Attachment_4_Statement_of_Work.doc

Retiarius Mechanical Site Prep and Fuels Reduction

Statement of Work

STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 SCOPE OF CONTRACT

Description of Work: The intent of this contract is to secure services for the following:

Mandatory Item #1: Hand Cut and/or Machine Cut and/or Machine Push and/or Tractor Pile 22 treatment units totaling 252 acres.

Mandatory Item #2: Machine Grapple Pile 2 treatment units totaling 24 acres.

Mandatory Item #3: Masticate 15 treatment units totaling 118 acres.

Note: Units T4, T5, T7, T8, T15E, and T15 will be treated under both Items 1 and 3.

Award of Optional Items: If the Forest Service elects to award Optional Items, in no case will a partial unit be awarded. Optional Items may be awarded anytime up to August 25, 2025. Additional time will be added to the contract to complete awarded optional items at a rate of 1 day per 5 acres added.

Optional Item #4 Skyline Unit: Hand Cut and/or Machine Cut and/or Machine Push and/or Machine Pile on slopes up to 50% for 6 treatment units totaling 39 acres.

Optional Item #5: Masticate 1 treatment units totaling 56 acres.

Optional Item #6: Masticate 1 treatment units totaling 16 acres.

Optional Item #7: Masticate 1 treatment units totaling 3 acres.

Optional Item #8: Masticate 1 treatment units totaling 193 acres.

Contractor Responsibility: The Contractor shall provide everything--including, but not limited to, all equipment, supplies, transportation, labor, and supervision--necessary to complete the project, except for that which the contract clearly states is to be furnished by the Government.

Before work may begin the Contractor shall designate, in writing, at least one person on site with authority to act in case of the Contractor’s absence from the work site. The Contractor shall list the extent of authority this representative will have on the job. The Contractor or authorized representative shall be on the project area whenever work is in progress. In the absence of the Contractor, this authorized representative shall receive orders and instructions from the Contracting Officer and shall take such action as is required to keep the job in progress under the terms of the contract. The Contractor and authorized representative(s) shall have ability to speak and write in the English language.

C.2 Project Location & Description Location: The project is located on the Eldorado National Forest, Georgetown Ranger District and Pacific Ranger District in El Dorado and Placer Counties. Specific maps of the treatment areas are included in the Contract Maps sets and Supplemental Specifications.

Boundary Designation: Boundaries of treatment units will be flagged with red polka dot and/or verbally designated by Contracting Officer’s personnel on site at the time of treatment. Boundaries will generally be identifiable features on the ground, such as roads, ridges, drainages, or residual tree line.

Where boundaries cannot be flagged due to dense vegetation a GPS unit or tablet capable of using AVENZA maps will be required for the contractor to virtually locate unit boundaries.

Global Positioning System (GPS) or Geographic Information System (GIS) Arc View method was used to determine the gross size of work units in each item (see unit data tables in section B/C.1 above). Units in those data tables (B/C.1) identified as Vulcan area units will be GPSed to determine completed final acres. Payment will be based on Actual Treatment Acres determined by GPS for any unit at the discretion of the Forest Service after contractor completes the unit. Contractor shall be required to have a GPS unit (Global Positioning System) on each piece of felling and mastication equipment capable of 30 ft (9.1 meters) accuracy. Each GPS unit shall be capable of downloading and uploading unit location data from F.S. Geographic Information Systems. Use of the AVENZA Map app will be acceptable for this requirement.

Exclusions (non-work areas): Non-work sites or areas will be designated with orange flagging with the words “NOXIOUS WEED”, or pink and chartreuse (bright green) flagging, or blue and white striped flagging, or black and pink flagging. See section B/C.9 Supplemental Specifications for more information.

Accessibility: Travel routes may be affected by rockslides, down timber and other unforeseen circumstances that may interrupt access.

All work areas are accessible by standard pickup, although 4X4 vehicles are highly recommended.

C.3 Maps Maps showing the general vicinity and/or specific work areas are included as Attachments 5-10 Maps. Maps are general in nature and are not to be considered as definitively identifying locations.

C.4 Estimated Start Date & Contract Time Estimated Start Date for mandatory items: June 1, 2024

Completion Date for mandatory items: December 31, 2024 Period of performance for optional items will be negotiated upon their award.

All optional items must be completed by December 31, 2025.

No work may begin until the Contracting Officer has issued a Notice to Proceed.

Once the Notice to Proceed has been issued, the contractor shall begin work within 7 calendar days.

C.5 Restrictions on Work Work may be performed at any time during the period of the contract, except as outlined here. Nothing in this part shall be construed to take away any of the Government's rights under the Suspension of Work Clause (52.242-14). Restrictions are as follows:

· In accordance with Attachment 3 Retiarius PAL Fire Plan.

· When the Contracting Officer (or designated representative) determines that adverse weather has made access too dangerous or that continued vehicular travel would cause unacceptable road damage.

· When the Contracting Officer (or designated representative) determines that continued equipment operations during wet weather may cause excessive soil erosion and or soil compaction.

· Unless otherwise agreed, mechanical operations are not permitted during the Limited Operating Periods (LOP) listed in B/C.9.

· In accordance with the Invasive Plant and Noxious Weed Design Criteria (See Map and supplemental specifications B/C.9).

· Aquatic Species Restrictions, mechanical operations cannot start until aquatic species surveys are completed in units shown in B/C.9.

C.6 Licenses and Insurance Before work may begin on this project, the Contractor shall provide the documentation required in this section (C.6.). Failure to provide the information will not change the date for starting work and contract time may begin before the contractor is permitted to work. Once contract time begins, the contractor shall provide the documentation within 10 calendar days or 20% of the contract time (whichever is less) or the contract may be terminated for default in accordance with the clause governing default clause (termination for cause).

Worker’s Compensation Insurance: The Contractor shall provide evidence of Worker’s Compensation Insurance or a written explanation as to why the Contractor is exempt from the requirement. Note: The Contractor working alone is not required to carry the insurance.

C.7 Camping and Housing Camping is not permitted in US Forest Service campgrounds. Contractor may be permitted to camp elsewhere on US Forest Service land by agreement and written permit. Camping on Forest Service land is not a right; permission may be revoked for failure to comply with the terms of the permit.

In no event shall the availability of camping have bearing on the expectation to comply with the terms and schedule of this contract. See also clause 452.236-72 Use of Premises in the solicitation document.

C.8 Technical Requirements .

Equipment Requirements: At least 1 masticator must be equipped with an articulated arm with a reach of at least 20 feet horizontal distance to reach-in between trees and masticate material on road cut banks, within streamside buffers and on steep ground for Mandatory Item 3 and Optional Items (if awarded) 5, 6, 7, and 8.

At least one piece of equipment with a reach of at least 20 feet horizontal distance with a grapple attachment to pile logging slash for Mandatory Item 2.

A piece of equipment that will be able to fall and pile fire killed trees on slopes up to 50% for Optional Item 4.

C.8-1 Definitions Crop tree: All healthy conifers on site not meeting treatment specifications.

DBH: Diameter of tree measured at 4.5 ft above ground on upper side of tree.

Tractor Piling: Creation of piles using tractor with a brush rake with teeth that are a minimum of 12 inches in length spaced a minimum of 12 inches apart, or a tracked excavator or feller-buncher equipped with a grapple or rake-type head.

Grapple Piling: Creation of piles using grapples, or other boomed equipment capable of picking up and moving logging slash to create piles.

Mastication: To shred, chip or mulch forest vegetation and or trees meeting treatment specifications.

Target Vegetation: See Specified Work Items below.

C.8-2 Specified Work Items:

Mandatory Item 1 (see Maps - Trident, Vulcan, Trailhead) Hand Cutting and/or Machine Cutting and/or Machine Pushing and/or Machine Piling.

Work Will Consist of:

· hand cutting, and/or

· feller-buncher cutting, and/or

· machine pushing and/or

· machine piling.

The contractor may choose to use a single method, or a combination of methods to achieve desired end result to maximize the operational efficiency while also achieving project objectives.

Treatment will be directed at all living and dead shrubs, dead conifers, and dead hardwoods. No height or diameter minimums or maximums apply, except that living or dead shrubs less than 6 inches in height do not need to be treated and hardwoods greater than 20 inches dbh do not need to be treated.

Operations will not damage any living conifer. No Pacific yew, black oak, dogwood, elderberry, California nutmeg > 4 inches dbh or aspen, Fresno mat, Washington Lily, Red Hill Soap Root and Bear Grass shall be cut or masticated unless necessary for equipment operation. Madrone trees less than 10 inches dbh are considered shrubs for purposes of this contract and are to be treated.

All vegetative material, including masticated material, which is larger than 4 inches in diameter and/or longer than 4 feet in length will be machine piled. All piles created shall meet the Machine Piling Specification Standards, below.

All trees less than 18.0 inches dbh and all brush shall be cut with a maximum allowable stump height of 6 inches as measured from the uphill side of the stump. All trees greater than 18.1 inches dbh shall be cut with a maximum allowable stump height of 12 inches as measured from the uphill side of the stump.

Masticated debris shall not accumulate within 3 feet of base of living conifers to a depth of greater than 6 inches.

Machine Piling Measurable Performance Standards

Piles shall be neat, compact, and sufficiently free of dirt to allow for consumption of the piled debris when burned. Piles shall be compact and generally free of material extending more than 6 feet beyond the pile perimeter. Piles will generally be constructed by alternating butt ends of the logs and tops to help provide fine material on either end of the pile to achieve compaction and to help aid in ignition. All vegetative material which is larger than 4 inches in diameter and/or longer than 4 feet in length will be machine piled. All standards shall be measured up to 95% of any given specification.

1. Maximum pile height: No maximum height.

2. Minimum pile height: 10 ft, unless no other pile is within 100 ft of a pile that is 10 ft or less in height.

3. Piles shall be located to minimize damage to living conifers when the piles are burned.

4. No windrow piling will be permitted.

5. No piles will be within 100 ft of private property.

6. No piles will be within 50 ft of stream buffer edges.

Mandatory Item 2 (see Map - Vulcan) Grapple piling of logging slash

Work will consist of:

· Grapple piling logging slash Machine Piling Measurable Performance Standards

Piles shall be neat, compact, and sufficiently free of dirt to allow for consumption of the piled debris when burned. Piles shall be compact and generally free of material extending more than 6 feet beyond the pile perimeter. Piles will generally be constructed by alternating butt ends of the logs and tops to help provide fine material on either end of the pile to achieve compaction and to help aid in ignition. All vegetative material which is larger than 4 inches in diameter and/or longer than 4 feet in length will be machine piled. All standards shall be measured up to 95% of any given specification. Piles will be created using a machine with a 20-foot articulated boom with

1. Maximum pile height: No maximum height.

2. Minimum pile height: 10 ft, unless no other pile is within 100 ft of a pile that is 10 ft or less in height.

3. Piles shall be located to minimize damage to living conifers when the piles are burned.

4. No windrow piling will be permitted.

5. No piles will be within 100 ft of private property.

6. No piles will be within 50 ft of stream buffer edges.

Mandatory Item 3 (see Maps - Stumpy and Trailhead), Optional Items 5, 6, 7, and 8 (see Maps – Reservoir1, Reservoir2) Mastication of Live and Dead Shrubs and Dead Conifer and Hardwood Trees.

Work Will Consist of Mastication of:

· all dead or living shrubs greater than 1 foot in height,

· all dead conifer trees up to 16 inches in dbh,

· dead hardwoods less than 10 inches in dbh will be treated,

· live hardwoods less than 4 inches in dbh will be treated,

· masticated debris shall be no longer than 6 feet in length and rest within 12 inches of the ground upon treatment,

· operations shall not damage natural regeneration except as necessary to obtain desired spacing.

· masticated debris shall not accumulate within 3 feet of base of residual conifers to a depth of greater than 6 inches.

All masticated shrubs or trees will have a maximum stump height of 6 inches or less as measured on the up-hill side of the stump.

Where trees less than 10 inches dbh are left as part of the residual 80 crop trees per acre, contractor shall select crop trees using the following specifications:

· Species in order of decreasing preference when choosing leave trees:

- sugar pine

- giant sequoia

- Douglas-fir

- ponderosa (or Jeffrey) pine

- white fir

- insense cedar

· Height dominance of trees in relation to others of the same age class.

· Diameter dominance of trees in relation to others of the same age class.

· Dark green colored foliage with high live crown ratio.

· Straight bole.

· Single branch terminal.

· Free from physical defect.

· Free from insect and disease damage.

No Pacific yew, black oak, dogwood, elderberry, California nutmeg > 4 inches dbh or aspen, Fresno mat, Washington Lily, Red Hill Soap Root and Bear Grass shall be cut or masticated unless necessary for equipment operation. Madrone trees less than 10 inches dbh are considered shrubs for purposes of this contract and are to be masticated.

Mastication Measurable Performance Standards

Vegetative Material shall be machine masticated (shredded, chipped, or mulched). Residual masticated vegetative debris resulting from the contractor’s operation shall lay flat on the ground and shall generally not exceed 12 inches in depth over 5% of the unit. Individual pieces over 6 feet in length shall cover less than 5% of the unit area.

Optional Item 4 (see Map - Vulcan) Hand Cutting and/or Machine Cutting and/or Machine Pushing and/or Machine Piling on slopes up to 50%.

Work Will Consist of:

· hand cutting, and/or

· feller-buncher cutting, and/or

· tethered feller-buncher cutting, and/or

· machine pushing and/or

· machine piling, and/or

· tethered machine piling

The contractor may choose to use a single method, or a combination of methods to achieve desired end result to maximize the operational efficiency while also achieving project objectives.

Treatment will be directed at dead conifers, and dead hardwoods. No height or diameter minimums or maximums apply, except that hardwoods greater than 20 inches dbh do not need to be treated.

Operations will not damage any living conifer. No Pacific yew, black oak, dogwood, elderberry, California nutmeg > 4 inches dbh or aspen.

All vegetative material which is larger than 4 inches in diameter and/or longer than 3 feet in length will be machine piled. All piles created, if any, shall meet the Machine Piling Specification Standards, below.

All trees less than 18.0 inches dbh and all brush shall be cut with a maximum allowable stump height of 6 inches as measured from the uphill side of the stump. All trees greater than 18.1 inches dbh shall be cut with a maximum allowable stump height of 12 inches as measured from the uphill side of the stump.

Operations will occur on slopes up to 50%. After treatment is complete, individual units will be measured using GPS tracking to get accurate acreage of completion. Payment will be based on the acreage determined by GPS data.

Machine Piling Measurable Performance Standards

Piles shall be neat, compact, and sufficiently free of dirt to allow for consumption of the piled debris when burned. Piles shall be compact and generally free of material extending more than 6 feet beyond the pile perimeter. Piles will generally be constructed by alternating butt ends of the logs and tops to help provide fine material on either end of the pile to achieve compaction and to help aid in ignition. All vegetative material which is larger than 4 inches in diameter and/or longer than 4 feet in length will be machine piled. All standards shall be measured up to 95% of any given specification.

1. Maximum pile height: No maximum height.

2. Minimum pile height: 10 ft, unless no other pile is within 100 ft of a pile that is 10 ft or less in height.

3. Piles shall be located to minimize damage to living conifers when the piles are burned.

4. No windrow piling will be permitted.

5. No piles will be within 100 ft of private property.

6. No piles will be within 50 ft of stream buffer edges.

C.8-4 Government-Furnished Property

None.

C.8-5 Public Safety

The Contractor shall be required to conduct all operations in a manner which ensures the safety of the Public.

C.8-6 Salvage Rights There are no salvage rights under this contract.

C.8-7 Road Maintenance The Contractor may be required to repair damage to any roads which are used without the consent of the Contracting Officer or their Representative.

C.8-8 Spill Plan

If the total oil or oil products storage exceeds 1,320 gallons or if any single container exceeds a capacity of 660 gallons, the Contractor shall prepare and implement a Spill Prevention and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan. Such plan shall meet applicable EPA requirements (40 CFR 112), including certification by a registered professional engineer. The Contractor under the direction of the Contracting Officer, or in the absence of said officer, acting independently, shall immediately take action to contain and clean up, without expense to the Government, all petroleum products spills on or in the vicinity of the project which are caused by the Contractor's employees directly or indirectly as a result of contract operations. The Contractor may be held liable for all damages and costs of additional labor, subsistence, equipment, supplies, and transportation deemed necessary by the Government for the containment and clean up of petroleum products spills caused by Contractor's employees or resulting from contract operations. The Contractor shall immediately report all petroleum products spills to the Contracting Officer.

C.8-9 Equipment Cleaning

All off-road equipment used on this project shall be washed before moving into the project area so that the equipment is free of soil, seeds, vegetative material, or other debris that could contain or hold seeds of noxious weeds. “Off-road equipment” includes all logging and construction equipment and such brushing equipment as brush hogs, masticators, and chippers; it does not include log trucks, chip vans, service vehicles, water trucks, pickup trucks, and similar vehicles not intended for off-road use.

Equipment will be considered clean when visual inspection does not reveal soil, seeds, plant material, or other such debris. Disassembly of equipment components or specialized inspection equipment is not required. Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer at least five days in advance of moving equipment in so that arrangements can be made for inspection.

If the project area is known to contain noxious weeds, the equipment shall be cleaned before moving to other Forest Service system lands which do not contain noxious weeds.

C.8-10 Fire Plan See Attachment 3 Retiarius PAL Fire Plan Area of Responsibility for Fire. Unless otherwise noted elsewhere in the contract, the following defines the limits of a contractor's area of responsibility for fire under the terms of the Fire Plan:

Silviculture Projects - 70 meters around the perimeter of the unit being worked in

C.9 Supplemental Specifications Check Project Map for symbols and designations for time and location restrictions on operations.

Coordination of Operations: Contractor will need to communicate and coordinate with other contractors on active contracts in the Stumpy, Trailhead, and Trident Map areas and adjust operation plans accordingly to avoid conflict between operations.

Limited Operating Period: (LOP) Unless otherwise agreed, mechanical operations are not permitted during the Limited Operating Periods in areas shown on project map. Refer to the project map for locations and periods of no permitted operations.

Special Sensitive Areas: No operations within areas flagged with pink and black flagging, CA-1.

Sensitive Species: No operations within sensitive plant areas, CA-2. Sensitive plant areas will be flagged with green and pink flagging.

Noxious Weeds: Invasive plant sites in the project area, CA-3, will be flagged with orange colored flagging with the words “noxious weeds” printed on the flagging. The spread of occurrences will be avoided as much as possible by conducting all project work outside of flagged exclusion areas. If project activities cannot be completely avoided within flagged infestations, risk minimization strategies will be employed, such as working in the infested area last, working in infested areas when propagules are not viable, limiting the number of people or equipment within the infestation, and cleaning mechanical and hand equipment, clothing, boots, etc., before moving to other un-infested National Forest System lands.

Stream Protection Areas: No operations within the stream protection areas as defined on the Project Area Map. Stream protection buffers; 25 ft ephemeral, 50 ft perennial, and 150 ft perennial both sides of stream channel. No piles within 50 ft of the stream buffer edges.

Protection of Land Survey Monuments: Protect all property corners, monuments, boundary signs, property pins and stakes.

Protection of Improvements: Protect all gates, fences, cattleguards, trails, structures and other improvements.

Powerlines: Protect powerlines and all related structures.

Road Use: Road use will be in a manner that protects private and public roads and complies with the road use permits.

Contractor Quality Control Inspection System: The Contractor shall identify the quality control inspection system it will use to ensure that contract specifications will be achieved. At no time shall the Contractor rely upon Government inspectors to provide notification of unsatisfactory performance. The Contractor shall produce written inspection records in a format and at times and places satisfactory to the Contracting Officer. Inspection records shall be made available upon request of the Contracting Officer and be maintained until the date of contract closure. The Contracting Officer may observe the Contractor’s inspections at any time and shall otherwise have unlimited access to the inspection data.

Quality Control Plan: The Contractor should provide a general Quality Control Plan (QCP) with the technical proposal. The Contractor shall supplement the QCP within 7 days before the start work based on items awarded to the Contractor and Government comments. The Contractor shall conduct quality control inspections on all aspects of work. The field inspections shall be performed on each item/ sub-item listed in each task order.

The general Quality Control Plan must demonstrate how the Contractor shall assure quality meets the requirements and specifications of the contract. The Plan shall describe how quality will be monitored to assure the performance standards are met, the supervision of the crew and work, and personnel that will be performing the quality control. Quality control shall include monitoring quality while work is in progress, residual tree care and other tasks, and provide an unbiased sampling of the contract items and specifications shown in the Technical Requirements section of the Statement of Work.

Contractor Quality Control Inspections: Inspection procedures will use a plot system where plot center placement is random and unbiased and must provide the following information:

1. Stump height.

2. All material that meets specification has been piled.

3. Compactness and size of piles. (no maximum size)

4. Amount of soil in piles.

5. Pile placement relative to property lines, system roads, stream course buffers, and sensitive areas.

6. Mastication, all required vegetation has been treated to contract requirements.

7. Masticated debris is no longer than 6 feet in length and rest within 12 inches of the ground when treated.

The plot system shall be consistent with method of work. The Contractor shall sample at least 1 percent of the unit with a minimum of 5 plots per unit.

a) Plots shall be marked and identified on the ground, this includes plot numbers and visible flagging.

b) The Contractor shall provide inspection sheets and a sketch map of the unit with plot locations to the Government. Inspection sheets shall be signed and dated by the person who conducted the inspection and shall certify that the inspection records are complete and accurate.

Acceptance: The Contractors should provide a written request for inspection and submit inspection sheets in accordance with the QCP. The Government will conduct an inspection and up to one re-inspection for each unit. If the Contractor fails to meet the minimum Acceptable Quality Level (AQL), the Contractor shall rework the unit. Anytime more than two inspections are required per unit, the Contractor may be assessed for the cost of additional inspections, which will include milage and hourly rate for COR. If follow-up inspections indicate that the minimum AQL was not met, the work will be deemed unsatisfactory and a deduction in payment may result. Acceptance may be made for all or portions of work.

Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan: Quality assurance specific to individual items will be found in the Technical Requirements section of the Statement of Work.

a. Government inspections are for the purpose of satisfying the Government that the services are acceptable and do not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for maintaining quality control.

b. The Contracting Officer’s Representative or designated inspector will conduct all inspections. The Contractor (or designated representative) is encouraged to be present to observe inspections. Summary results will be made available on request. The following are types of inspections:

Compliance Inspections. Visual compliance inspections will be made on a periodic basis. Such inspections may be considered final if the work is deemed acceptable and they may be used to constitute acceptance by the Government.

Final Inspections will be made using the same specifications listed in the Contractor Quality Control Inspections section. Final (formal) inspections for payment will be made on completed sub-items only. Contractor shall request final inspection in writing and give the Forest at least two working days advanced notice. Inspections will be completed within four working days after the notice is received. If the work is not ready for inspection at the time specified by the Contractor, the cost associated with the inspection attempt may be charged to the Contractor.

Disputed Inspection. The Contractor may request re-inspection without rework if the results are unacceptable. Re-inspection must be requested in writing within 48 hours after receiving written notice of the inspection results. Re-inspection will be accomplished within five working days after receipt of the contractor's written request.

· The same sampling and inspection procedures will be used, but new samples will be taken. The inspection pattern will be shifted so that new samples will not overlap previously inspected samples. Results will be rounded to the nearest whole percent.

· If re-inspection results are within five percentage points of the first inspection, the original inspection result will be used in determining acceptability and payment. If re-inspection results are greater than five percentage points above or below the first inspection, the re-inspection results will be used. If the reinspection results are within five percentage points of the first inspection, the Contractor shall pay the actual costs of the re-inspection.

Re-inspection after Rework. Where rework after a failed inspection may improve the inspection results, the Contractor may rework the area and request (in writing) a second inspection. The Government will charge to the Contractor the cost of this additional inspection. Re-inspection will be accomplished within five working days after the notice is received. The results of the second inspection will be final, and no further rework will be permitted. Areas not ready for re-inspection at the time specified by the Contractor will not be re-inspected, and the results of the first inspection will be final.

C.10 Measurement

Methods of Measurement.

[ ] Acreage was measured by dot grid method from aerial photographs.

[ ] Acreage was measured on a horizontal plane using compass and chain.

[X] Acreage was measured on a horizontal plane using a Global Positioning System.

[ ] Linear measurements have been taken with a wheel on the centerline of the trail or road.

[ X] Estimated acreage: Item 1 and Items 2 and 4, (Vulcan area units) will be measured using a global Positioning System (GPS) to determine final completed acres. It is up to the discretion of the Forest Service to GPS units in other areas to determine final completed acres.

Remeasurement. Unless otherwise indicated by this contract, the contractor may request remeasurement of any quantities in Part B, when the units are acres or any linear measurement. The request must be made in writing and must be made within 10 calendar days of completing work on the unit in question. If remeasurement indicates a variance of five percent or less from the stated quantity, the Contractor shall pay for the actual cost of remeasurement and no adjustment will be made in the quantity as stated in Part B. If remeasurement indicates a variance more than five percent from the stated quantity, payment will be based on the remeasured quantity, and the Contractor will not be liable for the costs of remeasurement. All remeasurements will be done by the Government. Remeasurement of acreage will be measured using a Global Positioning System (GPS). This clause is not applicable to quantities listed as estimated quantities.

C.11 Payment

Payments and Deductions. Payment will be made for fully acceptable work at the prices bid in the schedule of items. In the event of extended non-work periods because of adverse weather, the Contracting Officer may authorize progress payments for partially completed sub-items on a case-by- case basis. In accordance with the inspection clause, payment may be made for less than fully acceptable work at a reduced price.

Payment will be made in full if inspection results are 90 percent or higher. If inspection results are below 90 percent, a deduction will be made equal to 2 percent for every 1 percent below 90. For example, if inspection results are 87 percent, the bid price would be reduced by 6 percent. No payment will be made if results are less than 80 percent.