Attch1_SOW_BrownStreetParkingLotProject_Redacted_6pp.pdf

Brown Street/ Western Avenue/Route 9 Parking Lot Project at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Kennebunk, Maine

PR Number: _0044022893_

1. General:

1.1 The work to be completed is to create a gravel parking lot in place of a small length of currently paved refuge road by removing the pavement, leveling the resulting road surface, removing trees, removing overhanging branches, and grinding down all stumps to ground level.

The work is to be completed on the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge property on the north side of Brown Street and west of Western Avenue/ Route 9, Kennebunk, Maine.

1.2 Figure 1. Shows the location of the project on Rachel Carson NWR highlighted by a red circle. Figure 2. Shows the proposed area to turn into a gravel parking lot highlighted in blue. The proposed refuge gravel parking lot will provide the community a new location with low maintenance parking lot to park their vehicles to enjoy the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge’s public lands.

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1.3 The contractor is responsible for complying with all State of Maine and any municipal laws and regulations, including submission of records (if required), payment of any fees (if required) for pavement and tree removal disposal activities.

2. Place of Performance and Period of Performance

2.1 Place of Performance: Corner of Brown Street and Western Avenue/Route 9, Refuge Road on Rachel Carlson National Wildlife Refuge, Kennebunk, Maine

2.2 Performance start and end date. Approximately September 29 - December 30, 2025

2.3 Normal Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge office duty hours Monday thru Friday 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. In the event of emergencies, contact

2.4 Non-duty hours include week nights, weekends, and Government holidays (New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King JR.s’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day).

3. Scope

3.1 The Contractor shall remove and dispose of all paved refuge road surface down to packed gravel base or native soil. This area is approximately 4,128 square feet or more and measures approximately 16 feet wide X 258 feet long or larger (Figure 3,4 & 5). All pavement will be removed on the refuge road between Brown Street and Western Avenue/Route 9. There are 6 large pine trees and 10 smaller trees to cut and be removed from the site. These will be marked with paint. All stumps (new and old) will be ground down to the grade of the current road/ground level. All overhanging limbs from the other trees on site will be cut back from each side of the refuge road edges and removed (Figure 6, 7 & 8). All removed trees, treelimbs and pavement will be taken offsite and disposed accordinding to State of Maine and Municipality laws and permits. The contractor is responsible to obtain all permits from the State of Maine and from any municipality this project may need. A plan for traffic control will be in place while work is being conducted.

Note: A notable hazard: above ground powerlines are found along Western Avenue/Route 9.

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4. Deliverables

4.1 A. The Contractor will deliver a work site clear of pavement and trees/overhanging tree limbs/stumps as detailed in the “Scope”.

B. The Contractor will dispose of pavement and trees/overhanging tree limbs in accordance with local, state and federal law and provide proof of proper disposal.

5. Evaluation and Acceptance

5.1 Once the contractor has removed the pavement, removed required trees and overhanging branches and ground stumps to ground level, the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will review the project site the before final acceptance.

6. Technical Coordinators:

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