Attachment 1 - Angelina NF Grounds Maintenance Specs.pdf

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE

ANGELINA NATIONAL FOREST

ANGELINA NF ADMINISTRATIVE SITE AND WORK CENTER 111

WALNUT RIDGE ROAD

ZAVALLA, TX 75980

I. GENERAL

A. The Contractor shall provide all material, labor, tools, equipment, signs, supplies, transportation, supervision, incidentals, and OSHA safety measures to complete the work.

• The Angelina NF District Office Administrative Site consists of an office building and Work Center. The office is a fully functional office and open for business between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, except for federal holidays. The Angelina District Work Center (WC) is a fenced/locked gated facility. The fenced WC complex consists of an office building and several supply/storage buildings, a paved circular access road and parking areas. The Angelina Office/Work Center is approximately four acres and includes paved access roads, paved employee and customer parking, and fenced/gated USFS fleet parking facilities. Most of the utility lines are underground. Areas to be mowed and trimmed at the Angelina Office/Work Center:

--all grass surface surrounding District Office buildings and all grass surface within the fenced area;

--designated grass surface outside fenced area (to be revealed on site visit);

--all grass surface along State Highway 147 in front of District Office building;

--all grass surface surrounding and inside of District Office fleet parking lot;

--all grass surface to the tree line on both sides of District Office and Work Center.

• The Contractor is responsible for verifying all project locations stated in this document. It is suggested that the Contractor set up a site visit prior to submitting a bid proposal.

• Hours of work shall be anytime between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.

Contractor will have to be accompanied by Forest Service personnel at WC complex. If grounds maintenance is not required, a designated Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for the maintenance contract will notify the Contractor by 4:30 pm on Monday of the week that maintenance is not necessary.

• It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to determine if current ground(s) conditions allow work to be performed without causing damage to the site grounds (too wet or too dry). The Angelina Office/Work Center grounds have underground utilities, historical facilities and structures. The Contractor shall take the necessary precautions to protect facilities, structures, vehicles, employees, and the visiting public. The Contractor shall be responsible to repair any damage caused by their activities to the Angelina Office/Work Center facilities, vehicles, structures, signs, equipment and grounds.

• Grounds maintenance will take place at the Angelina Office/Work Center bi-weekly through the summer months (ideally May through September). During the remaining months, maintenance can be scheduled on an "as necessary" basis with a minimum of one site visit per month.

Task Area Frequency Days

Angelina

NF Grounds

Maintenance

Administrative Site and

Work Center

(Approximately 4 Acres)

As Needed:

Mar – Sep – Twice per Month

Oct – Once per Month

Nov – Feb – No Mowings

Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• The Contractor shall designate in writing the Contractor's Representative and any alternate Contractor's Representatives for this work. The Contractor's Representative

(or alternate representative) must be able to communicate in English.

II. EXECUTION

A. Grounds maintenance shall include:

• Before the mowing of the grass takes place, all tree limbs, branches, and trash that cannot be mulched by the Contractor's equipment shall be picked up and disposed of on site. The

Contractor shall mulch all other leaves and grass.

• Guards and grass deflectors shall be in place and in proper working position on all of the

Contractors equipment that are designed to have them. There are official U.S. Forest Service, Forest Service employee, and customer vehicles at the Angelina Office/Work Center site. It will be the Contractor's responsibility to repair any damage to any of these vehicles caused with their equipment while at these sites. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to be bonded to cover any possible damage claims. The Contractor shall notify the COR if any damage occurs to any property located on the Angelina Office/Work Center site and is solely responsible for correcting any damage.

• The mowed height of the grass shall be at approximately 3" (min.) in height.

• Steep and or wet areas and other areas that cannot be mowed with a riding mower shall be mowed with a gas trimmer (weed eater). All concrete/asphalt edges along drives and walk-ways will be trimmed as well as around structures such as buildings, poles, signs, and posts.

• All concrete walking surfaces and vehicle driving surfaces at the Angelina Office/Work Center sites shall be swept or air blown clean before Contractor can leave the site for the day. This also includes door mats at the entrances to all buildings. Debris from this operation is to be directed towards the grassy areas of each site and not towards vehicles or buildings.

III. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

A. Contractor Responsibility

• Contractor shall train workers in the safe operation and use of equipment that the worker may use before the worker begins using such equipment.

• Personal protective equipment (PPE), including equipment for eyes, face, head, ears and extremities must be provided (at no cost to employee), used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition. PPE must be used wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards or processes encountered which may cause injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body.

• In any area where the worker is exposed to the potential for flying or falling objects, the

Contractor shall provide a hard hat to employees. The Contractor shall assure that employees wear the hard hat and all required PPB. The hard hat must meet the minimum requirements of

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard 289.1-1997

Angelina District Office 4 Acres