Removal of Keawe trees-Scope of Work Specifications Instruction to Bidders .pdf

PROJECT: Five (5) Keawe Tree Removal

PROJECT LOCATION: 91-1227 Enterprise Avenue Bldg 1784, 1785, 1786

SCOPE OF WORK (GENERAL):

Supply all necessary tree removal equipment, labor, permits as required, licenses as required, use of work equipment/tools to implement and complete, in good and acceptable workmanship, the removal and proper disposal, and DOD and/or State Certified herbicide handler and/or applicator. All must be in strict compliance to the rules and regulations on material handling, transport, and disposal, set by the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and by the Federal, State, and Local Agencies. Scope is based but not limited to the Plans, and the Scope Of Work / Specifications (SOW/Specs) detailed as follows:

1. Remove and dispose of 5 each Keawe trees.

2. Remove all stumps.

3. If stumps cannot physically be removed, provide a DOD and/or State Certified herbicide handler and/or applicator to do a complete treatment of the roots to prevent regrowth.

4. Herbicide usage will be in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2024 State Pesticide Use List (SPUL) and be recorded on a DD Form 1532-1 and provided to the Hawaii Army National Guard Natural Resources Supervisor Craig Blaisdell at craig.p.blaisdell.nfg@army.mil.

5. Precautionary measures during removal work not to damage or remove any facility structures, utilities, or paved areas.

6. Waste bin and chipper will have a dedicated area and will be identified during the walkthrough. Contractor will remove debris from each site daily.

mailto:craig.p.blaisdell.nfg@army.mil

SAFETY MEASURES IMPLEMENTATION, OTHER INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS:

The Contractor must implement all safety measures in accordance with the present OSHA, Local, and Federal Government Rules and Regulations. Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shall always be worn by the Contractor’s workers during implementation of work. Warning signs/tapes, cones, and barricades shall be posted/in-place where and when necessary. The Contractor shall provide own power generating equipment if needed for the job.

MANDATORY SURETY BOND:

1. All Bidders must include, as one of the attachments with the bid, a Bid Bond based on the bid amount if bid/price quote is $25,000.00 or more.

2. The Bid Bond Penal Sum is five (5%) percent of the total bid amount.

3. The Bid Bond Form can be any of the industry-standard Forms used to transact business with the State of Hawaii.

4. The State of Hawaii Department of Defense shall be the Project Owner.

MANDATORY PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS:

1. Performance and Payment Bonds shall be required for contracts $50,000.00 or higher. At the time of the execution of the contract, the successful Bidder shall file a good and sufficient Performance and Payment Bonds on the Form furnished by the Department or the Contractor’s Surety, each in the amount equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the amount of the contract price unless otherwise stated in the solicitation of bids.

2. Acceptable Performance and Payment Bonds shall be limited to the following:

2.A. Surety Bond underwritten by a Company license to issue bonds in the State of Hawaii.

2.B. Legal tender; or 2.C. A Certificate of Deposit; Share Certificate; or a Cashier’s, Treasurer’s, Teller’s, or Official check drawn by or a certified accepted by and payable on demand to the State by a Bank, a Savings Institution, or a Credit Union insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration.

2.C.1) These instruments may be utilized only to a maximum of $100,000.00.

2.C.2) If the required security or bond amount totals over $100,000.00, more than one instruments not exceeding $100,000.00 each and issued by different financial Institution shall be acceptable. If the Contractor fails to deliver the required Performance and Payment Bonds, the Contractor’s award shall be cancelled, its Bid Security enforced, and award of the contract shall be made to the next lowest Bidder.

ACT 68:

The General Contractor and Sub-Contractors with construction contracts over $50,000.00, are required by Law to submit a Certificate of Compliance of Employment each month of the general contract period starting from the Notice-To-Proceed (NTP) month regardless of any work performed/completed or not during the subject month, to the Government Project Manager. The Certificate must be duly notarized.

HAWAII COMPLIANCE EXPRESS:

Bidders must be registered or must register with the Hawaii Compliance Express and must be “compliant” status on the issue date of the “Certificate of Vendor Compliance” with the Hawaii Department of Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

HIARNG Environmental Reports preparation/submittals, Permits, and Instructions:

1. Mandatory Environmental Logs and Report: The Contractor shall read and comply with the instructions shown in the attached HIARNG Environmental Contractor Requirements in the preparation and submittal of Hazardous Materials Inventory Log, Monthly Waste Generation Report, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan, and other requirements listed, applicable to the Project. The Contractor shall be responsible for the assessment, application, payment, and for obtaining the required Environmental Permits for the transport and disposal of hazardous and solid wastes.

2. Disposal of chemicals, paint, paint brush, and concrete dust rinse water into any inlets of rainwater drain and sewer lines inside the HIARNG Compound and the nearby outside inlets tied into the HIARNG drain system shall constitute violations of HIARNG’s sanitary sewer and NPDES permits. No chemicals or rinsed water shall be disposed into the inlets of HIARNG’s rainwater or sewer lines/system or on the open grounds inside and nearby the HIARNG Compound. Daily cleaning of paint brushes and other equipment must be done in a way that chemicals and paint-diluted water (wastewater) must be contained in the Contractor-owned leak-proof container. All wastewaters must be hauled out of the HIARNG Compound and dumped into an EPA or City & County approved dumping station.

3. If Contractor-owned electric power generator is brought at site, the Contractor must supply sufficient spill response supplies. If spills happen, the Contractor must implement cleanup work immediately.

PROJECT POINTS OF CONTACT:

Ed Mendoza (FMO Project Manager) Work cell phone: 808-230-7413 Office land line: 808-672-1526

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Scope of Work, Specifications, Submittals, Instruction to Bidders, etc. (three pages).

2. State Pesticide Use List (one page).

3. Pest Management Maintenance Record DD Form 1532-1 (four pages).

4. ACT 68 Form (one page).

5. HIARNG Environmental Documents (six pages)

6. Partial satellite topographic map of Kalaeloa showing project location (one sheet).