ATTACHMENT 9 Seed Project No. 3 Combined Files SOW-SOI-Maps Mastication of Log Deck & Skid Trail (21.6 Acres).pdf

2021 Francis Marion Log Deck & Skid Trail KV Project Seed Project #3

A. SCOPE OF CONTRACT

Contractor shall furnish all equipment, labor, transportation, supervision, and perform all work required to conduct the mastication of woody vegetation on approximately 21.6 acres within the boundaries of the Francis Marion National Forest. This work shall be completed in accordance with the specifications and provisions of the contract. Total acreage to be treated will be dependent upon the awarded bid amount and Government capital available to fund the project.

B. DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION

The contract areas are located within the boundaries of the Francis Marion National Forest in the South Carolina counties of Charleston and Berkeley (Figure 1A). The primary objective of this contract is to masticate brush and logging slash within the skid trails and log decks so as to mitigate soil compaction caused by thinning activities and to improve wildlife habitat. Areas to be masticated include the log decks and main skid trail located within the selected stands. The stands selected for treatment are previously thinned pine stands, which have easily identified log decks and skid trails that were used during past thinning activities.

Only the log decks and main skid trails (some stands may have more than one log deck and skid trail to treat) within each selected stand will need to be masticated. Due to the fact that not all skid trails and log decks have been mapped, the Forest Service is assuming that the skid trails and log decks account for approximately 3% of the total acreage of each stand. Based on the acreage of each stand the Forest Service is assuming that the log decks and skid trails account for the following acres in each stand:

LIST OF AREAS TO MASTICATE:

COMPARTMENT STAND ACRES ACRES TO

MASTICATE

0180 22 20.6 0.62 0180 20 42.34 1.27

0214 25 36.05 1.08

0117 24 80.27 2.4

0181 18 42.4 1.27

0178 6 63.18 1.89

0117 34 57.9 1.74

0183 6 116.88 3.51

0219 16 96.74 2.9

0117 32 43.47 1.3

0117 27 120.95 3.63

TOTAL 720.8 21.61

C. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

1. The Forest Service will have the authority to restrict when a specific treatment area can be entered. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or the inspector will be present when equipment enters a treatment area for the first time, unless otherwise agreed upon by the COR.

2. Operating hours in active RCW clusters will be limited to one hour after sunrise and continuing to one hour before sunset.

3. All equipment will be cleaned and in sound working condition prior to entering Forest Service lands.

Leaking hydraulic fluid or other equipment fluids will be fixed prior to entering Forest Service lands.

4. All equipment will be inspected prior to use on Forest Service lands by Forest Service personnel for noxious weed control.

5. The work to be performed involves severing midstory brush completely from the stump and grinding up the downed vegetation as well as pre-existing slash and logs to ground level.

6. Care shall be taken so as not to damage any residual pine trees adjacent /outside of the skid trails and log decks.

7. All slash, including tops, limbs, and vegetation cut in the above specification shall be mowed, mulched, shredded, or otherwise ground into small pieces. This shredded material shall be scattered over the treatment area and not piled. Ideally, the grinding head of the equipment will make contact with the soil surface during mastication in order to loosen up the top layer of soil and ameliorate any compaction caused during the past thinning activities.

8. Standing dead trees (i.e., snags) shall be left standing within treatment areas unless they present a safety hazard or have the potential to fall across roads or property lines.

9. All RCW cavity trees, sensitive areas and desired features will be delineated on the ground within treatment areas in order to prevent damage. All known RCW cavity trees within the treatment areas are marked with two white bands at approximately 4-6 feet above the ground and have one or more aluminum identification tags attached to the tree. Sensitive sites and desired features within treatment areas will be delineated on the ground with flagging. RCW cavity trees, sensitive areas and desired features will be identified and communicated to the contractor prior to the commencement of work.

10. No treatment will occur in streams, drains, bays, or low-lying areas without approval of the COR.

11. The Contractor shall prevent excessive rutting and compaction by operating the equipment only when suitable soil conditions exist, as determined by the COR. Mechanical chipping activities should be avoided after rainfall, in order to prevent damage to soils.

12. All supplies and equipment needed to complete this contract will be supplied by the Contractor.

13. Prior to commencement of work, contractor shall schedule a meeting with Danny Carlson (843-323-7659), in order to review contract areas, provide contractor with maps and answer any questions contractor might have.

D. Desired Equipment Specifications

1. It is required that the equipment have a heavy-duty drum type cutter head that can be raised and lowered. The width of the cutter head should be equal to or greater than the width of the machine so that all trees in the path of the machine will be cut. The machine shall be capable of producing the desired finished conditions as outlined above.

2. The machine shall be tracked and have a ground pressure of less than 8 psi, unless mutually agreed upon by the Contractor and COR.

E. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY

The Government shall make available to the Contractor the following material (hereinafter referred to as “Government-furnished property”):

a. Treatment Area Maps

b. Forest Map

F. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Inspection and acceptance will be performed by Forest Service personnel at such intervals to insure compliance with the contract specifications and provisions. Upon completion of work on an area, the Contractor shall notify the COR that work on the area is completed and the COR shall make an interim inspection of the work. If the work meets specifications, the Contractor may proceed with work on the next area. If the work does not meet specifications, the Contractor shall complete any remedial work required prior to commencing work on the next area. This interim inspection is not a final inspection and does not relieve the Contractor’s responsibility until the final inspection is completed.

Payment will be made upon completion of all selected stands.

G. Basis of Payment

1) Contractor shall bid on treating approximately 21.6 acres as previously described, and will submit said bid on a total cost and per acre cost basis. ]

2) Invoices must be submitted to the COR for review and processing prior to Payment.

ITEM

NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

PAY

UNIT

EST QTY UNIT COST TOTAL

Mastication for Log Deck & Skid Trails KV Project

ACRE 21.6 $__________ $_____________

Contractor:_______________________________________________________

Award is firm fixed price contract

SCHEDULE OF ITEMS for Seed Project #3 Francis Marion RD/Francis Marion NF

PROJECT TITLE: Log Deck & Skid Trail KV Project

SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

Period of Performance 60 days 05/10/21 thru 07/09/21

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Wambaw Swamp

Wilderness

Willow Hall Swamp

I'on Swamp

Bates Pond

Rock Hole

King Swamp

Mayrants Reserve

Dog Swamp

Charleston--North Charleston

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Wam baw

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Tuxbury Horse

Jericho Horse

Tuxbury Horse

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Palmetto - Swamp Fox

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Sewee Visitor Center (Interpretive Site)

Garris Landing (Boating Site)

I'on Swamp (Trailhead)

Halfway Creek (Campground)

Huger Boat Landing (Boating Site)

Halfway Creek (Trailhead) Twin Ponds

(Target Range)

Tuxbury (Trailhead)

Huger (Picnic Site)

Santee Experimental

Forest

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LOCATION OF AREAS TO MASTICATE LOG DECKS & SKID TRAILS

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OWNERCLASSIFICATION

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VICINITY MAP

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Surface Ownership (green FS, white non-FS)

OWNERCLASSIFICATION

National Forest Land Private/Other Land