FNF Road Blading SOW.pdf

SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

Flathead National Forest

Road Maintenance (Blading)

SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

Scope of Contract

The Contractor shall furnish everything necessary, including but not limited to all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform road blading on the Flathead National Forest. Road blading includes blading and shaping, maintaining drainage facilities, removal of sloughs and slides, and providing for signing and public safety in compliance with these terms, specifications, and provisions.

This work is being solicited as a performance-based service contract.

Location and Description

The work is located throughout the Ranger Districts of the Flathead National Forest. Information regarding the work is provided on the work list. Maps showing locations of roads to be graded on the work list are included. The roads will be staked using painted wood lath with road number printed. Stakes will be placed at the beginning and end of each road.

Tally Lake, Glacier View, Hungry Horse, Swan Lake

Site Visit

No site visit is planned for this project. The Forest Service roads with work associated are open to the public.

Existing Facilities

In addition to the requirements of the Use of Premises Clause, all existing facilities such as signs, cattleguards, culverts, riprap protecting culvert inverts or fill slopes, and drainage structures damaged by the Contractor shall be replaced or repaired by the Contractor at no additional cost to the Government.

Pollution and Erosion Control

(a) During all operations under this contract, the Contractor shall exercise reasonable measures to direct surface runoff water to stabilized waterways and to keep the drainage systems functioning effectively to prevent or minimize soil erosion and pollution of water and other resources. All refuse, including garbage, rubbish, and solid or liquid wastes from the Contractor’s operations, including camps, parking areas, and equipment maintenance areas, shall be stored and collected in a sanitary manner and disposed of as approved by the Contracting Officer Representitve.

(b) Equipment shall be fueled away from perennial and intermittent streams, scoured channels, or any other live water source. Proper procedures shall be used when fueling to prevent overflow, leakage, or spills from fueling equipment.

Barricades, Warning Signs, and Other Devices

The Contractor shall exercise due caution and care when operating to prevent undue conflict with public users of the roads.

The area being bladed at any one time shall not exceed a distance of 2 miles unless the distance between turnarounds for the grader are not available.

The Contractor shall operate all equipment with driving/operating lights and warning flashers or strobe on at all times to increase visibility.

The Contractor shall post warning signs with 12” x 12” flags on both ends of the sections being worked (grader and roller) to warn the road users of the work in progress. Signs shall be of size, number, and colors required in Part VI of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, published by the Federal Highway Administration and applicable safety codes. Each sign shall have at least two flags. Signs shall be located in advance of the operating area and shall be moved, as needed. If a berm is left in the roadway overnight or weekends due to weather conditions or breakdowns, it shall be properly signed as a hazard and visibly illuminated at night.

Weed-Free Equipment

In an attempt to stop the spread of weeds, this work will require the Contractor to wash their equipment prior to entering the jobsite. The equipment shall be washed with a pressure washer that is capable of producing enough water force to thoroughly remove all organic, mineral debris, and including excess grease from the machine. Before the equipment is moved to the jobsite, it shall be inspected and approved by the Contracting Officer Representative.

Equipment Specifications

The equipment to be used for blading shall be a diesel, tandem drive motor patrol, of at least 125HP and a 14’ moldboard. The motor patrol shall be equipped with flashers or warning strobe light and a reflectorized “Slow Moving” vehicle emblem.

End-Product Description

After the completed finished blading, the roadway:

• Shall have been bladed shoulder to shoulder with no backslopes undercut.

• Shall be free of berms, both sides, unless directed by the Contracting Officer’s

Representative (COR).

• Sections with ditch shall be crowned (4% from centerline).

• Sections without ditch shall be insloped or outsloped (2% to 4%).

• No surfacing or road material shall be sidecasted (exceptions include large boulders, which may be sidecasted).

• Shall have ruts/potholes cut out to the bottom of the defect.

• Drain dips shall be cleaned and reshaped if necessary.

• All ditches and lead-out ditches shall be free of obstructions and functioning properly.

• Berms in place, paralleling streams shall be left intact and repaired as needed.

Road maintenance shall consist of reshaping and finish blading the roadbed, including shoulders and turnouts, to restore and maintain the original cross-section and grade of the road. Work includes removing ruts, washes, slough, and other irregularities that prevent normal runoff from the road surface

Road maintenance includes the cleaning of existing drainage facilities and the disposal of excess materials. The drainage includes roadside drainage ditches, drainage dips, lead-out ditches, open tops, and other erosion control facilities.

After the last pass of the grader, the road surface shall be free of rock 4 inches or greater in diameter. The road ditches and lead-out ditches will be clean and functioning properly, with no obstructions to impede the flow of water. No berms will be left on either side of the road unless otherwise directed and no surfacing material will have been wasted. The ruts and potholes will have been cut out and existing drain dips will have been cleaned and re-shaped if necessary.

Contractor’s Quality Control Plan

Contractor shall provide a Quality Control Plan that outlines a progress schedule.

Additional Inspection and Acceptance Requirements

(a) Inspection Procedure. The Government will inspect completed sections of road within 2 work days following Contractor’s notification of completion of the maintenance work.

(1) Unacceptable work shall be redone at the Contractor’s expense.

Loss, Damage, or Destruction

(a) Equipment Furnished with Operator. The Government shall not be liable for loss, damage, or destruction of equipment furnished under this contract except for such loss, damage, or destruction resulting from the negligent or wrongful act(s) of Government employee(s) while acting within the scope of their employment.

All claims arising under this clause will be submitted to the Contracting Officer.

Landscape Preservation

(a) The Contractor shall confine operations to within the clearing limits or other areas designated in contract documents, and prevent the depositing of rocks, excavated materials, stumps, or other debris outside of these limits. Material which falls outside of these limits shall be retrieved, disposed of, or incorporated in the work as directed by the Contracting Officer Representitive.

(b) Operation shall be scheduled and conducted to minimize erosion of soils and to prevent silting and muddying of streams, rivers, irrigation systems, and impoundments (lakes, reservoirs, etc.).

Pollutants such as fuels, lubricants, bitumens, raw sewage, and other harmful materials shall not be discharged into or near rivers, streams, and impoundments or into natural or manmade channels leading thereto. Wash water or waste water from concrete or aggregate operations shall not be allowed to enter live streams prior to treatment by filtration, settling, or other means sufficient to reduce the sediment content to not more than that of the stream into which it is discharged.

Mechanized equipment shall not be operated in live streams without prior written approval by the Contracting Officer Representitive.

Permits and Responsibilities

The Contractor shall, without additional expense to the Government, be responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses and permits, and for complying with any Federal, State, and municipal laws, codes, and regulations applicable to the performance of the work. The Contractor shall also be responsible for all damages to persons or property that occur as a result of the Contractor's fault or negligence. The Contractor shall also be responsible for all materials delivered and work performed until completion and acceptance of the entire work, except for any completed unit of work which may have been accepted under the contract.

Contract Period

The contract period of this contract is from the date of contract award through Oct 31,2025

Contract Time and Required Rate of Progress

(a) Performance Period.

The Contractor shall maintain progress at a rate which will assure completion of work within the calendar time specified.

(b) The Contractor shall furnish to the Government a work plan. This work plan shall include at the minimum:

(1) Hours of day the Contractor intends to work.

(2) Days of week the Contractor intends to work.

(3) Schedule showing dates when brushing will begin and a listing of the sequence of roads to be accomplished.

(c) The Contractor shall complete all work behind gate closures by October 15th, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor will be advised of any applicable closures at the Prework Meeting.

Measurement and Payment

Measurement

(a) Measurement (By-the-Mile). Road Maintenance will be measured in miles and the nearest tenths of miles along the road centerline of the entire roadway cross-section regardless of the number of passes required for a given length, and shall include only those sections of the roads which are included in the contract and included in accordance with the specifications.

Measurement will be by the odometer of a Forest Service vehicle. The odometer will be checked for accuracy and calibrated as necessary. Parking areas, turnouts, and approach road connections are considered as adjuncts to the main roads and shall not be measured separately.

Basis of Payment

(a) Basis of Payment (By-the-Mile). Payment shall be made for completed and accepted mileage to the nearest tenth of a mile as stated in paragraph (b) above, at the contract unit price per mile for the applicable item, which price and payment shall constitute full compensation for all labor, equipment, tools, and incidentals necessary to complete the item.

SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT