C04c_2 EOTW GZ IRSC Appendix A.pdf

End of the World G-Z IRSC Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forest Page 1 of 16 Salmon River Ranger District

APPENDIX A

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE WORK ITEMS

SECTION I – DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

Description of Work- The intent of the project is to mitigate wildfire risk and increase resilience to disturbances from insect and disease across the End of the World project area. The G-Z contracting tool will help increase the pace and scale of restoration beyond the forest’s current capacities. This contract is planned to implement the following work activities:

1. Timber Sale Preparation

a. Contractor will complete layout of harvest units. Units must be within project approved NEPA boundaries and avoid exclusion areas such as riparian areas, protected areas, private property, etc. Boundaries may be identified by paint, flagging, or be virtual unless they are adjacent to private property or pre-identified archaeological sites. Contractor will determine cutting specifications that may include marking, DxP, DxD, or a combination of methods to accomplish the Silvicultural prescriptions provided by the Forest Service.

b. During layout, the Contractor will identify and GPS pre commercial thinning (PCT) units. PCT survey templates provided by the Forest Service.

c. Contractor will layout, measure and record tracks for temporary roads utilizing Geographic Positioning System (GPS) tools. Temporary roads will be limited in miles for the project area and require recontouring post-harvest. Existing non-system road prisms may be used in addition to temporary road quantities and will be recontoured after use. Temporary water crossings are not permitted.

d. Harvest units will be GPS’d to Forest Service specifications individually with delineations for logging systems and volumes per acre (Tons) to be delivered to the Forest Service for activity tracking. Contract Area maps will be developed by the Contractor utilizing templates provided by the Forest Service for individual Contract Areas.

e. In Optional Contract Areas, volume determination will be completed on a contract area basis that meets or exceeds Forest Service R1 cruise standards. Cruise plans will be accepted by the Forest Service prior to completing volume determinations. Collected data such as plot locations, plot data, and processed data shall be provided to the Forest Service in the format specified. Forest Service may elect to do a check cruise. Forest Service will appraise contract areas separately utilizing the R1 Residual Value Appraisal.

2. Road Survey

a. Contractor will survey haul routes to identify work necessary to facilitate log haul, complete road maintenance plans, and develop worklists for Forest Service review. Templates will be provided by the Forest Service.

3. Timber Removal and Haul

a. Timber removal will be limited to two contract areas operating at time to ensure clean-up type activities are kept current and for control of operations. Operating in more than two may be done by agreement.

b. Timber cutting, skidding, and decking for sawlog and nonsaw will be broken into three separate categories for tractor and skyline/tether harvest systems based on volume per acre.

c. Helicopter logging will not be considered in this contract unless the Contractor provides a cost advantage to the Government.

d. Loading and hauling will be broken into sawlog and nonsaw for multiple delivery points.

e. Road maintenance will be performed by the Contractor and will be commensurate with use.

4. Haul Roads

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a. Road work may consist of maintenance, reconstruction, decommissioning, and obliteration.

b. Roadwork for the contract will be limited to the minimum necessary to facilitate safe haul.

c. Forest Service Road (FSR) 221 has a limited operating period from 12/1-4/1 annually for winter recreation, Use of FSR 221 during this period is subject to agreement and will require snow plowing. Break-up limits will be implemented depending on seasonal conditions to protect pavement on FSR 221. Alternate haul routes may be utilized within the project, if agreed to between the Contractor and Forest Service.

5. Fuels Work, Reforestation and Erosion Control

a. Reduce natural and activity generated fuel loading within the project area.

b. Plant regeneration harvest units with early-seral species to increase insect and disease resiliency.

c. Implement a variety of control measures to prevent erosion within the project area.

d. Thin small diameter trees to specified stocking levels.

6. Catastrophic Event

a. Respond quickly to changed conditions that may affect the End of the World project area by the inclusion of salvage operations and suppression repair activities.

SECTION II -GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY

The Government will provide the following item(s) of Government property to the Contractor for use in the performance of this contract. This property shall be used and maintained by the Contractor in accordance with

FAR 52.245-1

1. GIS spatial data for Mandatory and Optional Items

2. Road Reconstruction templates

3. Unit Layout Card Template

4. Saplings

SECTION III – WORK ITEMS

Item 1b,1c,1d,1e,1f Unit Recon, Layout, Boundary Identification, and Area Determination

1. Unit boundaries (NEPA Units) have been determined spatially, and Forest Service (FS) will provide spatial data to the Contractor. Contractor will refine NEPA units to determine Layout units for treatment.

2. Optional contract area boundaries may be changed upon agreement with FS.

3. Within provided units, reconnaissance (Recon) in each unit will be required to identify areas that may be dropped from treatment. These areas may include, but are not limited to, riparian areas, logging system feasibility, harvest viability, resource protection, and access issues. Known areas of avoidance will be shown on Contract Area Map (CAM), additional areas may be found during Recon. This reduction must be approved by COR.

4. Unit Layout will be done in accordance with End of the World Project Design Elements Attachment C04j_7.

a. Additional criteria for implementing Layout are as follows:

i. Notify COR if a reduction in acreage is greater than 20% from NEPA to Layout on a per unit basis. No area outside the NEPA units will be included for treatment.

ii. Nepa units may be combined if they are geographically connected.

iii. If Contractor elects to use flagging for boundary identification only Blue flagging may be used except for unit corners which will be identified by two Pink flags and one Blue flag.

https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52#FAR_52_245_1

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iv. Riparian habitat conservation areas (RHCA) will have strict buffer distances as follows:

1. 300’ each side, 600’ total buffer for fish bearing streams.

2. 150’ each side, 300’ total buffer for perennial non-fish bearing water, wetlands

>1 acre.

3. 100’ each side, 200’ total buffer for intermittent streams and wetlands <1 acre.

v. Logging systems will be delineated within each unit by tractor or skyline/tether. If contractor elects to use flagging for logging system breaks within a unit, Yellow flagging must be used. Contractor will provide acreages of logging systems in each unit with Item

7. Units may have multiple logging systems.

vi. Commercial and Pre-commercial treatments must be delineated. Pre-commercial thinning units (PCT) must be approved by COR. Once approved, PCT units will be surveyed using the specifications in Attachment C04r_15. Attachment C04p_13 contains the template to be completed by the Contractor for PCT units.

vii. Contractor will submit PCT survey templates to COR along with classifying each unit into the following categories:

1. Approximately 300-700 stems to be cut.

2. Approximately 700-1,500 stems to be cut.

3. Approximately 1,500-3,000 stems to be cut.

viii. Refer to Attachment C04m_10 for PCT Silvicultural specifications.

5. Contractor will complete Layout Cards for each unit. See Attachment C04k_8 for specifications. Layout

Cards must be submitted to COR.

6. Unit boundaries must be identified physically and/or virtually unless they are heritage/archaeological, private property, and RHCA buffers which must be designated physically. If Contractor elects to utilize tree marking paint, Orange must be used to identify unit boundaries. If Contractor utilizes virtual boundaries, refer the 2025 Virtual Boundary Desk Guide for FS requirements. Section IV describes how they will be inspected.

7. 100% of each unit boundary must be GPS’d for Area Determination. These unit boundaries (excluding internal areas dropped from treatment) will be recorded on a FS approved GPS device and meet 10% area error on a unit basis. Error standards set in FSH 2409.12 Ch. 50. The list of approved devices can be found here: MTDC GPS Accuracy.

8. The Final GPS file for the Contract Area will be free of overlap, slivers, gaps, and stray vertices. Shapefile format will be NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N. Units must be numbered, if unit numbering doesn’t follow NEPA unit numbers a crosswalk must be included in the final GPS package to reference the NEPA unit to layout unit. Final GPS shapefile package and a Word/PDF document containing acreage determinations, calculations and GPS methods must be submitted to COR.

9. Contractor will make Contract Area Maps (CAM) after final GPS files are accepted. FS will provide GIS templates and symbology. CAM’s must meet FSH 2409.18 Ch 50 requirements. CAM must be approved by COR. An example is provided with the Solicitation package-Jungle Bird Mandatory CAM.

Item: 2b,2c,2d,2e,2f: Road Survey

1. See Attachment C04l_9 for performance requirements.

2. Road Surveys will be broken into two categories: drivable and non-drivable roads. Contractor will submit a list of roads surveyed with road number, length, and if they are drivable on a motorized vehicle or not to COR for approval.

3. FS will provide templates to be completed by the Contractor. FP-24 specifications will be utilized, see Attachment C04o_12. Least Cost Road Standards will apply, see Attachment C04n_11.

4. Road Survey will follow the FS Handbook specifications:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/fmsc/ftp/measure/cruising/other/docs/VirtualBoundariesDeskGuide-20250707.pdf https://www.usda.gov/guidance-documents/area-determination/fs/forest-service-handbook-240912-50-timber-cruising-handbook https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/gps/mtdcrept/accuracy/index.htm https://www.usda.gov/guidance-documents/final-package-preparation-review-and-offering-gate-4/fs/forest-service-handbook-240918-50-timber-sale-preparation-handbook

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a. FSH 7709.56 CH 40 Preconstruction

b. FSH 7709.56 CH 40 Preconstruction

c. FSH 7709.56 CH 20 Road Location

5. If during road surveys, road work is identified as beyond the scope described for the project, FS will complete road design worklist. Timeframe for FS road design will be situational depending on extent of design required.

6. Contractor will submit a Preliminary Road Package with all associated data from Attachment C04l_9 to the COR. The FS will have 30 working days to review and respond to Preliminary Road Package during Normal Operating Season. Outside of Normal Operating Season FS will review and respond when practical for seasonal conditions.

7. After Contractor receives FS feedback from Preliminary Road Package, a 100% Submittal will be submitted to the COR with all required data. FS will have 20 working days to respond to the 100% Submittal.

Item: 3b,3c,3d,3e,3f: Marking Plan, Cruise Design Plan, Cruise, and Processing

1. After completion and acceptance of Option Item 1, Contractor will prepare a Marking Plan for each Contract Area by unit utilizing Attachment C04m_10 as a guideline. Note that these are general guidelines and unit specific prescriptions may be provided by FS after Optional Item 1 is completed.

2. Marking Plan will consist of a Word/PDF document for each Contract Area by unit to describe how specifications in Attachment C04m_10 will be met for leave tree retention. Marking plan will be submitted to COR for approval. Cut and/or leave tree designations for each unit may be done with tree paint, description (DxD), prescription (DxP) or a combination of methods. If tree paint is used, Contractor must follow FS paint color standards:

a. Blue- Cut Tree

b. Orange- Leave Tree

3. A Professional Forester (Refer to Key Personnel provision for requirements) will complete a Cruise Design/Plan for each Contract Area and submit the Word/PDF document to the COR for approval.

Cruise Design/Plan will at a minimum meet FSH 2409.12 CH 40. A cruise map with geo-referenced plots must be included. Maximum sampling error for each Contract Area as-a-whole will be 30% with a 95% confidence interval. Non-saw/Pulp is required to be in the Cruise Plan for measurement. Standard FS wood products utilization will apply:

https://www.usda.gov/guidance-documents/design/fs/forest-service-handbook-770956-40-road-preconstruction-handbook https://www.usda.gov/guidance-documents/design/fs/forest-service-handbook-770956-40-road-preconstruction-handbook https://www.usda.gov/guidance-documents/road-location/fs/forest-service-handbook-770956-20-road-preconstruction-handbook https://www.usda.gov/guidance-documents/cruise-planningdata-recordingcruise-reporting/fs/forest-service-handbook-240912-40-timber-cruising-handbook

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REGION 1 UTILIZATION SPECIFICATIONS

PRODUCT SPECIES LIVE OR DEAD TREE DBH LEN dib SMALL

END M-FAC

SAWTIMBER ALL Live 7.0 8.0 5.6 10.67

NON-SAWTIMBER ALL Live/Dead 5.0 16 4.0 50%

4. Cruise must be completed by a professional forester. Tree measurements must be taken to meet or exceed FS standards found in FSH 2409.12 Ch 10. Cruise must follow Cruise Plan. Cruise tally sheets or digital files will be submitted to the COR in a file accessible by the FS. All cruise trees/plots must be monumented with Yellow flagging and cruise trees must numbered with Yellow paint. FS may elect to inspect the cruise prior to completion.

5. Contractor will compile cruise data and complete cruising processing to determine Contract Area (Tons and MBF): net volume by species, net volume of sawlog, net volume of nonsaw/pulp and sampling error in a format accessible by the FS. COR may elect to do a check cruise as outlined in Section IV Inspection and Acceptance.

6. Contractor will provide COR with unit volumes per acre by unit in Tons and MBF. FS may elect to use different MBF to Ton conversion factors. This document will be in Word or Excel format.

7. FS will have 10 working days to review cruise and cruise data.

Item 4a.1 and 5a.1: Cut/Skid/Deck Included Timber (Saw and Nonsaw):

Jungle Bird Units: 54A, 145A, 54C, 146A, 49, 146B, 54E, 54D, 54B, 47C, 47D, 47A, 48, 63A, 63B, 69B, 87A, 87D, 47B, 57, 87E, 58D, 145B, 147, 169, 58E, 58A, 58C, 58B, 47E, 87B, 62A, 62B, 62C, 87C, 69A, 50A, 50B (762 Acres)

Jungle Bird Contact Area Specifications:

1. Cut, skid, and remove from harvest units sawtimber and nonsaw timber which meet the minimum tree specifications and cutting designations as identified in Appendix B. Biomass material may be removed subject to agreement.

2. Contractor will process all merchantable material to Appendix B specifications.

3. Item 4a.1 Tractor logging is defined as ground-based skidding on slopes <45% with feasible skid trails and landing locations.

4. Item 5a.1 Skyline/Tether logging is defined as having slopes >45%. Skyline and tether may be used interchangeably on slopes up to 65%. Slopes >65% will be skyline only.

5. Sawlog and nonsaw meeting specifications in Appendix B must be cut and skidded concurrently.

Nonsaw material must be decked separate from sawlog material.

6. An annual cutting schedule for commercial treatments will be required as a part of the Annual

Operating Schedule.

Optional Contract Area 4b,4c,4d,4e,4f,5b,5c,5d,5e,5f Specifications:

8. All Skyline/Tether and Tractor units will be broken into three volume categories (Tons/Acre):

a. Items 4.1 and 5.1: High >75 (items 4.1 and 5.1) ,

b. Items 4.2 and 5.2: Medium 27-74.5 (Items 4.2 and 5.2),

c. Items 4.3 and 5.3 Low <27 (Items 4.3 and 5.3).

9. All merchantable material meeting utilization specifications in Appendix B will be cut, skidded, processed and decked. Sawlog and nonsaw must be separated at the landing.

10. Tractor logging is defined as ground-based skidding on slopes <45% and skyline/tether units are defined as having slopes >45% with reasonable landings and skid trail corridors. Skyline and tether may be used interchangeably on slopes up to 65%. Slopes >65% will be skyline only.

11. Contractor must meet specifications described in End of the World Project Design Elements in https://www.usda.gov/guidance-documents/principles-measuring-trees/fs/forest-service-handbook-240912-10-timber-cruising-handbook

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Attachment C04j_7.

12. As optional contract areas are exercised, new appendicies B and C will be shared.

Item 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f: Load/Haul/Road Maintenance

1. Load, haul and remove included timber from Contract Area. Log haul will be separated into sawlog and nonsaw; The FS may elect not to haul nonsaw.

a. Item 6.1haul is based on delivery to the closest sawmill facility.

b. Item 6.2 haul is based on delivery of nonsaw products to the local area.

c. Item 6.3 haul is based on delivery of nonsaw material to the nearest pulpwood processing facility.

2. Road Maintenance is commensurate with use and must be kept current to haul. See specifications in

Appendix C.

3. Contractor must meet specifications described in End of the World Project Design Elements in

Attachment C04j_7 pertaining to hauling and road maintenance.

4. Refer to Appendix B for log accountability and scaling specifications.

Item 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, 7f: Road Reconstruction:

1. See Appendix D for specifications for Jungle Bird Mandatory Contract Area.

2. Contractor will complete road reconstruction worklist to specifications in Optional Contract Areas.

3. Optional Contract area road reconstruction packages will be completed by the Contractor.

Reconstruction work will be evaluated using current FS, State, and Federal Standards.

4. Contractor will complete approved road reconstruction worklist according to specifications.

Item 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 8f: Fuels and Reforestation Work:

Jungle Bird Contact Area Specifications:

Units: All (764 Acres)

1. See C6.7# in Appendix B for Fuels Work specifications

2. Pile slash in up to 50% of the harvest unit area. COR and/or Inspector will identify areas of harvest units to pile.

Optional Contract Area 8b,8c,8d,8e,8f Specifications:

3. Where FS determines fuel loading exceeds 10 tons per acre of <3” diameter slash and woody debris and >15 tons per acre of >3” course woody debris, the Contractor will reduce the fuel loading. Methods for fuels reduction include: machine piling, tethered piling, mastication, hand piling, and slashing.

4. Landing cleanup will not require area determination, acreages will be calculated as follows:

a. 20 acres of harvest will generate 1 acre of landings.

5. No landings piles or machine piles will be constructed within 50 feet of FSR 221.

6. The Contractor may also be required to prepare units for FS prescribed fire. These methods include:

manual fireline, machine fireline, slashing, and leave tree protection.

7. Contractor will complete all Fuels Work in accordance with End of the World Project Design Elements

Attachment C04j_7.

8. FS may designate a variety of post harvest methods to reduce fuels and forest health concerns for commercial and pre-commercial units. FS will generally utilize the least cost method for meeting fuels and forest health objectives.

9. FS will provide Contractor with Contract Area Fuels plan when Optional Contract Area items 4 and 5 units are complete within 20 working days.

10. Contractor will complete Fuels Work within 1 calendar year upon receiving fuels plan from FS.

11. FS will determine where slashing is necessary. Slashing (item 8.7) includes non-merchantable vegetation that is damaged or unwanted within harvest units. Slashing will have <300 stems per acre to be cut.

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12. In selected units/areas Mastication utilizing a drum and/or disc style masticating head capable of working on <35% slopes. Mastication will be broken into three categories based on trees/acre.

a. Item 8.8- Mastication Type 1: 0-1499 max 7” diameter

b. Item 8.81- Mastication Type 2: 1500-2500 max 7” diameter

c. Item 8.82- Mastication Type 3: 2500-4000 max 7” diameter

13. Contractor will complete Precommercial Thin (PCT) work in units identified in Item 1 that have been approved by the COR. FS may elect manmual thinning or mastication for PCT work.

14. PCT units identified in Item 1 will be broken into 3 categories based on stems/acre to be cut as follows:

d. Item 8.12- PCT Type 1: 301-700

e. Item 8.13- PCT Type 2: 701-1500

f. Item 8.14- PCT Type 3: 1501-3000

15. Contractor will reforest regeneration units (Item 8.15- Planting) within 2 year of FS prescribed fire activities being complete. Specifications for reforestation can be found in Attachment 5. FS will supply seedlings.

14x14 spacing for planting will be utilized, unless otherwise agreed.

16. In the event of a market for chips, chipping and biomass removal may be utilized to remove slash or other material from the contract area to reduce fuel loading or for visual benefits. Chip van accessibility will vary across the contract areas. Chipping without hauling will be subject to agreement by the FS.

Item 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f: Temporary Road Construction and Obliteration

Jungle Bird Contact Area Specifications:

1. See B6.63, C6.632# and C6.633# in Appendix B for temporary road construction and obliterations specifications.

Optional Contract Area 9b,9c,9d,9e,9f Specifications:

2. Contractor will determine temporary road needs for layout units. Roads will be flagged in Orange flagging. Temporary roads must be located within NEPA unit boundaries. Contractor will GPS temporary roads in each Contract Area and submit to COR. FS will have 30 days to review temporary road locations for approval.

3. New Temporary roads will be limited to 15 miles total for the Project. Contractor must meet specifications described in End of the World Project Design Elements in Attachment C04j_7 and B6.63, C6.632# and C6.633#.

4. Temporary roads on existing prisms may be used in addition to new temporary roads and won’t count toward the 15 mile project limitation. Specifications for these roads are found in Attachment C04J_7 and B6.63, C6.632# and C6.633#. All temporary roads will be recontoured within 3 years after use.

5. Temporary road obliteration and recontouring will require seeding. Seed specifications can be found in C6.601# within Appendix B. If there is >50% slash coverage on mineral soil, FS may agree to not require seeding.

6. New temporary roads and temporary roads on existing prims will not cross RHCA’s.

7. Contractor must meet specifications described in End of the World Project Design Elements in

Attachment C04j_7 for new temporary road and existing prism non system roads.

Item 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f: Erosion Control

Jungle Bird Contact Area Specifications:

1. See C6.6 and C6.601# in Appendix B for Erosion Control specifications.

Optional Contract Area 10b,10c,10d,10e,10f Specifications:

2. Contractor will complete erosion control work to specifications and within the time allowed as described in Appendix B-C6.6 and C6.601#, and Attachment C04j_7.

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3. Erosion control work shall be kept current by the Contractor when operations are active outside the Normal Operating Season or immediately preceding expected seasonal periods of precipitation or runoff; otherwise, within 15 calendar days after skidding or skyline/tether operations for each landing.

4. Contractor will ensure culverts, road surfaces and drainage structures are functional and free of logging debris during periods of accelerated runoff and prior to the end of the Normal Operating Season.

5. Contractor will construct waterbars in skid trails, temporary roads, yarding corridors (skyline and tether) and at landings where are mineral soil is exposed and water flow may be confined. In addition to waterbars, slash, where available will be applied in log yarding corridors.

6. Follow-up erosion control work to be implemented by the Contractor will include scarification of landings, skid trails, and seeding of all exposed raw soils on skid trails, landings, firebreaks, slides, and slumps. Seed mix is specified in C6.601#. If there is >50% slash coverage on exposed mineral soil, FS may agree to not require seeding.

Optional Item: Timber Salvage-Contract Area X

1. In the event a disturbance resulting in salvage needs the FS may prioritize removal from any area within the project.

IV – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

For All Work Items:

The Forest Service shall perform an inspection upon Contractor’s written request and assurance that work has been completed. Requests shall be for a reasonable portion of work. Acceptance may be made for all or portions of work. The Forest Service shall respond to Contractor’s request within 5 working days, excluding weekends and federal holidays.

Work Items 4,5,7 and 10:

Inspections for work Items 4 & 5 will utilize C6.36 Acceptance of Work in Appendix B for DxP units. Inspections for Item 7 Road Reconstructions will be done in accordance with FAR 52.246-12 and FP-24 requirements. Item 10 will follow Appendix B specifications.

Performance Requirements Summary Item 1: Unit Recon, Layout, Boundary Identification, and GPS

Performance Objective Performance Standard Surveillance Method AQL (Acceptable Quality Level)

Unit Recon Contractor uses FS-provided NEPA GIS shapefiles for unit boundaries.

All layout work aligns with FS spatial data unless COR approves changes.

Document review, field review and GIS comparison

100% compliance

Unit Recon completed; COR notified of additional avoidance areas and acreage reductions.

NEPA unit acreage reductions >20% reported to COR.

Document review & field inspection 90% compliance

Layout

Commercial units layout complete, minor adjustments approved by COR.

Avoidance areas removed from treatment unit, appropriate RHCA buffers applied. Layout unit with NEPA unit boundary.

Field inspection, document review, GIS comparison

100% compliance

PCT units identified and approved by COR.

PCT units delineated from commercial units.

Field inspection, document review 90% compliance https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52#FAR_52_246_12 https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/specs/fp-24

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PCT surveys complete

PCT survey templates complete with all fields filled out accurately.PCT units categories by stem counts.

Document review, field inspection 90% compliance

Logging systems separated within each unit.

Logging systems polygons are separated by tractor and skyline/tether

Field inspection, GIS comparison, Document review

100% compliance

Logging systems Logging systems meet slope restrictions.

Document review, Field Inspection 100% compliance

Utilize unit layout templates provided, including map sketch.

Layout cards completed, accurate, and submitted before acceptance.

Document review 100% compliance

Boundary Identification

Boundaries identified.

Virtual or physical description documented.

Method applied to specifications.

Field inspection 90% compliance

GPS

100% GPS each layout unit. Full GPS coverage; no missing segments. Data review 100% compliance

Final GPS boundary. Accuracy tests meet FSH

2409.12 Ch. 50. Data review 100% compliance

Contract Area Maps approved by

COR.

CAM Meets FSH 1409.10 Ch. 50 requirements. Document review 100% compliance

Raw and post-processed GPS data and shapefiles provided.

All required data formats submitted free of errors. Document review 100% compliance

Performance Requirements Summary Item 2: Road Survey

Complete road survey. Submit preliminary document.

Preliminary documents complete with points of clarification highlighted.

Document review, field inspection 90% compliance

Final submittal of timber sale road package.

Road package complete and organized. Files in correct format.

Document review 100% compliance

Performance Requirements Summary Item 3: Marking Plan, Cruise Design/Plan, Cruise and Processing

Marking Plan

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Submit marking plan for Contract Area.

Marking plan complete with all units included and meet specifications. Word format.

Document review, field inspection 100% compliance

Mark trees with appropriate paint scheme (If applicable).

Marked trees clearly identifiably as cut/leave. Field inspection 90% compliance

Cruise Design/Plan Cruise design/plan prepared by professional forester.

Cruise plan signed/stamped by professional forester. Document review 100% compliance

Cruise Plan follows FSH

2409.12 and FS direction unless deviations are approved.

Plan aligns with FS Manuals/Handbooks;

deviations documented and approved.

Document review 100% compliance

Cruise designed to meet sampling error requirements.

Meets error standards in FSH 2409.12 Ch. 40;

accuracy meets Ch. 50.

Document review 100% compliance

Cruise Cruisers supervised by professional forester.

Professional forester oversight documented

Document review, field observation 100% compliance

Tree measurements follow FS standards.

Meets standards found in FSH 2409.12 CH 10 and utilization standards are followed.

Field inspection 90% compliance

Follow cruise plan.

Plot locations, tree selections, and measurements match cruise plan.

Document review, field inspection 100% compliance

Plot locations monumented.

Plot center/cruise trees monumented to specifications.

Field inspection 100% compliance

Contractor cooperates with FS inspections per FSH 2409.12 Ch. 60.

No critical errors, inspection results satisfactory. Field inspection 100% compliance

Cruiser performance and procedures meet FS standards.

No critical errors, inspection results satisfactory. Field inspection 90% compliance

Cruise Processing

Submit raw cruise data.

All cruise data, tally sheets, electronic tally sheets in a format accessible by FS.

Data review 100% compliance

Final cruise report complete and submitted.

Report includes all required data. Data review 100% compliance

Submit Excel with stratified unit volumes per acre in MBF and Tons.

Data matches final cruise report and volume categorization.

Data review 100% compliance

Performance Requirements Summary Items 4 and 5: Cut/Skid/Deck Included Timber (Saw and Nonsaw)

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Timber cut to prescription

All merchantable material meeting utilization specs cut, skidded, processed, and decked with separation at landings.

Field inspection, Formal plots IAW C6.36# 90% compliance

Conduct of Logging Operations conducted in accordance with C6.4# Field inspection 90% compliance

Performance Requirements Summary Item 6: Load/Haul/Road Maintenance

Maintain roads in accordance with Appendix C requirements

Maintain roads in accordance with Appendix C requirements

Field inspection 90% compliance

Accountability & Scaling

Maintain chain‑of‑custody;

accurate scaling;

reconciliation of errors within agreed to timelines

Document review (Load tickets; scaling reports) 100% compliance

Performance Requirements Summary Item 8: Fuels Work/Reforestation

Quality Level)

Pile slash post-harvest operations.

Pile slash in up to 50% of the unit area results in <10 tons per acre of <3” material and

<15 tons of >3” material.

Field inspection 90% compliance

Perform fuels reduction work

Complete fuels work according to Fuels Plan specifications within 1 year of unit completion.

Field inspection 90% compliance

PCT units Complete PCT work to specifications.

Field inspection and plots 90% compliance

Slash harvest units

Complete slashing to specifications. Complete slashing prior to machine piling (if applicable)

Field inspection 90% compliance

Fireline construction Fireline installed to specifications Field Inspection 90% compliance

Masticate PCT units Complete mechanized thinning to specifications. Field inspection 90% compliance

Planting Planting quality meets or exceeds performance standard of 93% quality.

Field inspection and plots 90% compliance

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Performance Requirements Summary Item 9: Temporary Road Construction and Obliteration

Quality Level)

Identify existing prism temporary road needs and locations.

Temporary roads are to specifications and avoid restriction areas.

Document review, field inspection 90% compliance

Identify new temporary road needs and locations.

Existing prisms are not system roads and are to specifications and avoid restriction areas.

Document review, field inspection 90% compliance

Utilize minimum temporary roads necessary to facility timber removal.

Limit new temporary road development to <15 miles for project.

Document review 90% compliance

Submit locations of new and existing temporary roads.

GIS Data must be organized, labeled, and identified.

Document review, GIS review 100% compliance

Obliterate new and existing temporary roads.

Temporary roads recontoured and seeded within 3 years after use.

Field inspection, document review 100% compliance

Performance Requirements Summary Item10: Erosion Control

Timber cut to prescription

All merchantable material meeting utilization specs cut, skidded, processed, and decked with separation at landings.

Field inspection, Formal plots IAW C6.36# 90% compliance

Conduct of Logging Operations conducted in accordance with C6.4# Field inspection 90% compliance

Government Inspection Procedures - The COR, or a designated inspector (GTM), will make periodic inspections while work is in progress, as needed to ensure work is proceeding satisfactorily. The Contractor shall notify the COR when units are started, when problems are encountered and when contract work needs government oversight.

1. Each unit will be inspected as a separate unit. Units will not be averaged with other units for acceptance or payment.

2. When units are completed and ready for government inspection, Contractor’s designated representative shall request unit inspection in writing, prior to moving out of the general area.

3. The COR, or designated inspector, will determine compliance with contract specifications through informal visual inspections. In the event visual inspection indicates work to be in non-compliance with specifications, prompt corrective action and/or rework shall be required.

Reinspection Upon Contractor Request

1. If Government inspection results are unacceptable to the Contractor, a reinspection may be requested, in writing, within 5 business days after receipt of notice of said inspection results. The same inspection procedure will be used; however, the inspection pattern will be shifted so that new inspection plots will not overlap previously inspected plots.

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2. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – indicate a variance of more than 5 percent from the first inspection, the results of the second inspection will be used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Government will bear the cost of reinspection.

3. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – are within 5 percent of the first inspection, plots from the initial inspection and the reinspection will be combined and used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Contractor shall bear the cost of reinspection.

SECTION V – PAYMENT METHODS

Method of Measurement for Acreages

All acreage estimates in the schedules were determined by using GPS. All Mandatory units are flagged, the majority of boundaries are painted, with the exception being along FS system roads and the following units.

Acreage will be rounded to the nearest acre and is final unless:

a. The contract is modified or,

b. The Government makes a determination to remeasure or,

c. The Contractor exercises his/her option under the following Remeasurement provisions:

Remeasurement

1. The Contractor may request, in writing, remeasurement of any units under this contract if he/she feels that acreage stated on the project maps is incorrect. The remeasurement must be within the existing perimeter of the respective unit. No variance of the unit perimeters as laid out on the ground for this contract will be allowed. All requests for remeasurement must be made prior to payment for each completed unit. Remeasurement will be performed by the Government.

2. If remeasurement indicates that a variance of ten percent or less exists on units of 1 to 5 acres, five percent or less exists on units of more than five but less than 20 acres, or if three percent or less exists on units of 20 acres or larger, the Contractor shall pay for the actual costs of the remeasurement. Under this condition, payment will be made on the acreage stated on the project maps. If the remeasurement indicates the actual acreage varies by more than the above factors from that stated on the project maps, the payment will be made on the remeasured acreage and the Forest Service will pay for the cost of the remeasurement.

Acceptance and Payment – Item 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, and 10

1. Full payment will be issued once the Government verifies that all work has been completed in accordance with contract specifications, applicable FS Handbooks, and required performance standards. Partial payments may be authorized at the Contracting Officer’s discretion. Work that is incomplete or non‑compliant must be corrected before final approval and may be rejected for payment or subject to deduction.

Acceptance and Payment – Item 4 and 5

1. If informal inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

2. In the event that formal inspections are used, the rate of payment to the Contractor will be calculated as follows:

C2.355# – DESIGNATION BY PRESCRIPTION

(a) For work quality above acceptable range (over cutting) of leave tree basal area, Contractor will have opportunity to rework for 100% payment. If contractor decides to not rework there will be a reduction of payment of 20% for being 1-5 feet over acceptable spacing range and a 100% payment reduction for

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(b) For work quality below acceptable range (under cutting) of leave tree basal area there will be a reduction of payment of 50% for being 1-5 feet below acceptable spacing range and a 100% payment reduction in payment for units over 6 feet below acceptable spacing range.

(c) For work quality above acceptable Max Stump Diameter, a 10% reduction in payment will occur for every tree left above acceptable limit listed in C2.355#.

(d) For work quality not meeting Designated Leave Tree selection, a 5% reduction in payment will occur for every tree not meeting designated leave tree species listed in C2.355#.

C2.38# - SPECIES DESIGNATION

a. For work quality not meeting leave tree species (under cutting), Contractor will have opportunity to rework for 100% payment. If contractor decides to not rework there will be a reduction of payment of 5% for every cut tree not removed.

b. For work quality not meeting leave tree species (over cutting) there will be a reduction of payment of 5% for every designated leave tree cut.

c. If applicable, for work quality above acceptable Max Stump Diameter, a 10% reduction in payment will occur for every tree left above acceptable limit listed in C2.38#.

Acceptance and Payment – Item 6

1. Full payment shall be made for the actual quantity of product removed upon receipt of acceptable proof of removal/transport for quantities invoiced.

2. Payment will be made after FS determines that all required road maintenance is current and completed within contract AQL.

SECTION VI – DEFINITIONS

ACCEPTABLE QUALITY LEVEL (AQL): Acceptance of work will be based on compliance with all specifications corresponding to the appropriate task(s). A minimum AQL is required for all service work – hand or mechanical. The minimum AQL will receive a satisfactory performance rating.

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS: Woody material left on the ground to meet wildlife habitat requirements.

CUT TREES: Trees that do not possess the characteristics of desirable leave trees and are required to be cut.

As described by the contract or otherwise marked to be cut.

CUTTING UNIT: See Treatment Unit definition

DECKING: Stockpiling of trees in a designated area.

DESIGNATION BY PRESCRIPTION (DxP): A method of designating trees for harvest in which the Forest Service specifies the desired condition of the residual stand after cutting, rather than marking individual trees in advance

DESIGNATION BY SPECIES AND DIAMETER (DXD): A cutting prescription in which species and diameter are used to determine which trees will be left and which will be cut.

DWARF MISLETOE RATING (DMR): Rating system to quantify the severity of dwarf mistletoe infection in individual trees or stands.

NON-SAWTIMBER TREE: For all conifer species, minimum diameter of 5 inches DBH to minimum diameter by species identified in Appendix B, Division A.

OVERSTORY REMOVAL: A cutting prescription where all trees greater than a specified size are cut. Trees less than the specified size are protected.

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PAYMENT UNIT: See Treatment Unit.

PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING (PCT): The selective felling, deadening, or removal of trees from a young stand maintaining a specific stocking or stand density range. This can be accomplished by hand and/or mechanical work.

PILING: Gathering and stacking of downed wood and activity slash by hand or mechanical methods into piles constructed and located as indicated by technical specification and project maps.

SAWTIMBER TREE: Included timber meeting sawlog size specifications as defined in Appendix B, Division A.2.

SLASH: Woody material existing or created that has accumulated on the forest floor. Woody material includes logs, pieces of logs, tops, and branches.

UNIT: See Treatment Unit.

TEMPORARY ROADS: Non-permanent roads that are constructed by Contractor for the purpose of treatment unit access.

TREATMENT UNIT: An individual area on the ground in which activities will be performed and which may appear as a separate pay item in the Schedule of Items.

UNSATISFACTORY WORK: If work quality falls below the AQL, the COR will issue a work order or notice of noncompliance to the Contractor in writing. Untreated or unsatisfactory treated areas shall be reworked to obtain satisfactory work quality.

VIRTUAL BOUNDARY: A unit boundary that is shown on the map but is not demarcated on the ground. The contractor must use mapping applications in order to locate these boundaries in the unit.

WHOLE TREE YARDING: Whole tree logging includes cutting tree and removing the entire tree, including tops and branches, to the landing.

WILDLIFE TREE: Standing tree marked to be reserved as a wildlife tree. Used by birds and small mammals for shelter, nesting, perching, etc.

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Exhibit 1 - Dwarf Mistletoe Rating System

Hoffman, James T. “Management Guide for Dwarf Mistletoe”. Forest Health Protection and State Forestry

Organizations, May 2004. Web.