Attachment 1A- Statement of Work.pdf

USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Lake Fire Sawmill Liebre Reforestation Weed Control Angeles National Forest

Solicitation Number 127EAT25Q0008

SECTION C – Description/Specifications/Statement of Work

STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 Scope

The objective of this contract is to secure services for release of Government seedlings and natural trees with a fixed radius grub circle. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, except those designated as Government-furnished, and incidentals, to perform all work necessary on the areas specified. Contractor provided equipment includes a GPS unit for each release crew. GPS users must have been trained and are proficient in the use of the GPS unit to be used.

C.2 Contract Time

See Release Data Sheet, Attachment A.

C.3 General Information

• The Release unit boundaries are not identified on the ground. The contractor shall provide and use a GPS unit to locate the release unit boundaries as well as avoidance area boundaries. The Contractor will have at least 1 person per crew who is knowledgeable and proficient in the use of the GPS unit. Proficiency will be demonstrated to COR or inspectors prior to the start of release. The Government will provide a file that will contain the boundary polygons. The Government inspector will also carry a GPS unit.

• Average tree spacing is approximately 19 x 19 feet with an average of 119 trees per acre for the release units. All live planted and natural seedlings will be grubbed.

Natural seedlings must be in good condition to be released. Seedlings planted this year (2025) are not to be released.

• Government estimates are based on one 16 person crews per item for release.

• The Government will provide inspectors release for each of the Contractor’s crews.

Biological and Archaeological monitors will also be present, as needed. During the release the Gov. Inspector will select the order of the release units and the spacing.

• In the presence of the Gov. Inspector the Contractor shall read the contract specifications to all employees, in their native tongue. Each employee shall demonstrate their proficiency at their task to the Government before commencing work.

C.4 Location, Directions to Units, And General Access Information

See attached maps. Contract maps are intended to show only the general size and location of the units.

All specified roads that are accessible by a four-wheel drive vehicle with chains unless otherwise noted on the map. There are units that require a “walk in”, as indicated on the map. There will be no additional compensation for walk-ins. No vehicles will be permitted to operate off Forest Service system roads without approval of the Contracting Officer and/or his representative. Operators that drive Quad runners that receive permission to leave the system roads shall wear helmets.

Inaccessibility due to snow, fallen trees, mud, slides, or washouts on the Elizabeth Lake -

Pine Canyon Road (LA County maintained) Maxwell Truck Trail (FS RD 7N08), and

Liebre Mountain Road (FS RD 7N23), may or may not be corrected at the option of the

Government. If road access is blocked, the Government may, under the Changes Clause (1) provide an alternate access route; (2) delete the inaccessible unit(s), (3) require an

“unspecified walk-in”, or delay planting until access is available.

C.5 Contractor’s Representative

Before work starts, the Contractor shall designate, in writing, an English-speaking person to be acting during Contractor’s absence from the work site. The Contractor shall list the extent of authority the representative will have on the job. The Contractor or the Acting

Authorized Representative shall receive orders and instructions from the Contracting

Officer’s Representative, or the Inspector, and shall take such action as is required to keep the job in progress under the terms of this contract.

The Contractor shall have a minimum of one designated non-working foreman and one designated inspector/safety officer for each crew. Crew size can vary from 14 to 18 crewmen. Each crew foremen and inspector shall be able to read and speak English. If no

English-speaking foreman and inspector are available, work may be suspended until the situation is rectified. In this event, contract time will continue, unless contract is terminated for default.

C.6 Priority of Work

The Government will determine the order of units to be released, typically from low elevation to high elevation unless otherwise agreed to. All seedlings as shown on

“Attachment “shall be released in the acres. shown in SECTION B – PRICING

SCHEDULE. A unit shall be completed prior to starting a new unit.

C.7 Government Furnished Property

The Government will deliver to the Contractor the following Government furnished property in accordance with FAR clause 52.245-4:

• GPS layer of Release Unit boundaries and avoidance/exclusion area boundaries within the units. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to find and stay within the unit boundaries on the ground and to identify and avoid Avoidance/Exclusion areas within the unit boundaries. Sites of historical significance, areas containing rare plants, and Riparian Conservation Areas exist within the Release Unit boundaries.

• Maps

• Risk Assessment Worksheets

C.8 Contractor Furnished Property

Contractor shall furnish the following release tools which shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1. Tools, toilets, hand washing facilities, personal protective equipment and drinking water for workers.

2. GPS units with sufficient software to identify unit boundaries on the ground one per crew. Contractor may call Gabrielle Sarmiento at 661-236-4887 to check the adequacy of their GPS units.

C.9-1 Public Safety

1. A safety plan will be prepared by the Contractor upon award and may vary on complexity and proximity to high use areas and permittee facilities. See Attachment

2. Project areas are located along roads, facilities, and near popular recreation areas.

Therefore, warning signs, and or safety precautions, depending on operations, shall be employed by the Contractor to ensure public and employee safety. warning signs must meet standards set forth in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control

Devices.

C.9-2 Roads and Trail Maintenance

1. Road and trail maintenance is not required. All roads and trails shall remain open, unobstructed, and free of trees and/or slash always during the Contractor’s operations. Any damage caused by Contractor’s activities to gates, drainage structures or deleterious roadbed or trail bed reshaping shall be repaired at the

Contractor’s expense under the direction of the Contracting Officer.

C.10 Technical Specifications

Grubbing Work Methods

Before commencing work and in the presence of the Government the Contractor shall read these contract specifications to all employees in their native tongue. Each employee shall demonstrate their proficiency at their task to the Government before commencing work. All work shall be performed in an organized manner as whole crew or at a minimum half crew.

1) Grub Circle Size: The Contractor shall treat all competing vegetation (herbaceous plants, invasive weeds, and woody plants) vegetation that enters the 5-foot grub radius which is measured horizontally, centered on a planted or natural conifer.

2) Grub Circle Protocol: At each planted or natural conifer, the Contractor shall first remove all competing vegetation within 5 feet of the planted or natural conifer seedling, then remove all invasive weeds. Invasive weeds will be bagged and not left on site.

3) Spacing: All living planted conifers within the units specified in “Attachment “by the Government shall be released up to the acres specified in Section B – PRICING

SCHEDULE. Spacing of the planted trees is an average of 19 feet. Naturally occurring conifer seedlings taller than six inches will be treated as well as planted conifers. Natural conifer seedlings shall be spaced off planted conifers and each other at a minimum of 10 feet and a maximum of 20 feet.

4) Vegetation to be Grubbed: All competing vegetation (herbaceous, invasive, and woody) vegetation within the grub circle shall be treated. For this contract, sensitive plants identified in the post Award (Pre-Work) Conference shall not be grubbed. All invasive weeds will be treated up to 5 feet from each seedling. Competing vegetation shall be severed 1.5 inches below the surface. For plants that have rhizomes only the above ground portion shall be removed to a depth of 1.5 inches.

5) Damage Prevention: Conifer seedlings/natural seedlings shall not be damaged in the process of cutting competitive vegetation. Damage includes any injury to the living crown, candle, bole, or roots of the seedlings. Soils shall not be scalped or pulled away from the seedling during the cutting of vegetation. Do not scalp the soil out of the radius circle, just treat the vegetation. If pull-able vegetation cannot be cut due to slash or rocks, the vegetation shall be hand pulled.

6) Contractor Created Slash: All grubbed material may be left in the grub circles to the extent is does not damage, harm or potentially affect the growth of the seedlings.

All invasive weeds that are treated will be bagged and removed off National Forest lands.

7) Naturals: Conifer seedlings 6 inches in height or taller and less than 1.0 inches in diameter that were not planted.

8) Staked Rows: For monitoring purposes, some seedlings may be marked with metal stake or pin flag. These seedlings will be treated the same way any other seedling when grubbing. If it is necessary to remove a stake or pin flag, it shall be replaced in the same spot and position as it was before it was removed.

C.11 Licenses and Insurance

The contractor shall obtain the insurance and licenses listed here:

• MSPA Card (Form WH510). This contract does require the contractor to be registered with the US Department of labor as Farm Labor Contractor. The

Contractor shall provide a current WH510 or legible copy.

SECTION D – Special Contract Provisions

D.1 Measurable Performance Standards and the Government’s Quality Assurance

Plan

Quality Standard: The Government’s Quality Standard is the standard against which all the Contractor’s performance shall be measured.

Acceptable Quality Level (AQL): The maximum allowable deviation from the Quality

Standard established below by the Government for work performed in this contract before the Government will invoke rework. The AQL does not allow a Contractor to knowingly offer or perform defective services below the Quality Standard, but limits reduced payments to circumstances in which defective performance results in a measurable reduction in the value of services received by the Government.

Government’ Quality Assurance Plan – Release

TASK QUALITY

STANDARDS

ACCEPTABLE

QUALITY

LEVEL

MEANS OF

MEASUREMENT

DEDUCTIONS INCENTIVES

Trees with Grub

Circles

Technical

Specifications

95% of all planted/natural conifers within a Release Unit specified for release have grub circles

Contractor’s

Quality Control

Plan Inspections or Government

Inspections

Rework Good

Performance

Rating

Grub

Circle

Technical

Specifications

95% of each grub circle meets technical specifications.

(5-foot radius grub circle each tree minimum)

Contractor’s

Quality Control

Plan Inspections or Government

Inspections

Rework Good

Performance

Rating

Protection of

Sensitive

Plants/

Cultural

Sites

Avoidance of

Damage to

Plants or

Cultural Sites

97% of all sensitive plants and 100% of cultural sites within grubbed circles are not damaged, cut or removed.

Contractor’s

Quality Control

Plan inspections or

Government

Inspections

Cost

Reductions from Contract

Total for

Damage or

Destruction

Loss of

Revenue from

Contract Price

D.2 Inspection

Meeting the Government’s Quality Assurance: The Government Inspectors will be in the field inspecting site prep/weed control, planted seedlings and planting units as they are planted, release units as they are released. The Government inspectors will also inspect the

Contractors inspection plots to see if they adequately measure the Contractor’s compliance with the Government’s Quality Assurance Plan and the contract specifications for planting and release. The inspections may lag the Contractor’s completion of a unit. Units will not be accepted as complete until the Government Inspectors have completed their inspections and all contract specifications for planting and the Governments Quality Assurance Plan standards have been met.

Informal Visits: The Contracting Officer and/or his/her appointed representative may visit the work units to observe the Contractor’s work in progress.

Contractor’s Self-Inspection: Under this contract, The Contractor shall conduct quality control inspections using a Quality Control Plan submitted and approved by the Contacting

Officer prior to the pre-work meeting. This Quality Control Plan shall include a procedure for a self-inspection system to show compliance with the Government’s QAP standards and the contract specification for the planting work. The Contractor always have a non-working

Foreman/Safety Officer and Inspector for every crew with the intended purpose of insuring quality control and overseeing the Contractor’s self-inspection

The Contractor’s self-inspection shall comply with the following:

a. Shall be systematic in application.

b. Shall yield an inspection plot of at least one 1/20th ac. for every 7.5 acres or approximately 80 plots for all activities under this contract. There shall be at least 1 plot per release unit.

c. Shall be documented on a Contractor designed form.

d. Shall be timely in performance.

e. Shall address all the work specifications and the Government Quality Assurance

Plan.

f. Shall show a method of determining quality attained.

g. Shall be designated on the ground by flagging and a latitude and longitude will be recorded sufficiently to be located by a Government inspector.

Each site prep/weed control. planting and release unit shall be inspected separately and the results of one unit shall not be averaged with those of other units for rework purposes.

Contractor’s Timing of Inspections: Inspections for release shall be performed concurrently with the progress of work. A copy of each unit inspection along with any forms used in the inspection shall be given to the COR’s representative the morning following the completion of the planting unit.

Failure to Comply with the Specifications

In any release unit, failure to comply with the Government’s Inspection may require rework of the area at Contractor’s expense. If the quality of future work is not improved to meet specifications within two consecutive workdays after Contractor’s receipt of notice, the

Contractor’s right to proceed may be terminated. Failure of the Contractor to correct unsatisfactory conditions or continued failure to follow contract specifications will be considered non-compliance with terms of the contract and may be grounds for contract termination.

Unit Acceptance

The Contracting Officer may accept completed units based for the purpose of partial payments. Each Item will be inspected separately, and inspection results will not be averaged with those of other Items.

Re-inspection Charges

Re-inspection charges of $10.00 per acre or for entire acreage of all re-work areas on the second and subsequent inspections may be deducted from payment due to the Contractor.

D.2 Deliveries and Performance

Release Progress

Seedling survival and growth is dependent upon proper soil and weather conditions when released. These conditions will only prevail for a limited length of time; therefore, release must start promptly after these suitable conditions occur. Work shall start on the effective date of the Notice to Proceed. Items shall be released in the preference established by the

COR. The Contractor shall maintain progress at a rate, which assures completion within the indicated contract time. The minimum acceptable rate of progress will be calculated by dividing the total units of work for each Item by contract time.

The Contractor’s right to proceed may be terminated if any of the following conditions exist:

a. Progress falls behind the minimum acceptable rate of progress by more than 5%.

b. Planting quality falls below 90 percent for more than 20 percent of the item acreage.

c. Satisfactory release quality or progress is not attained within the time specified in a written cure notice. Such notice may be in the form of a work order and there shall be no more than 2 working days for correction action to be completed.

Notice to Proceed and Contract Time

The Government will issue a Notice to Proceed as soon as weather and ground conditions are favorable for survival of planting stock and favorable for site prep/weed control and release. Contract time will start on the sooner of:

a. The date specified on the Notice to Proceed if hand delivered.

b. The third day after the Post office has issued a Notice of Certified mail to the

Contractor. Failure of the Contractor to pick up certified mail will not be considered an excusable delay.

c. When site prep/weed control, planting or release commences.

Whenever the Contracting Officer’s Representative determines that the temperature, humidity, soil moisture, plant moisture stress, winds, or a combination of these and other physical conditions have become unsuitable for seedling survival on any area, the

Contractor shall move the work force to another area(s), prescribed by the Contracting

Officer’s Representative. When no other area is available, the Contracting Officer will issue a Suspend Work Order and contract time will stop. When conditions are again favorable, the Contracting Officer will issue a verbal Resume Work Order and confirm the resumption in writing. Contract time will resume on the effective work resumption date. In all cases, the Contractor shall resume work within 3 calendar days after the effective work resumption date.

It is the Contractor’s responsibility to keep the Contracting Officer currently advised as to where the Contractor or the Contractor’s representative may be reached by phone during periods of work suspension. If the Contractor cannot be reached at the phone number provided, or if the Contractor fails to leave a number, a written Resume Work Order will be mailed, and contract time will resume on the date specified on the Resume Work Order.

When work in a unit is suspended or stopped, it shall be the Contractor’s responsibility to delineate the planted area to aid in locating the starting point when work resumes, and to permit the inspectors to determine the area completed.

A Notice to Proceed may be issued for a portion of an area which is clear. Contract time will begin by using the same criteria as above.

Schedules

The Contractor shall provide, to the Contracting Officer for approval, a practicable work schedule before or by the pre work conference. Any changes to the schedule shall be subject to Contracting Officer approval.

If, in the opinion of the Contracting Officer, the Contractor falls behind the approved schedule, the Contractor shall take steps necessary to improve its progress, including those that may be required by the Contracting Officer, without additional cost to the Government.

In this circumstance, the Contracting Officer may require the Contractor to increase the number of shifts, overtime operations, and days of work.

Failure of the Contractor to comply with the requirements of the Contracting Officer under this clause shall be grounds for a determination by the Contracting Officer that the

Contractor is not prosecuting the work with sufficient diligence to ensure completion within the time specified in the contract. Upon making this determination, the Contracting Officer may terminate the Contractor’s right to proceed with the work, or any separable part of it, in accordance with the default terms of this contract.

ITEM NO. ESTIMATED START WORK DATE CONTRACT TIME

1 March 10 2025 2 days

2 March 12, 2025 59 days

D.3 Contract Inspection Requirement

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

D.4 Inspection of Services-Fixed Price

a) Definitions, “Services” as used in this clause, includes, services performed, workmanship, and material furnished or utilized in the performance of services.

b) The Contractor shall provide and maintain an inspection system acceptable to the

Government, covering the services under this contract. Complete records of inspection work performed by the contractor shall be maintained and made available to the Government during contract performance and for as long as afterwards as the contract requires.

c) The Government has the right to inspect and test all services called for by the contract, to the extent practicable at all times and places during the term of this contract. The Government shall perform inspections and test in a manner that will not duly delay the work.

d) If the Government performs inspections or tests on the premises of the Contractor or a subcontractor the Government shall furnish, and shall require subcontractors to furnish, at no increase in contract price, all reasonable facilities, and assistance for the safe and convenient performance of these duties.

e) If any of the services do not conform to contract requirements, the Government may require the Contractor to perform the services again in conformity with contract requirements, at no increase in contract amount. When the defects in service cannot be corrected by re-performance, the Government may (1) require the Contractor to take necessary action to ensure that future performance conforms to contract requirements and (2) reduce the contract price to reflect the reduced values of the services performed.

f) If the Contractor fails to promptly perform the services again or take the necessary action to ensure future performance in conformity with contract requirements, the

Government may (1) by contract or otherwise, perform the services and charge to the Contractor any cost incurred by the Government that directly related to the performance of such service or (2) terminate the contract for default.

D.4 Unit Measurement

1. All linear and area measurements in this contract have been measured on a horizontal plane. Release units may contain nonwork areas within their perimeters.

These non work areas will be honored with the assistance from the Government

Inspector.

2. The area to be planted is not enclosed by a line or on the ground delineations. The only boundary exists as polygons drawn in a GIS program and exported to the GPS unit as a file.

D.5 Payments

The Contractor will be paid the bid price per tree times the number of trees completed that meet the contract specifications. The Contractor will be paid the bid price per acre times that number of acres completed that meet the Contract specifications for site prep/weed control and release. Only completed units will be paid for. See Government’s Quality

Assurance Plan for the Acceptable Quality Level for reduced payments.

Partial payments may be made if requested by the Contractor if payment will only be made upon completion, inspection, and acceptance of a complete unit(s).

a. Partial payments will be made no more often than every 14 calendar days.

b. No partial payments may be made for a partial unit.

D.7 Cutting or Pulling of Planted and or Natural Seedlings

The removal of seedlings (natural or planted) to avoid having to release them will be treated as a criminal matter as an attempt to defraud the Government and will be referred to law enforcement for investigation. In addition, after the first instance a crewman will be removed. After the second instance by the same crew the foreman and crew will be removed from the project. All pulled trees will be charged at the rate of $50.00/seedling.

D.8 Archaeological, Rare Plants, RCA’s or areas stocked with natural seedlings.

Sites of historical significance, and areas containing rare plants will be flagged in orange or otherwise identified for avoidance. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to know where the avoidance areas are as provided in the GIS layers and/or the flagging on the ground. No site preparation/weed control, planting, release or pass through will take place within 300 feet from a streambank on either side of perrenial stream or 100 feet from the streambank on either side of an intermittent stream. Within these RCA’s (Riparian Conservation Areas), and other avoidance areas provided on GIS layers and areas designated by orange flagging no activity by the Contractor shall not be allowed,. Considerable fines may be imposed for disturbance of these areas.

Contracting Officer and/or his representative will notify Contractor and the Government

Inspector of known cultural site locations prior to performance of services.

If a previously unidentified archaeological or historic site(s) is encountered, the Contractor shall discontinue work in the general are of the site(s) and notify the Contracting Officer and his representative immediately.

D.8 Worker Safety

1. The Contractor shall comply with the Release Job Hazard Analysis Attachment D.

The Contactor shall provide a Safety Officer on each crew whose responsibilities include directing the crew away from unsafe locations, identifying hazards, and stopping work with the weather or terrain make it impossible to work safely. The

Safety Officer can also serve as foreman or inspector. The contractor shall not work or park around snags when the wind is blowing 14MPH or greater, whether it be gusts or sustained. The Government may stop work at any time when they deem the working conditions to be unsafe.

2. The Contractor shall train all workers on the job site in the safe operation of all tools and equipment used on the job site.

3. The Contractor shall provide all workers on the job site with information concerning the identification and avoidance of site-specific hazards or hazardous conditions.

4. The Contractor shall provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for each worker on the job site. Such equipment shall be in a serviceable, sanitary, and reliable condition; equipment that is found to be damaged or defective shall be immediately replaced and shall not be used.

5. The Contractor shall ensure that all workers on the site wear the provided PPE while working on the job site.

6. Consistent with US Department of Labor regulations, PPE shall be provided at no expense to the worker.

7. Appropriate PPE includes, but is not limited to, the following:

a. Foot protection that provides adequate traction and ankle support. For workers operating chain saws, foot protection that shall be constructed with cut-resistant material which will protect the employee against contact with a running chain saw.

b. Hard hat that meets the minimum requirements of American National

Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z89.1-1997. Hard hats shall be worn where there is potential for head injury from falling or flying objects.

c. Eye protection that meets the minimum requirements of ANSI standard

Z87.1-2003. Eye protection shall be worn where there is potential for eye injury due to flying objects or sharp objects encountered at eye level.

D.9 Contractor’s Sanitation Responsibilities

The Contractor shall provide access to clean drinking water for his/her workers. In addition, Contractors are required to provide toilets and hand washing capabilities, whether utilized or not, while working on National Forest land performing reforestation work.

Field Sanitation In accordance with US Department of Labor Fact Sheet No. ESA 97-28 “Field

Sanitation Standards” (Ref. 29CFR 1928.110), employers must provide:

► Potable drinking water, suitably cool and in enough amounts, dispensed in single-use cups or by fountains, located to be readily accessible to employees.

► Facilities maintained in accordance with public health sanitation practices include upkeep of water quality through daily change or more often if necessary.

► Notification to each employee of the location of the water and allowance of reasonable opportunities during the workday to use them. The employer also must inform the employee of the relevant health hazards in the field and the practices necessary to minimize them.

Employees cannot be made to bear the costs incurred by the employer for providing required facilities.

D.11 Resource Protection Standards

• Resource protection measures shall be implemented by the Contractor to protect soils from impacts of erosion, compaction and loss of productivity.

• The Contractor shall conduct all contract related activities in a manner to prevent damage to other resources which include but is not limited to the following:

Land survey monuments, bearing trees, utility poles and lines and underground facilities, water lines, gas lines, ditches, fences, research equipment, gates, traffic counters and animal traps. The locations of protected and sensitive plant and animal species and their habitat which is located on the contract maps, or which may be discovered after contract award. Historic or prehistoric sites, buildings, objects or properties located on contract maps or discovered after contract award. Riparian

Conservation Areas (RCA’s)

• The Contractor may be required to repair damage to any roads and or trails used without the consent of the Contracting Officer.

• Control (non-activity) areas are located on the contract maps and/or flagged with orange flagging indicate areas with specific treatment limitations, generally equipment shall be excluded and/or contract activities modified. Discovery of any area or object of a suspected control resource shall be immediately reported to the

Contracting Officer.

D.12 Pollution Control

• The Contractor shall prepare and implement a Spill Prevention and Countermeasures

(SPCP) Plan for the spray project and when total oil and oil products storage exceeds 1320 gallons in containers of 55 gallon or greater. This plan will be submitted prior to or at the pre-work meeting. The SPCP shall meet applicable EPA and State requirements and be certified by a registered professional engineer. The

Contractor shall immediately take action to contain and cleanup, without expense to the Government, all petroleum products and herbicide and other pesticide spills caused directly or indirectly by the Contractor or Contractor’s employees. The

Contractor shall be liable for all damages and costs deemed necessary by the

Government for the spill containment and cleanup.

• The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer of any hazardous substances used on the project area and shall have Material Safety Data Sheets available for those materials. All such materials shall be labeled in accordance with Federal and

State regulations. The Contractor shall maintain a Hazardous Substance Plan. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, hazardous substances to be used in the project area and the identification of the Contractor Representative responsible for supervising initial containment action for releases and subsequent cleanup.

• The Contractor shall notify appropriate agencies, including the Contracting Officer of all spills, leaks or other releases of hazardous materials including petroleum products on or in the vicinity of National Forest land caused directly or indirectly by the Contractor or Contractor’s employees.

• The Contractor shall maintain all equipment operating on the project area in good repair and free of leakage of lubricants, fuel, coolant and hydraulic fluid. The

Contractor shall properly transport and dispose of all contaminated soil, vegetation, debris, oil filters, oily rags and waste oil in accordance with local, State and Federal regulations. Disposal of any such contaminated material on the National Forest is prohibited. The Contractor shall take effective measures to prevent all leaking or spilled petroleum-based products from stationary equipment and equipment being serviced.

• Trash and food shall be stored in closed containers and properly disposed of off

Forest daily. Littering of trash and food waste is prohibited.

D.13 Plan of Operations

• Upon Contracting Officer request, the Contractor shall submit a Plan of Operations related to the specifications of this contract including but not limited to the equipment type and size; labor force; ingress and egress; start date; planned rates of accomplishment; and other details related to the Contractor operations that may be requested by the Contracting Officer

D.14 Pre-work Conference

• Prior to commencement of work, the Contractor shall meet with the Contracting

Officer to discuss contract terms, work performance requirements and work progress schedules. The Inspection Plan (QCP) and work progress schedule will be provided by the Contractor before the Pre-Work Conference at the time of Award. Also, at this meeting such things as sanitation, camping requirements, fire prevention and suppression plans will be developed. The meeting will be held at a time and place determined by the Contracting Officer.

D.15 Camping

• Under the terms of this Contract, camping is not permitted in Forest Service

Campgrounds. The Contractor [(may (x) shall not] be permitted to camp elsewhere on the National Forest. Camping on the National Forest is not a right; and shall be subject to approval by the Contracting Officer.

D.16. Wildlife

• Wildlife encountered during project implementation should be given the opportunity to evacuate the site. This includes venomous species such as rattlesnakes.

Personnel will be reminded that harassment or removal of wildlife from the site is not permitted. Impacts to migratory birds will be minimized by avoiding nesting birds. If a nest is encountered during project implementation the nest will be avoided with a 300-foot buffer and the Contractor will notify the Contracting

Officer.

D.15 Fire Plan and Project Activity Levels

• The Contractor operations under the terms and conditions of this contract/task order shall comply with the Fire Plan (Section E, Attachment G). The Fire Plan shall be accepted by the Contractor and is subject to approval by the Contracting Officer prior to commencing any operations. The Fire Plan shall be reviewed not less than annually by the Contractor and the Contracting Officer.

SECTION E – LIST OF WEED CONTROL ATTACHMENTS

Title Number of Pages

1. Attachment A - Glossary 3

2. Attachment B - Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) 3

3. Attachment C - Job Hazard Analysis – JHA 4

4. Attachment D - Fire Plan 9

5. Attachment E- Additional Fire Precautions 2

6. Attachment F - Project Map- Weed Control Units 1

7. Attachment G- Equipment Cleaning 1

8. Attachment H- Environmental Assessment 14

9. Attachment I- Invasive Plant Treatment Form 1

10. Attachment J – Herbicide Application 2