2017_Monotti_Mastication_Task_Order.pdf

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Contract No. To Be Determend at Award Project Name:

Requisition No.

Issue Date:

2017 Monotti Mastication

Task Order No. To Be Determend at Award

Contractor:

Telephone:__________ DUNS No.________

Issuing and Billing Office:

Central California Acquisition Service Area Tahoe National Forest 631 Coyote Street Nevada City, CA 95959

Submit Task Order Responses to:

Government Point of Contact:

TASK ORDER NAME AND DESCRIPTION:

2017 Monotti Mastication - TASK ORDER

STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST

This Task Order is intended to be awarded upon award of the Parent IDIQ contracts.

This Task order will be awarded to the contractor presenting the Best Value to the Government. See Evaluation Criteria and Proposal submittal requirements in the parent solicitation for how awards will be determined.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

See Attachments for additional terms and conditions.

The Period of Performance: 128 days

Task Order performance is from the Date of Award through August 21, 2017

Contractor: (Name and Signature)

Business Address:

Contact Information:

Phone #:

Email address:

Requested By: (Name and Signature)

COR:

Ordered By: (Name and Signature)

Contracting Officer Award Date: Start Date: Job Code

Original to CO, CC to Contractor and COR A task order Is Not Valid Until Signed By The Contracting Officer

If this block is checked, the Contracting Officer’s signature represents a Notice to Proceed as of the Order Date.

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SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1 GENERAL INFORMATION:

Proposals shall be valid for 60 days after the date of receipt for the solicitation. If additional time is needed, an extension will be requested. Refer to Section L for instructions on preparing your proposal and pricing.

All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://SAM.gov) to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will be found non-responsive. Registration in SAM is a free service – you do not need to pay to register in this system. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award.

B.2 SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

B.2.1 MANDATORY WORK ACTIVITIES:

TASK ORDER: TBD

2017 Monotti Mastication

Contractor Name:

ITEM NO. UNIT NO.

DESCRIPTION OF

MANDATORY WORK

ACTIVITIES

UNIT QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL

1 32140 Mastication thinning plantation trees and fuels reduction

AC 214 $ $

Optional Item #2

32132 Mastication thinning plantation trees and fuels reduction

AC 21 $ $

Total All Mandatory Service Items $

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

NOTE: Price Proposals MUST be provided on ALL Items in Schedules: Mandatory Work and Option Work Activities. Unit prices prevail.

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B.3 SCOPE OF CONTRACT

1. DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The purpose of this Task Order is to perform tree thinning and fuels reduction by mastication in the Monotti Project Area.

2. PROJECT LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:

Location: Work areas are located within Stanislaus National Forest. See vicinity maps. It is the Contractor's responsibility to navigate and reach each work site. All transportation of equipment, personnel, and supplies shall be the responsibility of the Contractor.

See vicinity and project area maps.

A. Accessibility: Work site access instruction as given here is for information only. It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to determine the most suitable route to the project area. The Government will not provide special maintenance or snow plowing to open roads or keep roads open. The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all permits necessary for the transportation of equipment on Federal, state, county, and private roads.

B. Boundaries: The perimeters of the work areas have been flagged on the ground with solid blue and solid yellow surverys flagging and identified on the maps contained in Section J.

C. Examination of Project Work Area: The bidder is strongly encouraged to inspect the project work area. The Government has provided estimates of treatment area acreages. It will be assumed that the bidder has satisfied her/himself as to the nature of the work to be performed and the character of all conditions to be encountered.

The attached maps (Section J) are intended to show only the general size and location of the project units.

D. Within the general work area, the Contracting Officer may exclude from payment non-work areas which exceed one half acre such as: rock areas, groups of trees, or other special areas such as excessively steep slopes. The acres actually treated within the unit boundaries will be measured after work is complete to determine acres for payment.

3. SPECIFIC WORK REQUIREMENT:

The Contracting Officer may specify the priority of work by item or sub-item (unit) within an item, without additional cost. Work may be performed at any time during the period of the contract, except during the following conditions:

1) In accordance with the fire plan.

2) When the Contracting Officer determines that adverse weather has made access or project production, unacceptable, too dangerous or ground damaging, or continued vehicular travel would cause unacceptable road damage.

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3) Hours of Operation: Contractor shall limit treatment operations within ¼ mile of residences to weekdays and non holidays only, between the hours of 7:00 a.m.

and 6:00 p.m.

4) Controlled Areas and Limited Operating Periods

Global Positioning System (GPS) or Geographic Information System (GIS) Arc View method was used to determine the gross size of work units in each item (see unit data tables in section J).

Payment will be based on Actual Treatment Acres determined by GPS after contractor completes unit.

Contractor shall be required to have a GPS unit (Global Positioning System) on each piece of shredding equipment capable of 30 ft (9.1 meters) accuracy. Each GPS unit shall be capable of down loading and uploading unit location data from F.S. Geographic Information Systems.

Noxious weeds, such as yellow star thistle are known to exist within the project area. Known concentrations outside unit boundaries shall be avoided. Contractor shall not use these areas for access with service vehicles, take their equipment through these areas or in any way disturb these sites. However, where it is not possible to keep equipment or service vehicles out of sites infested with noxious weeds, the contractor shall clean equipment and service vehicles so that they are free of soil, seeds, vegetative matter or other debris prior to being moved from infested sites to uninfested units and prior to being transported out of project area. Clothing, particularly footwear should be free of soil, mud (wet or dry), seeds, vegetative matter, or other debris that could contain seeds.

4. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

See Task Order form (page 1).

5. FAR 52.237-1 SITE VISIT (APR 1984)

Offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award.

6. EVALUATION CRITERIA:

This task order will be used to determine price reasonableness for the award of the Parent IDIQ contracts. The Evaluation Criteria and instructions are contained in the original solicitation documents.

7. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY:

Description Location Remarks

None

8. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE:

Name: To be determined Telephone Number:

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9. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

The Contractor shall submit a unit to the Contracting Officer for acceptance only when the Contractor’s inspections for quality control assure the work specifications have been met.

Government inspection may be by work observation, measurement by pacing, tape, clinometers, prism, ocular estimation, and progress of work over time, or by formal inspection. Formal inspections will inspect at least one percent of the work unit on a systematic plot basis, plots will be 1/100th acre radius (11.8 feet) and will address the work specifications. The Government will accept a unit when all work has been completed and all work specifications have been met.

10. LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

The following attachments are made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract.

Title Pages

SPECIFICATIONS 6-8

SERVICE CONTRACT ACT WAGE DETERMINATION

Attached

Separately

FIRE PLAN

Attached

Separately

PROJECT AREA MAPS

Attached

Separately

PROJECT DATA TABLE

Attached

Separately

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Specifications

Mastication – The mechanical process of cutting, shredding and/or chipping vegetation, using a power cutter head, into residue pieces often less than six (6) inches (15.2 cm) in size, but commonly up to four (4) feet (1.2 m)in length. No piece size 2 feet (.6 m) in length or longer shall have a diameter exceeding three (3) inches (7.6 cm) in thickness.

No individual pieces of slash or vegetative debris shall be greater than 6 feet (1.8m) in length.

Where this treatment is performed trees shall be felled, masticated and if needed scattered. Resulting residue pieces shall meet the following specifications dependant upon stated level required:

FINE TREATMENT

75% <=6 inches (15.2 cm) in length 20% >6 inches (15.2 cm) and <2 feet (.6 m) in length 5% 2 feet (.6 m) through 6 feet (1.8 m) in length With accumulations not exceeding 18 inches (45.7 cm) in depth

Limited Operating Period (LOP) – California Red Legged Frog (CRLF) during the wet season, the operation of mechanical machinery is prohibited in dispersal habitat. The wet season is defined as from the first rainfall event depositing more than 0.25 inches of rain after October 15 to April 15. All of units 32149 and optional unit 32132 is located in Upland habitat.

Do not actively remove oaks during shredding operations. Oaks <10 inches (25.40 cm) dbh may be lost/ removed for access, roadside and powerline clearing, oak removel shall be kept to a minimum. Retain all large oak trees over >12 inches (30.5 cm) diameter at breast height (dbh) and all Blue oaks. Thin small conifers <10 inches (25.4 cm) dbh 20 feet (6.1 m) from the bole of large healthy oaks 12 inches DBH or larger or 10 feet (3.0

m) beyond the drip line, whichever is greater. Large decadent oak trees retain trees within the drip line for wildlife. Decadent oaks have not been identified.

Wildlife Screening: Wildlife screening will be retained along Dogtown roads where available. Screening will be setback from roads up to 30-70 feet in discontinuous segments 50’ in length and will be staggered to limit visibility into the forest but not provide continuous fuels. Screening need not be retained where features such as cut-banks or rock outcrops prevent visibility into the forest from roads.

Species Retention Priority - Conifer species to be favored by priority as leave trees are:

1) sugar pine, 2) Douglas-fir, 3) ponderosa pine, 4) incense cedar, 5) white fir, if these species are full crowned, of good form, and free of insects and disease.

Protection of the residual trees shall be the highest priority in all operations. Excessive residual stand damage may result in contract shut down and/or default. No more than four (4) damaged trees per acre will be permitted. If in the opinion of the Contracting Officer damage is excessive, the Contractor shall be required to alter his operations to prevent the occurrence of such damage. If more than four (4) damaged trees per acre exist a cost of $50.00 per tree will be charged.

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Trees shall be completely severed from the stump. Stump height shall not be over 3 inches (7.6 cm) or 8 inches (20.3 cm) above natural obstacles. All existing down slash shall be shredded.

Trees that are less than 10 inches DBH and are located beneath the crown of conifer trees greater than 10 inches DBH and hardwoods (excluding large decadent oaks) greater than 12 inches DHB shall be removed.

Spacing – Unit will be treated in a mosaic pattern which includes both uniform spaced trees and grouped trees. Uniformed spacing, trees shall vary between 19ft -20ft spacing.

Groupings shall consist of leaving 3 groupings, consisting of 3-4 trees per group every acre and one grouping of up to 5 trees every 2 acres. Grouped trees left around decadent oaks, non-work areas, and groups of trees over the 10 inches (31.4 cm) DBH shall be counted first and may fulfill this requirement. The combination of uniform spacing and groupings the total trees per acres (TPA) should average 109 trees. Spacing may be varied up to 25 percent to select the most desirable leave tree. However, the average number of trees per acre listed in the spacing table shall be maintained whenever possible, plus or minus 10 percent. Trees on the edge of openings may be left closer together in order to utilize as much growing space as possible from the opening.

However, trees on the edge of openings may have branches interlacing for not more than 1/3 of the crown. Trees that are less than 10 inches (31.4 cm) DBH and are located beneath the crown of conifer trees greater than 10 inches (31.4 cm) DHB shall be removed.

Conifers that are greater than 10 inches (31.4 cm) and oak greater than 12 inches (37.6

cm) DBH and are healthy and undamaged shall be included in stocking determination and spacing requirements. Conifers that are greater than 10 inches (31.4 cm) DBH and are unhealthy, damaged, and conifers less than 1 foot (.3 m) in height, and all hardwoods smaller than 12 inches (37.6 cm) DBH shall be ignored in stocking determination and spacing requirements.

Brush shall be severed from its main stem at 3 inches (7.6 cm) and no more than 8 inches

(20.3 cm) from any natural obstacles such as rocks or downed logs.

Additional Definitions:

Blister Rust – A disease occurring in Sugar Pine. Indicators are flagging or mortality of branches, swelling of branches or trunk, cracked bark exuding pitch and sometimes showing of yellow powdery spores

Crown Class-Crown class is the description of the relative position of the tree crown with respect to competing vegetation surrounding trees.

(1) Dominant- Tree crown receive full light from above and partly from the sides, Crowns extend above the general level of the crown cover of others of the stratum by 30% or greater.

(2) Co Dominant- Tree crowns receive full light from above but comparatively little form the sides. Crowns form a general level of crown stratum.

(3) Intermediate- tree crowns occupy a definitely subordinate position and are subject to strong lateral competition for crowns of dominants and co dominants.

(4) Suppressed- Tree crowns receive no direct light from above or from the side and are

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Damage Trees (Created) - Any damage created by work under this contract. Includes the stripping or removing of branches and debarking the bole of a crop tree in excess of ¼ of the circumference.

Damage Trees (Existing) - Includes any defect or deformity of a tree resulting from agents such as wind, snow, animals, insects, disease, and equipment. Indicators include dead or broken tops or branches, or debarking extending more than ¼ or the circumference of the tree.

Hardwood - A tree with broad, flat leaves including but not limited to oak, maple, willow, alder, cottonwood or dogwood.

Large Oak- A tree with a DBH of >12 inches (30.5 cm) Medium Oak- A tree with a DBH between 4 inches (10.2 cm) and 12 inches (30.5 cm).

Small Oak- A tree with a DBH < 4 inches (10.2 cm).

Decadent oak -over 20 inches in diameter that has at least 2 of the following characteristics:

Less than 1/3 live crown; or More than 50% of branches over 6 inches in diameter broken off; or Three or more rotten cavities over 12 inches in diameter; or More than 20% of bark sloughed off.