Attachment 4-Ikes Valley QASP.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- 1240LS22R0005
- Issued by
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Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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This document outlines the requirements for a federal contract to conduct vegetation improvement projects on the Dixie National Forest in Utah. The contractor will be required to perform commercial hand thinning, pruning, and piling on approximately 1,280 acres and hand thinning, pruning, and lopping/scattering of slash on approximately 4,763 acres. The contractor must furnish all necessary labor, equipment, materials, transportation, and incidentals to remove trees and piles and scatter slash according to specifications. The contractor must also provide Avenza map-capable devices to crew leaders to ensure work stays within unit boundaries. The project location encompasses mixed conifer and pine forests between 7,290 to 8,579 feet in elevation near Cedar City, Utah. The solicitation number for this small business set-aside contract is 1240LS22R0005, with work anticipated to begin in fall 2022. Interested vendors must register in the System for Award Management to receive updates issued solely through the federal contracting website.
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Ike’s Valley Vegetation Improvement Project Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)
Tasks and Critical
Sub Tasks
Quality Standards Acceptable Quality Level Means of Measure Incentives/Disincentives
Fuels Thinning
All juniper, subalpine fir, and white fir trees 18 inches tall and taller will be cut. Three snags per acre should be left standing. Residual trees will be cut to 18 by 18 feet spacing.
All juniper, subalpine fir, and white fir trees 18 inches tall and taller are cut. All roads and trails will be kept free of slash.
See contract for desirable leave tree characteristics.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection plots.
Performance Appraisal or re-work of unit(s).
Fuels Piling All existing and project generated slash 8 inches in diameter and smaller will be piled according to the contract specifications.
100% of the slash 8 inches in diameter and smaller will be piled according to the contract specifications.
Material over 8 inches diameter will not be piled.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection plots.
Performance Appraisal or re-work of unit(s).
Pruning Residual trees will be limbed up to 6 feet high.
All of the residual trees will be limbed up to 6 feet high.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection plots.
Performance Appraisal or re-work of unit(s).
Stump Heights
Stump height shall be no higher than 6” measured on the uphill side. Stumps will have no live limbs greater than ¼ inch diameter.
100% of stump height should be no more than 6” as measured on the uphill side.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection plots.
Performance Appraisal or re-work of unit(s).
Lopping and
Scattering
Trees will be cut according to thinning specifications. All slash will be removed from under the drip line of residual trees and will be removed from within 10 feet of the unit boundaries. All slash will be 18 inches tall or less.
All slash will be removed from under the drip line of residual trees and will be removed from within 10 feet of the unit boundaries.
All slash will be 18 inches tall or less.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection plots.
Performance Appraisal or re-work of unit(s).
Timber Thinning All juniper, subalpine fir, spruce, and white fir trees 18 inches tall and taller will be cut. Three snags per acre should be left standing except cut all snag within 40 feet of unit boundaries. Residual trees will be cut to 18 by 18 feet spacing.
All juniper, subalpine fir, spruce, and white fir trees
18 inches tall and taller are cut. All roads and trails will be kept free of slash.
See contract for desirable leave tree characteristics.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection plots.
Performance Appraisal or re-work of unit(s).
Timber Hand Piling
All existing and project generated slash 8 inches in diameter and smaller will be piled according to the contract specifications.
100% of the slash 1 inch diameter up to 18 inches long and 8 inches in diameter and smaller will be piled according to the contract specifications.
Material over 8 inches will not be piled.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection.
Performance Appraisal or re-work of unit(s).
Sanitation Harvest
Lop and Scatter
All trees with any sign of mistletoe will be cut. Stumps will have no live limbs greater than 1/4 inch in diameter. The cut trees will then be lopped and scattered to less than 18 inches tall. Any larger live trees remaining will have no slash under the drip lines. Cut all snag within 40 feet of unit boundaries.
All slash will be removed from under the drip line of residual trees and will be removed from within 10 feet of the unit boundaries.
All slash will be 18 inches tall or less.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection.
Soil Compaction
There will be no vehicle caused trenches deeper than 2 inches.
100% of all track trenches shall be no deeper than 2 inches.
Periodic visual inspections and/or planned inspection.
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