Appendix A - Peck Rd Haz IRSC.pdf

APPENDIX A – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL WORK

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

INTEGRATED RESOURCE SERVICE CONTRACT

PECK RD HAZ STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT

1. SCOPE OF WORK

1.1 The purpose of the Peck RD Haz Stewardship project is to abate and remove (from Forest Service land) designated hazard trees over 8.0 inches DBH and greater (diameter at breast height) from within the Peck RD Haz project area. Treatment requirements include: felling, skidding and removal of Included Product meeting minimum specifications, and all associated road work, erosion work and landing clean up (reference Appendix B, Division AT)

1.2 This work will include, but is not limited to, all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, incidental engineering and transportation necessary to perform the stated purpose of this statement of work and may include, cutting, piling and removal of; standing and downed trees, dead and live brush, limbs and designated live conifers, existing slash and forest debris resulting from current and prior operations and/or events.

1.3 Potential equipment that will be required to accomplish all work requirements include but are not limited to: rubber tired skidder with grapple and “bull line”; grader; log loader; feller-buncher (optional); skid steer (optional), rubber tire loader, chainsaws, and directional felling equipment.

2. PROJECT LOCATION AND AREA

2.1 The Peck RD Haz project area is comprised of 5 units totaling approximately 305.3 acres in size. Item 1, unit 1 is 131.1 acres, Item 2, units 2 & 5 is 60.4 acres, and Item 3, units 3 & 4 is

113.8 acres in size. Each biddable item designated on the Schedule of Items will require an individual bid price. The legal location of the project is: T7S R23E., Section: 22, 27, 28, 33, 34 and T8S R23E., Section: 3 MDB&M. Associated quad map; Shuteye Pk. 4173

3. WORK LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

3.1 See Appendix B for specific.

4. PROJECT AREA

4.1 Mandatory payment units are listed in the table below. Cutting unit boundaries (except along roads & perennial streams) are designated with BLUE flagging and signage facing the adjacent boundary trees and into the unit. Corners of units where boundaries intersect with access roads are flagged with multiple blue flagging. Painted/flagged boundary trees are not designated for cutting unless otherwise agreed. Specific details designating Included Product is described in the Activity Item descriptions of subsequent sections, and in Appendix B.

Reference Contract Area Map for site locations.

Mandatory Item 1

MANDATORY WORK ITEM (1)

Stewardship Credit - 90% of Timber Product Value in Schedule B.2.3.

• This is the amount to be traded as Stewardship Credit for service work.

• See Appendix B for Timber/Product specifications.

MANDATORY WORK ITEM 2

Felling, Skidding, and Removal of Hazard Trees and Associated Tasks

2.1 Cutting/Harvesting Specifications

2.2 Skidding / Yarding / Endlining Specifications

2.3 Decking, Piling, and Landing Specifications

2.4 Erosion Prevention and Control Specifications

2.5 Hauling of designated Biomass / Cull Log Products

Mandatory Item 2

Mandatory payment/cutting units for saw and non-saw harvesting are listed in the table below.

Specific details designating Included Product is described in the Activity Item descriptions of subsequent sections, and in Appendix B.

Payment Unit Cutting Unit Acres

Saw Ccf

Biomass Ccf Included Product

P.U. 1 1 131.1 168 443

Standing Dead Trees > 10 inches d.b.h.*

P.U. 2 2, 5 60.4 844 2,240 P.U. 3 3, 4 113.8 390 1,038

TOTAL Mandatory Harvest Acres 305.3

1,402 3,721

* d.b.h. – defined as diameter of tree taken at 4.5 feet from the ground on the uphill side

Item 2. Payment Unit 1, 2, 3 Harvesting of saw and non-sawlog/biomass products: felling, skidding, processing, and removal of all designated hazard trees over 10” dbh;.

2. HARVESTING OF NON-SAWLOG/BIOMASS PRODUCTS:

2.1 Cutting/Harvesting Specifications: Unless otherwise agreed, within specified Payment Unit(s), the Contractor shall cut and remove from the National Forest, all dead trees (no visible green needles and any trees marked with Blue tracer paint above and below stump height. Specifications for trees designated for cutting and removal are in Appendix

B. Minimum specifications of included products are identified specifications in Appendix B Division AT.

Stump Height: Tree stump height shall not exceed 8” above the ground or 4” above natural objects.

2.1.1 Falling Hazards: Unless otherwise agreed, within all work units, Contractor shall cut Included Timber and other products designated for cutting and removal, and move it to designated skid trails using equipment with a cutting head for bunching trees, capable of severing, lowering and placing trees up to 22 inches diameter at stump height on the ground prior to skidding. Such equipment must be capable of operating on slopes up to 45%. Notwithstanding above, hand felling using chainsaws may be required in or adjacent to sensitive areas to protect resources from unnecessary damage. Trees which exceed capability of specified equipment may be felled, bucked and skidded in a manner consistent with the requirements of GT.4.1 - Felling and Bucking, KT-GT.4.1# - Felling, Bucking, and Limbing Requirements and Skidding Specifications described in section 1.2. When it is necessary to delete previously marked trees, a unique tree marking paint color such as black will be marked over or adjacent to the original mark. Any black or orange tracer paint cancels the previous paint color.

2.1.2 Slope Limitations for Mechanized Harvesting: Mechanized equipment shall be limited to slopes of 35% or less except for short pitches (less than 100 feet) on slopes up to 45%.

2.1.3 Erosion Prevention and Control Specifications: Contractor’s Operations shall be conducted reasonably to minimize soil erosion. Equipment shall not be operated when ground conditions are such that excessive damage will result. Contractor shall adjust the kinds and intensity of erosion control work done to ground and weather conditions and the need for controlling runoff. Reference Appendix B (GT.6.4, GT.6.5, GT.6.6, GT.6.7 and KT-GT.6#) along with Appendix D for contract specifications.

2.1.4 Cutting Unit Boundaries: Reference Appendix B (KT-CT.3.5#) Special requirement will be implemented within Controlled Area (Identified as CA on contract activity map), Cutting and removal of all materials shall be performed with equipment and methods that retain residual vegetation, ground cover (including duff), and litter largely intact to maintain soil cover. Reference: Solicitation, item 37.5

2.1.5 Directional Felling: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.4.1#) Such directional felling shall not be required when in the faller’s judgment it is unsafe to do so, and shall be left standing.

2.1.6 Treatment of Stumps: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.4.1#)

2.2 Skidding Specifications: (See Appendix B GT.4.2). Skid road pattern shall be agreed in advance of felling and main skid roads shall be flagged on the ground in advance of felling.

Contractor shall stage-log by felling and skidding Included Timber and other products designated for cutting and removal in two or more separate operations when necessary to prevent undue damage to the resources or residual stand. Needed tractor trails shall be constructed in advance of skidding.

2.2.1 Whole tree yarding: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.4.1#)

2.2.2 Limbing: Purchaser shall, prior to skidding/yarding operations, cut exposed limbs from products which are to be skidded/yarded. Such limbing of stems shall be done to a top diameter of approximately 8 inches at which point the top shall be cut from the remainder of the stem. (See Whole Tree Yarding Specifications).

2.2.3 Skid Trail Spacing: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.4.2#)

2.2.4 Suspend: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.4.2#); Areas designated on the Contract Area Map as Controlled Areas (CA), where both ends shall be suspended.

2.2.5 Endlining: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.4.2#)

2.2.6 Special skidding specifications: Within control areas indicated on contract area map as (CA-1). Removal of all materials shall be performed with equipment and methods that retain residual vegetation, ground cover (including duff), and litter largely intact to maintain soil cover.

2.3.1 Decking, Piling and Slash Treatment Specifications: Contractor shall pile, scatter, yard, construct firelines or otherwise treat slash defined in specifications below, within designated areas. Work required of Contractor shall be in accordance with the following slash plan and specifications, and the Contract Area Map. Vegetative debris larger than 1 inch in diameter outside bark and 3 feet long resulting from Contractor’s Operations, other than Construction Slash, is Logging Slash. Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.7#).

2.3.2 Landings: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.7#)

2.3.3 Piling Specifications: Reference Appendix B (KT-GT.7#)

2.4 Erosion Prevention and Control Specifications: Contractor’s Operations shall be conducted reasonably to minimize soil erosion. Equipment shall not be operated when ground conditions are such that excessive damage will result. Contractor shall adjust the kinds and intensity of erosion control work done to ground and weather conditions and the need for controlling runoff. Reference Appendix B (GT.6.4, GT.6.5, GT.6.6, and KT-

GT.6#).

2.5 Hauling: In addition to all specifications described under Item 2, Contractor shall haul to a processing facility designated non-sawlog material from trees greater than 8 inches d.b.h. at

4.5 feet above the ground on the upslope side meeting minimum specifications in Appendix B Division AT.

2.5.1 Road Maintenance: Reference Appendix C

GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN

Inspection: Government inspections are for the purpose of satisfying the Government that the services are acceptable and do not relieve the Contractor of the responsibility for maintaining quality control.

The Contractor shall conduct inspections on all units in accordance with the Contractor’s Quality Control Plan included in the Contractor’s technical proposal which is made part of this contract.

The contractor is responsible for performing or having performed all inspections and tests necessary to substantiate that the supplies or services furnished under this contract conform to contract requirements, including any applicable technical requirements for specified manufacturers’ parts.

Acceptable Quality Level for Harvest and Related Subtasks:

Government Inspection – The Government shall conduct inspections of the Contractor’s work to determine compliance with the contract specifications and determine a basis for making payment.

Inspections will consist of a visual walk-through inspection of the work performed and will be based on adherence to the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) for the tasks and critical sub-tasks. The Government may also install a series of inspection plots to check for compliance to AQL.

Acceptable Quality Level for Harvest and Related Subtasks – Within units designated for mechanized harvest, all trees designated for cutting are cut and removed. No un-designated trees are cut or removed. No more than 2% (cumulative) of the residual leave trees are damaged by the contractors operations. Except as otherwise stated. All skid trails are laid out and approved prior to skidding. All cut material is removed within the required time period. 95% of cut stumps are within the specified stump height. 100% of all stumps specified for treatment with a borate compound are treated to contract specifications. All slash generated at the landing is piled. 95% of the required erosion control measures conform to the contract. 100% no damage to the existing infrastructure. All work is completed within the specified contract time.

Acceptance – Work will be accepted when it is determined by the visual inspection or plot data that the Contractor’s work conforms to the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) for the task and critical sub-tasks.

Missed areas within the work unit will not be considered a part of the work being inspected and must be re-worked regardless of the results of the inspection of the work completed in the unit. Work units that do not comply with the Acceptable Quality Level for the task and critical subtask are un-acceptable and shall be reworked.

Measurements for Stewardship Credit – Acreage was measured on a horizontal plane using a Global Positioning System. Unless otherwise indicated by this contract, the contactor may request re-measurement of any quantities. The request must be made in writing and must be within 10 calendar days of completing work on the unit in question. If re-measurement indicates a variance of five percent or less from the stated quantity, the Forest Service may deduct Stewardship Credits to the Contractor equal to cost of this re-measurement. If re-measurement indicates a variance of more than five percent from the stated quantity, Stewardship Credits will be based on the re-measured quantity, and the Contractor will not be liable for the costs of re-measurement. All re-measurement will be done by the Forest Service. The Forest Service may re-measure quantities of completed stewardship work activities at its discretion. The Forest Service will bear all costs for discretionary re-measurement. Re-measured quantities will be the basis for awarding Stewardship Credits. Re-measurement of acreage will be done using a Global Positioning System.