Attachment 2. Statement of Work & Specs (final).pdf

SDRC Road Brushing 2025

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

SCOPE OF CONTRACT

The purpose of this contract is to provide roadside brushing maintenance for various roads on the Descanso Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest. The final product will provide needed roadside brushing to roads shown on the project map. The work consists of five (5) roads totaling 31.61 miles of Cutting Roadway Vegetation (Spec-

842) both sides of each road 10’ from road edge within San Diego County.

This contract provides for the equipment, labor, and services necessary to perform work ordered by the Government for road maintenance on unsurfaced roads, in compliance with the terms, specifications, drawings and provisions of this contract. Locations of work will be directed by the Forest Service.

PROJECT LOCATION

The project locations are throughout the Cleveland National Forest (see vicinity map). The terrain varies from one site to another and can be relatively flat in areas and moderately hilly and steep in others. Soil conditions vary as well, from soft and sandy to compacted and extremely rocky. A general vicinity map is included with this solicitation. Cleveland National Forest maps are also available to assist in locating the individual roads and can be purchased at the respective Ranger District Office. The office is open between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. The offices are located at:

• Descanso Ranger District 3348 Alpine Blvd. Alpine, CA 91901

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Time for completion: 90 calendar days from the issuance of the “Notice to Proceed”.

REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services, and facilities to perform the Statement of Work/Specifications referenced below.

The Contractor shall minimize mechanical activity during rainy periods and the CO may shut down the operation if excessive soil disturbance and/or erosion problems occur.

The Contractor shall repair all associated damage on established roads, adjacent vegetation or other improvements caused by their operations or equipment prior to partial or final payment.

The Contractor shall provide technical submittals for all materials that may be furnished on this project for Forest Service review and approval prior to installation.

SDRC Road Brushing 2025

The Contractor shall dispose of all project related trash and debris off Forest lands prior to final payment.

The Contractor is responsible for contacting the Forest dispatch center to obtain the fire predicted Project Activity Level (PAL) each day and restrict work accordingly.

The Contractor shall adhere to the pertinent requirements addressed in the Fire Plan. Fire Plan restrictions may require work to cease at 1:00 pm or not be initiated at all on a high fire activity day.

The Contractor is responsible for traffic control and equipment staging requirements in work areas when working on National Forest System Lands.

There are some heritage resource areas that need to be monitored while working in the designated sensitive areas.

If additional heritage resources are discovered during implementation, all project related work shall cease immediately and notification to the COR initiated.

The Contractor shall provide clean equipment for the project prior to driving on Forest and between project areas to prevent the introduction of invasive weeds to the Forest.

SPECIFICATIONS

The following standard Forest Service specifications are included as a part of this contract:

805 Mobilization 842 Cutting Roadway Vegetation

ATTACHMENTS

FS BMP’s Fire Plan

MAPS

1 CNF Vicinity Map 2 CNF Road Brushing Map 2025

805 MOBILIZATION / EQUIPMENT MOVING (10/16)

1. DESCRIPTION

This Section consists of one or more mobilizations of personnel, equipment, supplies, and incidentals to the project site, or sites listed in the Schedule of Items.

2. REQUIREMENT

a. Make equipment available for inspection before it is used on National Forest System lands.

b. Moving is complete, when the contractor has moved from the present work site to the ordered work site and returned to the previous location.

c. Equipment will be clean and weed free before it arrives on National Forest System lands.

3. LOCATION OF WORK

As specified on roads listed on the Road Listing, Shown on the Plans, or as ordered by the

Contracting Officer.

4. MEASUREMENT

Measurement under this Section will be made by the total number of units for each item listed in the Schedule of Items completed and accepted.

Mile: work activity will be measured along the shortest feasible route to the nearest one (1) mile, from the starting location of the move, to the ordered work site.

5. PAYMENT

a. The accepted quantities will be paid at the contract price per unit of measurement for the

Section 805 pay items listed in the schedule of items. Mobilization is complete when all equipment, personnel, and materials are moved to the project site and work has been started. Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribed in this Section.

Mobilization is incidental unless ordered for a specific project at a specific time.

b. Payment will be made under:

Pay Item Description Pay Unit

805 (1) Mobilization Mile

842 CUTTING ROADWAY VEGETATION (10/16)

1. DESCRIPTION

This work consists of cutting all vegetative growth including trees and other vegetation less than four (4) inches in diameter.

2. MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

a. General

1) Brush, trees, and other vegetation less than four (4) inches in diameter within each area treated shall be cut to a maximum height of six (6) inches above the ground surface or obstruction such as rocks or existing stumps. When work is performed under this

Section, the Contractor shall remove all limbs which extend into the treated area or over the roadbed to a height shown in the Special Project Specifications.

2) Signs, markers, and other road appurtenances are designated to be retained. Other items to remain will be marked on the ground.

3) The width of the vegetation to be cut shall be as shown in the Special Project

Specifications.

4) Work may be performed either by hand or mechanically unless specifically shown in the Road Listing and Schedule of Items. Self-propelled equipment shall not be allowed on cut and fill slopes or in ditches.

5) Damage to trunks of standing trees caused by Contractor's operation shall be corrected by Contractor, either by treatment with a commercial nursery sealer or by removing the tree as directed by the Government.

6) Mechanical brush cutters shall not be operated when there are non-Contractor personnel or occupied vehicles within a hazardous distance of immediate operating area.

7) Trees within the cutting limits which are over four (4) inches in diameter shall be limbed in lieu of cutting

8) When trees are limbed, limbs shall be cut within four (4) inches of the trunk

b. Cutting Side Vegetation

1) Pass mile work cutting limits shall be established as follows:

a) Fill and daylighted (wide roadbed) section cutting shall commence at the edge of the traveled way and proceed away from the road centerline.

b) Drainage ditched section cutting shall commence at the bottom of the existing ditch and proceed away from the road centerline. Cutting on ditch foreslopes is not required.

c) Unditched cut section cutting shall commence at the intersection of the cutbank and the roadbed and proceed away from centerline.

2) Side mile work will be ordered in uniform width for the length of the listed segments of roads.

3) Unless otherwise included in Special Project Specifications work shall commence at the edge of the traveled way and proceed away from the road centerline. For roads without a defined traveled way the starting point for cutting will be marked in the field or defined in

Special Project Specifications.

4) Transitions between differing increments of cutting width shall be provided. Transitions shall be accomplished in a taper length of not less than fifty (50) nor more than seventy

(70) feet

c. Requirement Table

The width and height of the vegetation cutting shall be:

Road No.

From Mile To Mile Width Height

d. Debris

1) Materials resulting from the cutting operation in excess of one (1) foot in length or three

(3) inches in diameter, shall not be allowed to remain on roadway slopes within the treated area, in ditches, or within water courses.

2) Limbs and chunks in excess of three (3) inches in any dimension shall be removed from the traveled way and shoulders.

3) Materials may be scattered downslope from the roadbed, outside of the work area and drainages. Concentrations shall be rescattered or removed.

3. MEASUREMENT

a. Measurement for cutting vegetation by the pass mile will be determined by the number of four (4) foot passes ordered and accepted. Partial increments ordered to complete the outside edge of backslope or fill slope cutting and transitions will be measured as full passes. The length of each pass will be determined to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) mile on each road.

b. Measurement for cutting side vegetation by the side mile will be the length of roads or segments ordered and accepted. The length will be determined to the nearest one-tenth

(1/10) mile on each side of each road.

c. No reduction in the mileage between road terminal shown on the road listing will be made for areas where there is little or no vegetation to be cut.

4. PAYMENT

a. The accepted quantities will be paid at the unit price shown in the Schedule of Items.

b. Payment will be made under:

Pay Item Description Pay Unit

842 (1) Cutting Side Vegetation Pass Mile

842 (2) Cutting Side Vegetation Side Mile