Attachment 2 - PWS.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

CONCRETE FEEDLOT PADS FOR THE SOUTH STATION CATTLE RESEARCH

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

USDA, ARS, PA, Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

(NGPRL)

1701 10th Avenue SW Mandan, ND.

DATE: June 16, 2020

STATEMENT OF WORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 Project Information

2.0 Project Contact Persons

3.0 Scope of Services

4.0 Technical Project Requirements

5.0 Background and Site Description

6.0 Technical Cost Proposal

7.0 Special Requirements

8.0 Performance Schedule

9.0 Government Furnished Equipment

10.0 General Requirements

1.0 Project Information:

A. Project Number: TBD

B. Project Title: Concrete Feedlot Pads for the south station cattle research.

C. Project Location:

USDA, ARS, PA, Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory 1701 10th Ave SW.

Mandan, ND 58554

2.0 Project Contact Persons:

A. WARRANTED CONTRACTING OFFICER

Connie Faulkner Phone: 701-239-1213

USDA ARS NPA, EDWARD T. SCHAFER AGRIC. RES.

1616 Albrecht Blvb. N.

Fargo, ND 58102-2765 Email: Connie.Faulkner@ars.usda.gov

B. ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER (EPM):

Greg Graham, USDA, ARS, WBSC Phone: 970-492-7025 2150 Centre Avenue, Building D, Suite 300 Fort Collins, CO 80526 Email: Greg.Graham@ars.usda.gov

C. RESEARCH PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVES (RPR):

David Archer Phone: 701-667-3048 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: David.archer@ars.usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

D. LOCATION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (LAO):

Jeremy Will Phone: 701-667-3014 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: Jeremy.will@ars.usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

E. LOCATION MONITOR (LM):

Mike Eberle Phone: 701-667-3075 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: Michael.eberle@ars.usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

F. COLLATERAL DUTY SAFETY OFFICER (CDSO):

Cal Thorson Phone: 701-667-3018 USDA, ARS, PA, NGPRL Email: Cal.thorson@ars.usda.gov Northern Great Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory

3.0 Scope of services:

The Contractor shall provide all professional services necessary for the accomplishment of each project and such required services shall be in accordance with requirements as described herein.

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A. The Contractor shall provide services for the following tasks marked by an “X”:

[X] Provide a cost proposal and a technical proposal to complete the project as per project requirements.

[X] The contractor shall furnish all the skilled labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supervision necessary to pour 2 concrete pads 14ft. wide by 100ft. length by 6 inches in depth. The contractor shall furnish, prepare, and install all required landscaping/site work required to prepare the area for concrete. The elevation of the existing site will need to be raised with approximately 6 inches of clay fill from the existing elevation. The fill area will encompass an area of 34ft in width by 775ft in length. Some fill will available at a site within 5 miles of jobsite. The Contractor shall be responsible for transporting any fill to the jobsite.

[X] Add Alternate A: Concrete pad 14ft. wide by 100ft. in length by 6 inches in depth with all associated landscaping and fill.

[X] Add Alternate B: Concrete pad 14ft. wide by 100ft. in length by 6 inches in depth with all associated landscaping and fill.

4.0 Technical Project Requirements:

The Contractor will work with site personnel to ensure each task is accomplished in a timely manner.

A. The Contractor’s work shall adhere to the criteria stated within these project requirements, drawings, and specifications. All construction shall comply with applicable federal, state, and local code requirements as well as current industry standards, (i.e.: EPA, ASTM, GSA, AASHTO, etc.) and health and safety codes, in effect at the time of contract award.

B. All work to meet all pertinent Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) and ARS 242.1M standards. UFGS available at http://www.wbdg.org/ffc/dod/unified-facilities-guide-specifications-ufgs.

ARS 242.1M available at https://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/ppweb/pps-and-manuals/.

5.0 Background & Site Description:

A. Concrete pads with the site dirt work and preparations are needed for cattle feeding operation at the South Unit Location. The dry lot feeding area needs to be landscaped, excavated, compacted and prepped in order to be able to pour the concrete pads for the feeding operations.

B. Existing site contains a partial feedlot. With corral and paneling in place.

The contractor must work around the site as it exists.

C. The concrete pads that shall be poured are in the location of the existing feedline. The steel posts that are already in place shall remain. The contractor must work around the existing structure.

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D. The existing steel posts that are in place where the concrete pads shall be poured will be poured around in the new concrete pads.

6.0 Technical Cost Proposal: Base Bid with Add Alternates for this contract.

7.0 Specific Requirements:

A. Concrete Pads

1. Existing site work. The contractor shall furnish, prepare, and install all required site work and landscaping/dirt work necessary for the related concrete work to be completed, including adding and compacting the required fill to raise the elevations of existing site to accommodate the required concrete work. The site shall be thoroughly compacted and tested for proper compaction to pour the cement pads.

2. The contractor shall pour the concrete pads 14ft wide by 100ft in length by 6 inches in depth at the two (2) locations marked at the site.

The concrete pads shall be a 4000psi non-fibrous mix. It shall have ½” rebar placed every 2ft. on center and raised off the ground on stands.

3. The Contractor shall apply a broom finish to the concrete.

4. Alternate A: 14ft wide by 100 ft. in length. 6 inches in depth with ½” rebar placed every 2ft. on center and raised off the ground on stands.

The concrete shall be a 4000psi non-fibrous mix.

5. Add Alternate B: 14ft wide by 100 ft, in length. 6 inches in depth with ½” rebar placed every 2ft. on center and raised off the ground on stands. The concrete shall be a 4000psi non-fibrous mix.

B. Landscaping

1. The existing site 34ft. wide x 775ft. in length will be raised from the existing elevation by 6 inches.

2. The base for the concrete pad sites shall be thoroughly compacted with 4” of clay fill to be used to build the sites and then an additional 2” of class 5 road gravel must be used and compacted on top of the 4” of clay fill for the base of the concrete pads. The site must be tested for proper compaction ratings before the concrete is poured.

3. Total elevation rise will be 6” of fill including the 4” of clay fill and 2” of gravel fill for the concrete pad sites. The rest of the area will have 6” of clay fill.

4. The Contractor will be required to backfill and landscape the area after the concrete pads are poured. The area to be back filled will be on 3 sides of the concrete pads the north, east, and west sides. It will be sloped 6 inches in depth from the finished edges of the concrete pads out 12ft. to 0 inches in depth.

5. All backfilling will be subject to the approval of the COR.

6. The Contractor is required to attain the fill material approved by the

Location Monitor from a site that is within 5 miles of the project site.

The contractor is responsible for all the loading and hauling of materials to the jobsite.

8.0 Performance Schedule: When weather is appropriate, project should be completed 120 days after Notice to Proceed or sooner.

9.0 Government Furnished Equipment\Services

A. None provided.

10.0 General Requirements:

A. Permits: Where governing regulations and imposed codes and standards require notices, permits, licenses, inspections, tests, and similar items or actions in order to lawfully proceed with the required work, the Design Contractor shall obtain items and take those actions in accordance with the regulations of the governing authority. The costs of construction permits, licenses, inspections, etc., are the obligation of the future Construction Contractor.

B. Schedules shall be updated and furnished with each submittal.

C. Submittals shall be made as scheduled in the Special Requirements section. Each submittal shall be distributed electronically in Adobe for review, to the Location Monitor at the facility, Engineering Project Manager, and Contracting Officer. Each submittal shall contain the previous submittal's Excel comment sheet with responses, notes of meetings held with ARS personnel, design notes, calculations, and construction progress bi-weekly meetings during construction.

D. Changes in the scope of work or the task order that affect the level of effort of the Contractor must be pre-approved by the CO.

E. Disputes or questions that arise after the task order has been negotiated will be resolved by the CO.