CadastralSurveySOW20250320.docx

C-1 SCOPE*

Contractor shall provide cadastral surveying services for the Cherokee National Forest. These services are to be provided for lands within the administrative boundaries of the Cherokee National Forest, North Zone (Watauga and Unaka Ranger Districts) and South Zone (Tellico and Ocoee Ranger Districts) in the east Tennessee counties: Polk, Monroe, McMinn, Cocke, Greene, Sullivan, Carter, Unicoi, Washington and Johnson; North Carolina: Ashe County; Virginia counties: Grayson and Washington.

Work will include, but is not limited to:

· Locating, measuring, and marking Forest Service property boundary lines

· Rehabilitation of previously marked Forest Service property boundary lines

· Identification and verification, restoration, location and monumentation of property corners.

· Survey of lines to connect, prove, or establish property corners

· Rights-of-way and easement surveys

· Preparation of surveyor’s reports, control diagrams, and survey plats

· Preparation of Form 7100-52, Corner Record, for each Forest Service property corner

· Preparation of tract descriptions

· Engineering Site Surveys

· Drone mapping

· Scanning

· Other miscellaneous work incidental to the survey profession The Forest Service anticipates award of multiple Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts with a one-year base period and an option to extend the contract for four additional one-year periods. Individual task orders will be issued against a contract as program needs arise. Time of performance will vary by task order.

Only firms with Registered Professional Surveyor(s) licensed in Tennessee, or state where work is to be performed, will be considered. A state Registered Professional Surveyor must perform the field work associated with each task order for corner establishment and measurements.

Task orders issued against awarded contract(s) will include a specific statement of work and will be negotiated as individual project using Brooks Act procedures. The Government makes no representation as to the number of task orders or the actual amount of work to be ordered.

Contract awards will be made using the Unit Pricing. For actual projects where task orders are to be issued, a schedule of items is included.

Task orders will be issued against the Unit Pricing (schedule of items) for actual projects included with this solicitation. These projects are identified with a unique project name and number. Counties where actual projects are yet to be prepared are identified with the statement “Prices reflect a typical project in [Example] County”.

Award of contract(s) will not restrict the Government from having cadastral surveying services performed by Government employees or others during the contract period.

If contracts are awarded to more than one vendor, in addition to technical evaluation criteria, the Forest Service may administratively elect to consider the volume of work previously awarded to an A&E firm when determining which vendor should be awarded a new task order.

Term of contract: One base year with 4 option years with a total duration not to exceed 5 years.

Mid-Term Changes: During the course of the 5-year term of contract, the Contracting Officer may determine a need to reduce or augment the original pool of awarded contracts.

1. Exiting Contracts: Contractors who repeatedly fail to accept an offer of a task order due to lack of capacity, or who repeatedly fail to complete task orders within the allotted contract time, may not have the next option year renewed

2. Entering Contracts: Following completion of the first option year, the Government reserves the right to solicit for additional contractors to be included in this multiple-award contract. The solicitation, terms and conditions, and source selection procedures will be the same as under this original solicitation. The period of performance for the new awardees will not exceed the overall maximum term of the original IDIQ contract, including options.

C-2 STATEMENT OF WORK

The intent of this contract is to obtain land surveying services listed in individual work orders in accordance with these Specifications and Exhibits. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials (except Government furnished materials), transportation, equipment, tools, operating supplies, and incidentals to complete the work as specified. All work shall be performed by, or under the direct supervision of a person licensed to practice land surveying in the state(s) where the project is located.

C-3 PROJECT LOCATION

Lands within and adjacent to the Cherokee National Forest administrative boundaries in Polk, Monroe, McMinn, Cocke, Greene, Sullivan, Carter, Unicoi, Washington and Johnson Counties, TN; Ashe County, NC; and Grayson and Washington Counties, VA.

C-4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

See Attached Specifications Document.

C-5 SAFETY

Contractors are responsible for the safety of their employees. This includes hazard awareness, communication, and tracking. This work is often performed in remote and rugged terrain without cell phone coverage. Use of radios or alternate contact methods may be necessary to provide appropriate communication.

C-6 KEY PERSONNEL

Participation of the professional land surveyor(s) specified in the Offeror's Technical Proposal is, to the extent indicated therein, an obligation of the Contractor in performance of the work. Prior to diverting any specified individual(s) to other activities, the Contractor shall notify the CO reasonably in advance and shall submit in writing sufficient information as to the qualifications and experience of the proposed substitute personnel. No diversion shall be made by the Contractor without written consent of the CO; provided, that the CO may ratify in writing such diversion and such ratification shall constitute the consent of the CO required by this clause.

C-7 DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY

a) The Government may deliver to the Contractor materials, supplies, property, or services, hereinafter referred to as "Government-furnished property", at the places and times designated by the COR. The Contractor shall be liable for all loss or damage of such delivered Government furnished property until completion and final acceptance of the work required under this contract. If the Government fails to make timely delivery of such Government-furnished property, suitable for its intended use and upon written request from the Contractor, the CO shall make an equitable adjustment of contract performance dates, or contract price, or both, pursuant to the general provisions of this contract. Government-furnished property not used in this contract shall be returned prior to final acceptance.

b) Government-furnished property may consist of signs, posts, blank forms 7100-52, blank Land Corner Record forms, monuments, maps, and records. These items are available at a location designated by the COR, during normal business hours.