Attachment 2 SOW.pdf

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials (except for government-furnished property identified in this statement of work), supervision, transportation, equipment, supplies, and perform all work necessary for tree planting, tree cage construction and placement and deer repellant placement in accordance with the specifications, provisions, and clauses of this solicitation and any resultant contract. This work is necessary to ensure proper regeneration of preferred trees.

LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

The units can be reached by taking State Route 28 east from Bartow for approximately 4 miles and turn FR 14 and follow it for 3.5 miles and turn left onto Johns Run road (SR 250/4). Follow Johns Run Road for approximatly 3 miles, unit 22 is back FR 224. Go back out to FR 14 and travel another 6 miles and turn left onto FR 179 and drive two miles to FR 178A. Units 11 and 10 are back FR 178A approximatly three miles. Go back out to FR 14 and travel north another two miles to FR 817, units 4, 6, and 7 are back this road. Go another north on FR 14 another .25 miles to FR 369, unit 2 is back this road. Go another mile north on FR 14 and unit 72 will be on the left of the road.

Travel north for another half mile and turn left onto FR 35 and go down it for one mile to FR 35A. Unit 50 is back FR 35A about one mile.

BOUNDARIES

Boundaries of all areas are delineated by orange paint on the border trees.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY

-Seedlings -Repellex tablets

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

PLANTING

Hardwood seedlings (2-0) will be planted at a rate of 25/ac (approximatly 40 ft x 40 ft) in units 10, 50, 6, and 7 and at a rate of 75/ac (approximatly 30 ft x 30 ft) in units 22, 11, 2, and 4.

TREE CAGEING

In units 10, 50. 6, and 7 tree cages shall be constructed out of 5 foot (60-in.) tall welded wire. Cages should use a 6-foot long piece of wire and be 2-feet in diameter. Two fiberglass stakes (3/8-in diameter and 5-feet in length) will be used hold the each cage in place. All planted seedlings in these units will be caged.

Place cages so seedling is centered in the middle of the cage.

Place cages so they are vertical, so seedling can grow through top the the cage.

A total number of 25 of cages per acre will be placed in the unit.

One Repellex tablet will be placed in the planting hole with the seedling in units 22, 11, 2, and 4.

OPERATIONS

The Contractor shall exercise care and caution in all operations to prevent damage to all trees left untreated.

Any trash resulting from the Contractor's operations must be removed from the area and properly disposed of.

The Contractor shall repair and replace, without any additional cost to the Govern-ment, any erosion control devices, such as water bars and dips, that were damaged or destroyed during the operation of this contract. The Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining roads used to access the project areas and for repairing any damage resulting from the operation of this contract.

WORK AREA

Once work has begun on a unit it shall be completed before moving to another unit unless permission is granted to proceed in a different manner by the Contracting Officer (CO). The Contractor will notify the CO before beginning any work.

TERM OF THE CONTRACT

The Contractor will have until May 1 to complete the work.

The period of performance for this contract is from 03/15/2023 to 05/01/2023.

MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT

METHOD OF MEASUREMENT

The acreage of the project areas was estimated by Global Positioning System equipment, topographic maps, and aerial photographs. The acreages are determined to be correct for the purposes of this contract.

PAYMENT

Payment will be based upon Tenth-acre plots will be taken throughout the planted units to inspect and determine if trees were planted properly and cages placed correctly.