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PROJ NAME: Johnny O’Neil Stewardship UNIT: Klamath National Forest

AG-9AC7-S-14-0131 (Amendment 2)

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

1 1

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

2 8/11/2014

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

USDA Forest Service Northern California Acquisition Service Area 3644 Avtech Parkway, Suite 180 Redding, CA 96002

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State, and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

All Potential Offerors

AG-9AC7-S-14-0131

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

7/21/2014

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended. Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

(X) A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN

THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return 1 copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.

JOHNNY O’NEIL STEWARDSHIP, Klamath National Forest

The purpose of this amendment is to transmit some corrections to the solicitation and to extend the date for receipt of offers to September 2 at 2:30 pm.

A summary of the changes is on the following page.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

MARILYN LADD

Contracting Officer

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

/s/ Marilyn Ladd 8/11/2014

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

Previous edition unusable

30-105 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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JOHNNY O’NEIL STEWARDSHIP – Amendment 2 – Summary of changes

Changes to the text of the documents is in red. This amendment is structured to remove and replace pages in the solicitation and attachments as noted below:

Solicitation changes

Schedule of Items - B.1 - Items 4 & 5 descriptions were changed and on B.2 – Product Removal price is a per ton rate instead of a flat rate – Remove and replace pages 3 and 4.

Clause # 37 – Use of Roads by Contractor – removes restriction on hauling on weekends.

Remove and replace page 29.

Appendix A changes

Table on Optional Item 6 adds “greater than 3 feet in height and less than 9.9 DBH and changes the technical specification to include spacing for residual trees – Remove and replace page 5 of Appendix A.

Appendix B changes

Units 431 and 500 were changed on pages 11-13 along with a typo from unit 782 to 482.

Remove and replace pages 11-13 of Appendix B.

Maps

The maps have been labeled differently to show a map for product removal and one for the service work on separate maps. Remove and replace Maps 1 and 2 with new maps.

Wage Determination

The Service Contract Act (SCA) Wage Determination has been changed. Remove and replace Revision 44 with Revision 45.

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SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

B.1 SCHEDULE OF SERVICE ITEMS:

Item

No.

Description

Base Work Activities Unit

Estimated

Quantity Unit Price Total

BASE WORK ITEM

1 Road Maintenance Job 1 $ $

OPTIONAL WORK ACTIVITIES

All items listed below are optional and award is dependent on price and available funding. Offers must complete pricing for all item numbers. Of those items with an alternative of “a” or “b” offeror must quote on at least one alternative but may quote on both. See Evaluation Factors for government’s preferred alternative.

2a

Mechanically Thin (Natural Stands) – Pile at

Landings Acres 483.4 $ $

OR

2b

Mechanically Thin (Natural Stands) – Chip or otherwise process and remove product from

Forest Acres 483.4 $ $

3a

Mechanically Thin (Plantation Stands) – Pile at

Landings Acres 258.7 $ $

OR

3b

Mechanically Thin (Plantation Stands)– Chip or

Forest Acres 258.7 $ $

4a Hand Thin and Pile (Plantation Stands) Acres 186.2 $ $

OR

4b

Hand Thin and Pile (Plantation Stands) Chip or

Forest Acres 186.2 $ $

5a Hand Thin and Pile (Natural Stands) Acres 55.6 $ $

OR

5b

Hand Thin and Pile (Natural Stands) Chip or

Forest Acres 55.6 $ $

6 Thin & Pile trees Acres 206.4 $ $

7 Mastication Units Acres 79.3

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B.2 TIMBER PRODUCT REMOVAL PRICE SCHEDULE

SPECIES PRODUCT QUANTITY

UNIT OF

MEASURE

MINIMUM

ACCEPTABLE

OFFER per

TON

PRICE per

TON TOTAL

Combined Softwoods

Sawtimber 25,508 TON $4.14 $ $

Total $

Timber Subject to Agreement (To be paid at Fixed Rate)

Combined Softwoods

Biomass Unestimated TON $0.10 per Ton N/A N/A

Note: These schedules are for pricing/payment purposes. See Instructions to Offerors for business proposal requirements.

NOTE: Price Proposals MUST be provided on Items in Schedules B-1, Base and Optional Work

Activities and B-2, Timber/Products Removal Price Schedule.

B.3 LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Performance of land management activities shall be in accordance with Section C – Project Description and

Work Specifications. Payment for Land Management Work Activities in Schedule B-1, will be made in

Stewardship Credits in lieu of cash, as defined in Section G. All Base Work Activities shall be performed.

Option activities are listed in order of planned priority. Award may be made for option items in any order that the Contracting Officer determines is in the best interest of the Government.

B.4 FAR 52.217-7 OPTION FOR INCREASED QUANTITY—SEPARATELY PRICED LINE ITEM

(MAR 1989)

The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line item, identified in the Schedule as an option item, in the quantity and at the price stated in the Schedule. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within one (1) year from date of award. Delivery of added items shall continue at the same rate that like items are called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.

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Contractor's use of existing roads identified on Contract Area Map by the following codes is prohibited or subject to restrictive limitations, unless agreed otherwise:

Code Use Limitations

X Hauling prohibited

R Hauling restricted

U Unsuitable for hauling prior to completion of agreed reconstruction

P Use prohibited

A Public use restriction

W Regulation waiver

Roads coded A will be signed by the Forest Service to inform the public of use restrictions. Contractor's use of roads coded R, A, or W shall be in accordance with the following restrictions:

Restricted Road List – Not Applicable

38. ROAD MAINTENANCE

Contractor shall maintain roads, commensurate with Contractor’s use, in accordance with Road Maintenance

Requirements and the Road Maintenance Specifications. Performance of road maintenance work by Contractor may be required prior to, during, or after each period of use. The timing of work accomplishment shall be based on Contractor’s Progress Schedule…

39. ROAD MAINTENANCE AND WATER SUPPLY USE.

Contractor shall maintain roads, commensurate with Contractor’s use, in accordance with Road Maintenance

Requirements and the Road Maintenance Specifications. Performance of road maintenance work by Contractor may be required prior to, during, or after each period of use. The timing of work accomplishment shall be based on Contractor’s Progress Schedule…

National Forest water supply locations, access, method of filling trucks, period of water availability and procedures designed to maintain water quality at each location shall be agreed in advance of use. Such use shall at no time reduce water supplies to the level that further use may be detrimental to aquatic resources or other established use. Waterholes and other improvements relating to said water supplies shall be put into condition, prior to expected seasonal periods of precipitation or runoff, to avoid resource damage.

Damage to resources at such locations caused by Contractor's Operations, other than fire suppression activities, shall be repaired by Contractor in a timely and agreed manner to the extent practicable to restore and prevent further resource damage.

Unless otherwise agreed, Contractor’s use of roads and other water supply requirements shall conform to the following table.

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Optional Item 6:

Unit

Number Acres

Hand Thin Conifers and hardwoods greater than 3 feet in height and less than 9.9 inches DBH and Hand Pile

440 64

454 9

457 6 Hand Thin conifers and hardwoods: see Technical Specifications, Page 9, (5)

463 2

464 3

466 4

470 14

483 43

611 21

616 6 Hand pile all cut material: Technical Specifications, Page 9, (3)

619 10

620 24

Total 207

Optional Item 7:

Unit

Number Acres Masticate brush and Conifer Trees less than 9.9 inches DBH

613 24

614 23

615 7 Mastication: Technical Specifications, Page 10, (6)

617 12

618 13

Total 79

Technical Specifications for Service Items

Thin conifers and hardwoods in natural stands from 3.0-9.9” DBH. Leave a varied amount of trees per acre within a range of approximately 50 to 150 trees per acre where they exist (so that spacing is approximately 20’ x 20’ inclusive of residual trees greater than 10 inches). Generally leave the lower amount of trees in portions of the stands where the stocking of larger trees is high or where the site quality is low. Trees shall be left at varied spacing and shall include trees left as individuals, in small clumps, and in patches. Trees less than 10” DBH” left in skips as described in

1 b, will count towards the number of leave trees per acre. Leave a mix of hardwoods and conifers.

Leave disease and damage-free trees with the best form, and needle color, needle complement and retention, with constant or increasing height growth and crown ratios greater than 40% where possible. Increase species diversity and produce a stand with variable density including skips and gaps complementing the variability left in trees greater than 10.0” DBH (see diagram below). All live limbs shall be severed from the stump of cut trees. Leave more shade tolerant species such as

Douglas-fir, incense cedar, and big leaf maple in areas with more canopy cover. Leave more shade intolerant species such as sugar pine, AG-9AC7-S-14-0131 (Amendment 2) Appendix B PAGE 11

K-C.1.1# – TIMBER SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT. (9/04) In addition, there is within Contract Area an unestimated quantity of:

Species Product

Combined Softwood

Biomass that shall be Included Timber upon written agreement.

K-C.3.5# - DESIGNATION OF TIMBER, CUTTING UNIT BOUNDARIES, AND SUBDIVISION/PAYMENT UNIT BOUNDARIES (6/2012) Trees are designated for cutting under B.3.5# only if designated as shown in the Timber Designation table below. The boundaries of Subdivisions/Payment Units and Cutting Units are designated as shown in the Boundary Designation table below. Trees used for boundary designation are not to be cut.

Timber Designation Table

Cutting Unit/ Subdivision/Area/Pay ment Unit

Tree Paint Color

Designation or Specification

GREEN

Hazard Tree. Notwithstanding C.3.2 all dead and unstable live trees which are leaning towards a road or are otherwise hazardous to a road, and are sufficiently tall to reach Contractor's landings or the roadbed of National Forest System roads within Contract Area, shall be felled by Contractor when Marked in the specified paint color above and below stump height by Forest Service in advance of felling any other timber in the vicinity. Pieces meeting Utilization Standards from such dead and unstable live trees shall be removed unless Contractor is notified in writing that removal would cause unacceptable damage to areas requiring special protection such as residual timber, roads, administrative sites, streamside management zones, and areas identified on Contract Area Map or on the ground.

306, 334, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 416, 419, 421, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 431, 433, 434, 435, 437, 446, 447, 448, 450, 453, 455, 460, 485, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 503, 508, 509, 510

BLUE Individual Tree Mark. Individual trees are designated for cutting only if Marked above and below stump height with the specified paint color.

N/A Leave Tree Mark. All live < > are designated for cutting unless

Marked as leave trees. Leave trees are Marked above and below stump height with the specified paint color. Contract Area Map indicates areas plainly identified on the ground where leave trees are Marked to be left uncut.

N/A Wildlife Trees. Notwithstanding the designation for cutting under

C.3.l, C.3.3, C.3.4,or C.3.5, trees which are identified by standard Forest Service metal wildlife tree sign or painted with the specified paint color on the uphill and downhill side, shall be left uncut. In event such trees are destroyed in Contractor's Operations, Forest Service may designate alternate trees to be saved.

Marked Out Trees. When it is necessary to delete previously

AG-9AC7-S-14-0131 (Amendment 2) Appendix B PAGE 12

All Units Black marked trees, an unique tree marking paint color will be Marked over or adjacent to the original mark, but will not obscure the original marking. Trees Marked with the original marking paint color and the unique tree marking paint color are not Included Timber.

N/A Designation by Spacing K-C.3.5.1#

N/A Designation by Species and Diameter, K-C.3.5.2#

N/A Designation by Damage Class, K-C.3.5.3#

N/A Designation by Row Spacing, K-C.3.5.4#

431, 438, 439, 441, 442, 443, 449, 451, 452, 456, 458, 461, 462, 465, 467, 469, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 500, and 502

Designation by Prescription, K-C.3.5.5#

Subdivision/Payment Unit and Cutting Unit Boundary Designation Table

Subdivision/Payment Unit

Boundary Paint

Boundary Designation

Cutting Unit Boundary Paint

Boundary Designation

All Cutting Units Orange Boundary line trees are marked at eye level with three (3) slanted slash marks and a spot at ground level with the eye level marks facing into the interior of the cutting units.

Yellow boundary posters with contract name and cutting units are stapled to boundary trees and face outward at locations where the cutting unit boundary intersects or coincides with roads.

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K-C.3.5.5# – DESIGNATION BY PRESCRIPTION. (9/04) Within Subdivision(s) or cutting unit(s) 431, 438, 439, 441, 442, 443, 449, 451, 452, 456, 458, 461, 462, 465, 467, 469, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 500, and 502, as shown on Contract Area Map, the following criteria shall be used by Contractor to designate trees and other products for cutting and removal. Contractor shall Mark leave trees with Contractor's non-tracer orange paint. Forest Service shall inspect and approve Marking prior to cutting.

(a)

TABLE 1

Unit # Designated Cut Tree Species

Average Spacing Between Leave Trees (Feet)

PP, SP

Average Spacing Between Leave Trees (Feet)

DF, IC, WF

Acceptable range in Spacing Between Trees (Feet)

Species preference

461, 481 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

31 24 16 - 46 feet DF, IC, SP, PP, WF

438, 439 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

25 25 13 - 37 feet IC, DF, SP, PP WF

456, 467 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

30 25 15 - 45 feet DF, IC, SP, PP, WF

469 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

25 20 13 - 37 feet SP, IC, DF, PP, WF

479, 480 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

- 27 14 - 40 feet IC, DF, SP, WF, PP

449 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

27 20 14 - 40 feet SP, IC, DF, PP, WF

472 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

27 22 14 - 40 feet SP, IC, DF, PP WF

473 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

29 25 15 - 43 feet SP, IC, DF, PP, WF

441, 442, 443, 451, 471, 474

DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

28 25 14 - 42 feet SP, IC, DF, PP, WF

452 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

28 27 14 - 42 feet IC, DF, SP, PP, WF

465 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

30 28 15 - 45 feet SP, IC, DF, WF, PP

475 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

29 24 15 - 43 feet IC, DF, SP, PP, WF

458, 500 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

30 27 15 - 45 feet SP, IC, DF, PP, WF

462 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

30 20 15 - 45 feet DF, IC, SP, PP, WF

484 DF, PP, WF, IC,

SP

31 27 16 - 46 feet DF, IC, SP, PP, WF

DF=Douglas-fir, IC=incense cedar, PP=ponderosa pine, SP=sugar pine, WF=white fir To assist in the implementation of the silvicultural prescriptions, use the average spacing as a general guideline. Actual leave tree spacing will vary by as much as 50% as shown in table 1 above to best achieve the specific prescription criteria explained below.