- meets or exceeds 90 percent. Whenever the quality of work meets or exceeds 90 percent, based on the results of the Contractor’s quality control inspection and verified by the Government monitoring, the work will be acceptable, an incentive payment will be made that provides payment at the unit price for the sub item.

Payment Example: With a unit price of $100 and a unit size of 40 acres, the bid price would be $4,000. If the Contractor’s work quality is 95 percent, payment would be $4,000.

G.2.2.2. Quality at unacceptable performance level- less than 90 percent. Whenever the quality of work is below 90 percent (full pay) based on the results of the Contractor’s quality control inspection and verified by the Government monitoring, the work is unacceptable and the value of services provided significantly reduced. Therefore, a deduction will be made for unacceptable performance. For each percentage point that performance quality falls below 90 percent, a 2-percent deduction in unit price will be made. No payment will be made where quality of work is below 70 percent

Payment Example: With a thinning quality of 85 percent, the deduction would be: 10 percent for quality 85 to 90 percent (5 x 2%). resulting in the Contractor receiving 90 percent of the bid price.

With a unit price of $100 per acre and a unit size of 40 acres, the bid price would be $4,000. At 85 percent thinning quality, payment would be:

$100 x 90% x 40 acres = $3,600.

Payment Example: With a thinning quality of 70 percent, the deduction would be: 40 percent for quality 70 to 99 percent (20 x 2%), resulting in the Contractor receiving 60 percent of bid price.

With a unit price of $100 per acre and a unit size of 40 acres, the bid price would be $4,000. At 70 percent thinning quality, payment would be:

$100 x 60% x 40 acres = $2,400.

G.2.3. Unacceptable Work

G.2.3.1. Any unit, with quality less 90 percent, is considered unacceptable and may be rejected. For these areas the Government may (i) accept the work at a reduced price (ii) require the area to be re-worked at no additional expense to the Government, or (iii) reject the work in its entirety. If the quality is unacceptable, the Contractor's right to proceed is subject to immediate termination for default.

G.2.3.2. When work quality falls below 90 percent in areas of 1 acre or lager and the quality of work can be corrected; the Government may require the area to be reworked. If the Government does not require the area to be reworked or the quality remains below 80 percent, the area may be separated from the sub item and payment made in accordance with G.2.2.2

G.2.3.3. Category C deficiencies that exceed the maximum allowance stated in Section F will be considered unacceptable and payment for the unit will not be made until corrections are made consistent with Section F.

G.2.3.4. The Government will document unacceptable work quality in the performance assessment.

Quality = 1- Improper Leave tree Selection + Excess Trees X 100

Percent Satisfactory Trees left up to maximum + credit for non-stocked spots