Carson and Santa Fe Road Maintenance SOW.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

FY 2022

Road Maintenance Contract

CARSON & SANTA FE NATIONAL FORESTS

APRIL 7, 2022

Table of Contents

Scope of Work

Period of Performance

Project Location

Description of Work

Specifications

SCOPE OF WORK

This project consists of road reconditioning and maintenance of 116.3 miles of aggregate and unsurfaced National Forest System Roads on the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests. Work includes reconditioning of ditches, shoulders, roadbeds, aggregate and native surfaces. The Contractor shall furnish all materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, labor, quality control and supervision necessary to complete the work as detailed in the Description of Work, Drawings, Project Locations, Specifications, and Schedule of Items.

This contract consists of a base contract with option items. The base contract includes roadway reconditioning on 67.6 miles of Carson National Forest System Roads (NFSRs) and 14.3 miles of Santa Fe NFSRs. There are two (2) contract option items that may be awarded, one on each Forest, subject to availability of funds, through September 30, 2022.

Mobilization shall be paid according to the Specifications and shall only be paid once throughout the life of the contract. If a road has not been accepted by the CO prior to Contractor moving equipment to another road; the Contractor will incur any cost associated with returning equipment to the road for additional items that may be required for acceptance.

Contractor is responsible for utility locates. Damages to any utilities shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. Locates are available by calling 811.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The Contractor shall complete all work in the base contract within one hundred twenty

(120) calendar days from receipt of the Notice-to-Proceed (NTP) from the Contracting Officer (CO). The Contractor shall complete awarded option items within thirty (30) days from receipt of the NTP.

The Contractor shall provide a schedule, including location of work by road and approximate mile post at the prework meeting.

Contractor shall notify CO seven (7) days in advance of request for final inspection.

PROJECT LOCATIONS

The road reconditioning and maintenance is located on the Carson and Santa Fe NFs in New Mexico. Roads are listed in the attached Drawings and highlighted in the attached

Maps and Drawings. The project lies in the following counties: Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and Taos.

Directions to the contract roads are as follows:

From Taos, head northeast on US-64 W, continue straight onto NM-522 N for 40 miles. Turn right onto NM-196 S and follow for approximately 10.6 miles to beginning of aggregate and FS easement for the NFSR 1950 and the Valle Vidal group of roads maintenance.

From Taos, head northeast on US-64 W, turn left on W. Rim Rd/Taos County Rd Cb-115. Continue for 8.2 miles. Turn right onto NM-567 W, continue for 9 miles. Turn left on to US Hwy 285 S, continue for 8.9 miles. Turn right onto NM-111N, follow for 3.1 miles. Turn left onto NM-554 S, follow for 10.8 miles. Turn right onto NFSR 137.

From Taos, head northeast on US-64 W, continue straight onto NM-522 N for 20 miles. Turn right onto Cisneros Rd and in 0.1 miles turn left onto Cabresto Rd, NM-563 continue straight to NFSR 134.

From Albuquerque, drive North on I-25 to NM-550 towards Bernalillo. Stay on NM-550 to San Ysidro, turn right on NM-4. Follow NM-4 9.4 miles to NM-485. Turn left onto NM-485, which turns into NFSR 376. Maintenance on NFSR 376 begins at the end of the pavement after Gilman Tunnels.

From Albuquerque, drive North on I-25 to NM-550 towards Bernalillo. Stay on NM-550 to San Ysidro, turn right on NM-4. Follow NM-4 6.2 miles to NM-290. Turn right onto NM-290, which turns into NFSR 10 after the town of Ponderosa. Maintenance on NFSR 10 begins at the Forest Boundary.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The maintenance and reconstruction shall maintain the road prism and drainage to allow a prudent driver to safely negotiate the road in a passenger car. Contractor shall utilize existing turnouts or roads as turnaround points to minimize resource damage with all vehicles and equipment to the greatest extent possible. The enclosed video link provides a visual description of the contract requirements.

Contractor shall have a Traffic Control Plan submitted to the CO for approval a minimum of fourteen (14) days prior to commencing operations. A Traffic Control Plan shall be approved prior to beginning any work, see Specifications for more details.

Compaction shall be according to the specification 204.11 Compaction (b) Placement Method 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTEfXsDqdUg.

All berms generated shall be removed from the shoulders and all suitable material shall be incorporated into the traveled way surface. Existing berms shall be removed unless otherwise agreed, incorporating suitable material into the traveled way. Turnouts shall also be included with the blading of the road surface. Berms caused by road maintenance operations shall be removed from the traveled way prior to the end of each day's work.

Cleaning is not required on ditches that provide drainage and are free of debris larger than six (6) inches in any direction. On aggregate surfaced roads, care must be taken to ensure unsuitable material is not mixed into the existing aggregate. Unsuitable material shall be disposed of by side-casting unless otherwise shown on the drawings. Side-casting into streams, lakes or water courses shall not be permitted.

On native surface roads, all corrugations, depressions, and washouts shall be removed by scarifying or cutting below such defects. Fines accumulated in blading roads or from drainage ditches shall not be wasted in ditches.

On aggregate surface roads, all corrugations, depressions, and washouts shall be removed by scarifying or cutting below the defect on the aggregate surface. If the defect reaches into the roadbed, the Contractor shall preserve surfacing material prior to scarifying or cutting below the defect and then subsequently replace surfacing material after repair has been accomplished.

The roadbed immediately before and after cattleguards and bridges shall be bladed in such a manner as to create a smooth transition. Material shall not be deposited inside cattleguards or onto bridges. Any material deposited on bridge decks, including any accumulated material, shall be removed from bridge decks.

Intersecting roads shall be bladed for fifty (50) feet to ensure proper transitioning of the two riding surfaces.

Cleaning culverts and related items such as catch basins, outlet ditches, trash racks, drop inlets, headwalls, aprons, and riprap shall be incidental to roadway reconditioning.

Drainage structures and related items shall be cleared of all foreign material and all vegetative growth which interferes with the flow pattern. Grass or other vegetative material that does not interfere with the flow shall be left in place. The backslope shall be cleaned of loose material ensuring the slope is not increased or undercut. Culverts which have silted into a depth of one-quarter (1/4) of their opening height or more shall have their inlet and outlet cleaned as well as a minimum of three (3) feet of the upper and lower ends of the inside cleaned out to expose the full diameter of the culvert. If debris is lodged in the culvert to the extent it cannot be cleaned manually, the CO shall be notified of the location within 5 working days for a final determination of corrective measures to be taken.

Work is confined to the clearing limits of the road as defined in the Specifications and Drawings. If a need arises for any work outside of the clearing limits; the Contractor shall gain approval from the CO prior to beginning work.

SPECIFICATIONS

The specifications used is this contract are found in “Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects” (FP-14), to be consistent with Forest Service and Federal Agency Policies, and the Forest Service Supplemental Specifications (FSSS) included within the contract. FSSS may add to, delete from, or modify the FP-14 Specifications. FSSS are applicable to this project and are included in full text as an attachment. The requirements contained in these specifications are hereby made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract. FP- 14 is available from: http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/specs/fp-14.htm. FP-14 is found on this site under Home > Resources > Specifications.

Applicable sections include sections listed below and sections or subsections referenced therein.

Section 100 — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (ALL) Section 150 — PROJECT REQUIREMENTS (ALL) Section 200 — EARTHWORK (ALL) Section 301 — UNTREATED AGGREGATE COURSES Section 303 — ROAD RECONDITIONING Section 600 — INCIDENTAL CONSTRUCTION (AS APPLICABLE) Section 635 — TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL Section 700 — MATERIAL (AS APPLICABLE)

Other applicable references:

MUTCD: : https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/.

The following video may be viewed to enhance the Contractor’s knowledge of Forest Service roads, specifications, and expectations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTEfXsDqdUg.

http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/specs/fp-14.htm https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTEfXsDqdUg