Draft Guayama_Statement of Work.pdf

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Statement of Work Grounds Maintenance Services

Guayama Research Station

Contents Project General Information

1.0 Scope of Work

2.0 Background

Contractor Requirements

3.0 Technical Requirements / Tasks

4.0 Government Furnished

5.0 Deliverables / Schedule

6.0 Travel

7.0 Contractor’s Key Personnel

8.0 Security Requirements

9.0 Data Rights

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Project Grounds Maintenance Services, Guayama Research Station

General Information

1.0 Scope of Work

The Contractor must furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, and materials necessary to provide grounds maintenance services in accordance with the requirements specified herein. Groundskeeping services for the areas adjacent to the Guayama Research Area.

The grounds keeping services include the areas and fences around all buildings within Guayama Research: tower, offices. To include but not limited to: Cleaning the yard, cutting grass, weeding by hand, maintenance of all garden areas and general cleanliness of the green areas. Trim and clean the outside of the Station fence, around gate and access road. Collect all leaves and associated plant parts that have fallen on ground surfaces. It consists of collecting and disposing to a compost pile of all the leaves and other organic debris of vegetation that falls inside the fenced area. This work is distributed throughout the year so that all areas are cleaned up a minimum once a quarter.

2.0 Background

In 2010, the IITF became the custodian of two new properties transferred from the USDA Farm Service Administration. These two properties became designated as Institute Research Areas. The Guayama Research Area is located on the south side of Puerto Rico where the Guayama, Cayey, and Salinas municipalities meet. This property has an area of approximately 141 hectares with steep topography which translates to diverse vegetation in the area. Quebrada del Palo crosses the Guayama Research Area from east to west. There are several intermittent streams that feed Quebrada del Palo inside this research area. The property has a small network of old, unpaved farm roads that provide access from its east side. The internal unpaved roads will be useful for supporting future research programs at this research area. There is also an unpaved road north of the property through Cayey that provides access to the Guayama

Research Area. The property is currently being surveyed.

In 2015 a new weather tower was installed in the Guayama Research Area. The tower and sensors received extensive damage during

Hurricane Maria in September 2017. In March 2018, the Institute received help from the Southern Research Station Coweeta

Hydrologic Laboratory in repairing and restoring this tower and other instruments in the Institute's Experimental Forests and Research

Areas. The maintenance of this area is important to the continuation of research.

Contractor Requirements

3.0 Technical Requirements / Tasks

*Tasks as described in section 1 Scope of Work

4.0 Government Furnished

The contractor will require access to all facilities at Guayama Research Area in Guayama, Puerto Rico. Access may be restricted during federal holidays, government closures or other agreed upon situational circumstances.

5.0 Deliverables / Schedule

TASK (QUARTELY)

• Cut grass at northeast gate and several unpaved roads at the Guayama Research Area

• Cut grass around and inside the south tower

• Cut grass at proposed building site

• Cut grass at the southeast gate (first gate) area and unpaved road and boundary line with the private parcels

6.0 Travel

N/A

7.0 Contractor’s Key Personnel

Not required.

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8.0 Security Requirements

No clearances required.

9.0 Data Rights

Not Applicable.

10.0 Section 508 – Electronic and Information Technology Standards Not Applicable.