Attachment_1_-_Specifications.docx

SPECIFICATIONS

SHOULDER MATERIAL YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

The National Park Service in Yellowstone National Park requires 3/4" inch shoulder material for construction projects over the next three (3) years. Offerors shall provide pricing per ton for the NPS doing the hauling from the designated pit and pricing per ton delivered to each drop off pit listed in the delivery specifications.

Quantities needed:

Yellowstone National Park requires a minimum of 500 tons each year not to exceed 12,000 tons for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 construction seasons.

Delivery Locations:

Gardiner Mt pit.

Swan Lake pit, located 7.5 miles south of Mammoth Hot Springs WY Norris Junction pit, located 22 miles south of Mammoth Hot Springs WY Specifications:

Cover material shall meet the requirements of the following table of gradations as determined by Montana specification: 701.02.9. Furnish Aggregate for CTB: including added blending material in accordance with Table 701-13 graduation requirements. Copies of the referenced Montana Specifications may be obtained from the Montana Department of Highways, Highway Building, Helena, MT 59620.

Measurement and Payment:

· The contractor shall furnish weigh tickets from state certified scales for each delivery made.

· Payment will be made on actual quantities received.

Testing:

· The contractor shall have test samples submitted to the Government for suitability evaluation at least two (2) weeks prior to the actual delivery for acceptance of the cover aggregate.

· Government may require additional material testing if specifications are suspect.

· Material must meet the specified gradation at all stages of delivery.

· The awarded contractor will be responsible for reworking or replacing material to meet specifications if it fails testing during the delivery of material.

Vegetation Management:

· The control of noxious weeds shall be achieved through a weed management plan. All parties submitting offers for sand and gravel must have a current weed management plan that has been approved by the local county weed board and Yellowstone National Park (Park).

· All plans require one annual inspection by Park staff during the growing season (June – August) prior to sale of material. Parties submitting offers must provide proof of the most recent weed inspection by Park staff.

· The weed inspection will designate a pit in one of three rating categories: acceptable, conditionally acceptable, or unacceptable. Sand and gravel from a pit designated as unacceptable can be used if the material is heat treated to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and promptly transported from the quarry to the Park or a pre-approved weed free storage area to prevent possible weed contamination.

· A list of weeds of concern can be obtained from Yellowstone National Park.

· The most recent report of acceptable pits in the area has been provided with this solicitation.

Hauling:

· All vehicles and equipment to be used in Yellowstone National Park shall be thoroughly pressure washed prior to arrival.

· Equipment shall be inspected at the appropriate Park entrance station by a designated Park employee and only clean equipment shall be permitted into the Park.

· Particular attention must be shown to the under carriage and any surface where soil containing exotic weed seeds may exist.

· All loaded trucks and trailer shall be covered (tarped) when loaded. These efforts are critical to prevent the introduction and establishment of non-native plant species into the Park.

· Equipment inspection will be scheduled by the COR and take place at the Park entrance stations. Inspection records shall be maintained by the Park Service.

· Equipment found operating in the Park that has not been inspected shall be dead lined and subject to a citation.

Delivery:

· All deliveries will be made with dump trucks, dump trucks with pup trailers, side dump and end dump type trailers only.

· Length of any unit delivering within the Park shall not exceed 75 feet in total length of the unit/units.

· The contractor shall adhere to all roadway use regulations and posted speed limits within the Park.

· Violation may result in vehicles being removed from hauling within the Park.

· The use of engine brakes (either compression or exhaust) in a 3-mile radius of Mammoth is prohibited due to housing area and campground in Mammoth.

· The contractor shall deliver material to the approximate location noted in the line item above.

· The contractor shall coordinate the exact dates and times of delivery with the park in advance.

· The contractor shall insure that the total for all amounts ordered and delivered does not exceed the amount noted in the contract line item.

Period of Performance:

· June 1, 2023, through July 15, 2023 – Seed Project

· May 15 through July 15 of each of the following years

· The contractor shall be capable of commencing deliveries by date listed above.

· The contractor shall coordinate the exact dates and times of delivery with the park, at least one week in advance.

Submittals:

At the time of delivery and with each invoice the contractor shall provide trucking manifests (pit scale tickets) which shall serve as contractor certification as to the number of tons delivered.

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