Attachment 3 Zone 3 SOW Wood Disposal Eastern Pisgah.pdf

DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR SMALL WOOD

SPECIFICATIONS AND STATEMENT OF WORK

NANTAHALA AND PISGAH NATIONAL FORESTS

EASTERN PISGAH ZONE 3

SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall provide all labor, management, and equipment necessary to provide services described herein for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. The Forest Service is seeking to gain a disposal site in three geographic zones. One site to cover the eastern side of the Pisgah National Forest (Eastern Pisgah Zone), another site to cover the western side of the Pisgah and includes the eastern side of the Nantahala National Forest (Nantahala-Pisgah Zone) and western side of the Nantahala National Forest (Cheoah – Tusquitee Zone). The wood from the U.S. Forest Service stewardship timber sales will be disposed of at the closest disposal site. In the case that there is a disposal site that bids on a stewardship timber sale contract and happens to be the successful bidder, that wood can be hauled to their disposal site.

DESCRIPTION

Contractor is to perform the following services at the sites listed on the Schedule of Items at the times and frequencies specified for each site herein. The estimated amount of wood to be off loaded is 3,000 tons for the duration of the award. Estimated deliveries will not exceed 5 loads per day (a load is 25 tons).

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

A. Contract Document: Should be available in the scale house and accessible upon request.

B. Safety Program: The Contractor is wholly responsible for work site safety. The Contractor shall implement a safety program that protects the lives and health of personnel in the unloading area and adjacent areas, prevents damage to property, and avoids work interruptions. The Contractor shall provide appropriate safety barricades, signs, posters, etc. as well as complying with the requirements of all applicable Federal, State and Local safety laws, rules, and regulations.

C. Equipment: All equipment is to be provided by the Contractor; Scales certified by the State and operated in accordance with local, federal and state requirements. Scales capable of weighing entire loads and street legal truck configurations is required. Equipment to unload wood from standard log trucks/trailers in a safe and efficient manner with either a loader or crane with a grapple.

The contractor will accept all trucks with wood from U.S. Forest Service stewardship timber sales and will weigh trucks. The U.S. Forest Service wood will be accompanied with a load ticket. The scale ticket will be attached to the load ticket. The trucks will be weighed loaded and empty to get the actual load weight of the wood. The Forest Service will collect scale tickets once a month from the Contractor.

D. Once the awardee takes ownership of a delivery, they shall follow all applicable Federal, State and Local laws, rules, and regulations regarding disposal of the wood if that is what they chose to do with it.

E. Personnel Requirements:

1. General: The Contractor is required to review the contract requirements for work included herein and in conjunction with actual job site conditions. The Contractor is responsible for all work included herein.

2. Qualified Personnel: The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel to perform all requirements specified in this SOW.

3. Staffing: The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel to always satisfy the contract objective. Scaling shall be available from 6:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M Monday through Friday.

4. Continuity of Support: The Contractor shall ensure that the required level of support for this requirement is maintained at all times. The Contractor shall ensure that all contract support personnel are present for all hours of the workday. If for any reason the Contractor staffing levels are not maintained due to vacation, leave, appointments, etc., replacement personnel will be provided.

F. Contractor Performance:

1. PERFORMANCE OF WORK

The Contractor's attention is directed to the need for the timely performance of services provided for under this contract because the need to weigh, unload, weigh trucks again empty is the essence of the service. When the Contracting Officer or the COR observes the Contractor has failed to adequately perform any of the services for which the Contractor is responsible, the Contracting Officer or the COR will take the following action:

A. Non-Compliance: When services (weighing and unloading trucks) are not provided in accordance with the contract, the Contractor's Daily Operations Supervisor will be notified and directed to perform the services within twenty-four hours.

B. Follow-up on Non-Compliance: An inspection of non-compliance items will be made after twenty-four hours by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor's Daily Operations Supervisor will be asked to accompany the Contracting Officer's Representative during the inspection. If the inspection shows the item or items have been corrected or satisfactory and continuous progress is being made, the previous notice will be rescinded; however, if non-compliance still remains, the Contractor's Daily Operations Supervisor will be given notification in writing with copy of non-compliance mailed to the Contractor's company address.

C. Services Restored by the Contracting Officer: If the Contractor fails to execute the work as directed or fails to perform the work in a satisfactory manner, the Contracting Officer may proceed to have the work performed with other forces. The cost of the work so performed including materials, labor, and equipment will be deducted from payment due the Contractor on his contract.

Period of Performance: 10 Months from date of Award

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED RESOURCES:

The Government will not furnish any resources to the Contractor in support of this contract.

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED PROPERTY:

The Contractor shall furnish all materials, equipment, and services necessary to fulfill the requirements of this contract.