Attachment 1 - Statment of Work.pdf

12444125R0012 Multiple Award BPA

ATTACHMENT 1

Statement of Work

The contractor will provide any and all labor, equipment, supplies, services, permits and license necessary to perform timber support services to include but not limited to marking, cruising, painting boundary lines, GPS stand boundaries, data entry, sale layout, stand exams, volume estimation, defects timber, plot locations, making cruise maps, writing cruise plans, applying stream side zones, summarize cruise data, certified timber cruiser, traverses harvest unit boundaries, and road locations covered under a fixed-price service Blanket Purchase Agreement(BPA). This work will be performed on various Forest Service locations throughout the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests and Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

Individual tasks to be performed will be assigned by individual BPA calls against the BPA.

GENERAL TASKS:

1.0 Timber Sale Preparation

1.1 – Cut Tree Marking and Sample Tree Requirements:

Designate trees to be cut and removed according to government-provided marking guides.

Unless otherwise specified in the BPA Call, the Government will provide marking paint. Tree marking may be specified with or without sample tree cruising included. If sample tree cruising is included, specific sample frequency along with other cruise measurements and data collection requirements will be provided with each BPA Call.

1.2 – Leave Tree Mark Requirements:

Designate timber according to government-provided marking guides in each BPA Call. Unless otherwise specified in the BPA Call, the Government will provide marking paint.

1.3 – Timber Sale Cutting Unit Boundaries Requirements:

Designate pre-identified flagged boundary of a cutting unit with three diagonal blaze marks and a single stump mark at ground level. Additional specifications will be provided in each BPA Call.

1.4 Point-Count-Measure Plot Cruise Requirements:

Variable or fixed plot cruise may be specified. Work includes plot establishment, determination of in/out trees, tree tallying, and measurements for each sample group on the plot. Specific requirements will be specified with each BPA Call.

1.5 – Field Data Collection Requirements:

Field data collections will be either written or electronic, if a specific method is required it will be specified in each BPA Call. Written data shall be provided on the Region 8 cruise data forms or data forms provided with each BPA Call. Electronic data shall be provided in FSCruiser or other software specified in each BPA Call. Field data must be well organized and legible.

1.6 – GPS Data Requirements:

GPS Traverse cutting unit boundaries and provide electronic data files of GPS traverse. The data collected and format shall meet specifications provided in each BPA Call. Unless otherwise

12444125R0012 Multiple Award BPA specified, Contractor shall furnish GPS hardware capable of meeting specifications given in each BPA Call.

2.0 Common Stand Exam

2.1 – Common Stand Exam Requirements:

Implement common stand exam plot inventory. Work includes plot establishment, determination of in/out trees, tree tallying, and measurements for each plot. Data shall be recorded in electronic format using FSVeg Exams or other software specified in the BPA Call. Exam level, accuracy precision, attributes to collect, and other relevant specifications will be provided with each BPA Call. Unless otherwise stated in the BPA Call, data collection protocol will be according to Common Stand Exam (CSE), Region 8, more information on CSE is provided at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nrm/fsveg/

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE:

1.0 The Contracting Office Representative (COR) COR will be responsible for inspections and acceptance of work. COR will be designated on each BPA Call.

2.0 Inspection and acceptance criteria will be established in the statement of work for each BPA

Call.