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STATEMENT OF WORK

LOWER CLEAR CREEK REVEGETATION

DECEMBER 2020

1.0 SCOPE

OBJECTIVE - The objective of this contract is to perform revegetation and irrigation of select areas (totaling 7.5 acres) within the 61 acres Phase 3B project area on Lower Clear Creek. This project also includes site cleanup (removing old and new revegetation materials), removal of select non-native plants, and communicating with the Clear Creek Technical Team.

BACKGROUND - The Lower Clear Creek Floodway Restoration Project (LCCFRP) is an ongoing large-scale, multi-phased plan to improve the ecosystem function within a reach of Lower Clear Creek. The LCCFRP’s aim is to improve natural processes through an area that was drastically and deleteriously altered due to gold mining, gravel extractions, and dam operations. The LCCFRP’s overarching goal is to re-establish ecological processes and characteristics, within contemporary regulated flow and sediment conditions that best promotes recovery and maintenance of naturally reproducing salmonids and the system’s other native plant and animal communities.

Due to the ambitious size of the LCCFRP, it was partitioned into several smaller chronological ‘Phases’ which were further broken down into sub-phases. Each of these phases had separate timeframes, objectives, and footprints (footprints often did overlap; Figure 1). The first phase, Phase 1, was completed in 1998. The final main Phase of the LCCFRP, Phase 3C, was constructed in 2020 (with revegetation portion of the project expected to be completed in 2021).

Figure 1. Map of the Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project. Adapted from Teubert 2015.

The Phase 3B project was brought to an unexpected halt in 2008 due to the California Bond Crisis (Teubert 2015). This left the site unfinished with several project objectives left incomplete including, the full revegetation (including irrigation), revegetation materials removal, road decommission, and non-native plant management.

The intent of this project is to complete the revegetation aspects of the Phase 3B project. The project is intended to improve habitat for fish and wildlife, by reducing the amount of barren ground, creating understory cover, and reducing the gaps in the overstory. The goal is to restore native vegetation on floodplain and terrace surfaces which provide diverse canopy structure and habitat elements, and which can outcompete non-native species. The removal of past effort’s irrigation material and the removal of select non-native plant species will also improve habitat conditions. Communications and collaboration with the Clear Creek Technical Team (CCTT) will improve the quality of the Project by leaning on the Team’s restoration experience in the watershed.

This Project’s footprint will cover a 61-acre area, similar to the original main area of the Phase 3B project. The site will occur on the north side of Clear Creek, which is accessible via a gated entrance at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Gold Dredge Trailhead and a series of permanent dirt roads. No stream crossing is necessary for the project. The Project Area is owned by the BLM. The survey area polygons (via ESRI Shapefiles) will be provided to the contractor and an initial site visit can be accommodated upon request.

This project is part of the original permitting associated with the Phase 3B construction. This includes the Phase 3B Environmental Assessment(s) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) documentation. As such, this project must follow the established protocols for species protection, best management practices and other environmental protection measures outlined in those documents. The following are examples of the requirements set forth in the original permitting, which must also be followed during project implementation.

The Contractor will be required to read and implement requirements of the following documents.

Reclamation will provide these documents to the Contractor. The Contractor is responsible for administering and implementing all applicable the conservation measures of Action Specific Implementing Plan for the Phase 3B.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2007. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B Modification. Environmental Assessment Report RE-2007-44.

Western Shasta Resource Conservation District (WSRCD), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Land Management. 2007. Action Specific Implementation Plan – Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B.

The project will involve two full seasons (crossing two calendar years [“Year-1” and “Year-2”]) of irrigation. The specifics of when original revegetation occurs will be left to the Contractor, as planting could happen during in either the spring (with irrigation directly following) or with planting happening in the fall with Year-1 irrigation starting in the following spring/summer.

Figure 2. A map of the 3B Revegetation project area. The project area is entirely within BLM property and is accessed through the Gold Dredge trailhead (gold star).

2.0 TASKS

The contractor shall perform the following tasks:

Task 1. Build a Revegetation Plan and Communicate with the Clear Creek Technical Team. The Contractor must maintain continued communications with the Clear Creek Technical Team (CCTT) before and during the implementation of the project. The CCTT has significant experience with Clear Creek restoration and their participation and review of the project will improve the outcome.

1) Prior to implementation, the Contractor will develop a Revegetation Plan (Plan), which describes in detail the specifics, design, and schedule for the revegetation efforts (inclusive of Tasks 2-5). This

Plan must consider or incorporate the suggestions of the CCTT. The Plan must get final approval from the Contract Officer’s Representative (COR).

2) The Contractor shall participate in short (1 hour), bi-weekly meetings during implementation to keep the CCTT informed of the project’s progress.

3) The Contractor will provide a final project presentation and provide a final report to the CCTT. The presentation and report will quantify the process and results of the project, such as number and density of final planting, plant survival, basic statistics associated with the project, etc.

The presentation shall occur at one of the CCTT quarterly meetings, with the last two meeting in each year occurring in mid-September and mid-December (these dates are subject to change). The presentation and final project report will be delivered to the CCTT by the end of year-2 implementation. It would be desirable for the Contractor to provide Shapefiles of planted and plant locations to the CCTT.

Task 2. Perform Year-1 Revegetation and Irrigation of the 7.5 Acres. The main aspect of this project is to preform re-vegetation to several largely unconnected areas that were left barren following the construction of the Phase 3B restoration project. Implementation is suggested to occur between June through September, but the contractor shall determine the best timeframe for highly successful revegetation. The following are key requirements of the revegetation, although the CCTT/COR will consider deviations if it will benefit fish and wildlife habitat.

1) Implement the Revegetation Plan (see Task 1) that the contractor developed with CCTT input.

2) Use native riparian, upland, or mixed plant communities in the specified areas (see Figure 3) and with the specified plant types (see Table 1). Other plant types could be incorporated or dropped at the Contractors request, following CCTT review and COR approval.

3) Plant native trees (potted stock) at a minimum density of 100-200 tree per acre. Priority must be placed on creating high quality, long-term fish and wildlife habitat.

4) Plant understory, shrub, and herbaceous plants (potted stock) at a minimum density of 1,000 plants per acre. Priority must be placed on creating high quality fish and wildlife habitat.

5) Provide Year-1 irrigation to all planted plants (minimum July through September). The variable climatic conditions of the area may require more or less irrigation in any given year.

6) Provide adequate soil, mulch, fertilizers for each plant to ensure high survival potential. Certified organic materials are recommended.

7) Distribute native plant seed in all the areas disturbed during the project (exclusive of current roads). Seed density must be adequate to reduce probability of non-native plants from becoming dominate.

8) Protect trees and shrubs from herbivories with bio-degradable materials (which can remain after the project) or with materials easily removed at the end of the project. Deer and beavers are common in the project area and can result in high plant morality, if precautions are not taken.

9) The Contractor will reduce the vegetation/overstory gaps where access roads pass by revegetation areas (Figure 4). The Contractor will plant trees, potted plants, and place seed to 7 feet on both sides of the access road center line.

10) The Contractor will plant over roads that are no longer needed (Figure 4). The Contractor my need to dig larger holes in these areas to break up compacted soils, which will allow new plantings to survive.

11) Do not spread non-native plant species (those imported or found on-site).

12) Irrigation pumps which pull water from Clear Creek must be fitted with fish-friendly mesh screens (< 0.1 inch mesh).

13) Remove any irrigation equipment after year-1 efforts, that could be lost to winter high flow events.

Task 3. Perform Year-2 Irrigation and Re-Planting. The local climate of the project area is dominated by hot and dry summer and fall months, with wet and cool winters. To ensure the survival of the planting, the contractor must provide irrigation for an additional year after the initial year of revegetation (“Year-2”).

Irrigation must occur, at a minimum, between July and through September. Any planted trees that did not survive their first year in the ground must be replaced, with special measures to ensure the replacements’ survival (e.g. addition of soil and mulch). Irrigation pumps which pull water from Clear Creek must be fitted with fish-friendly mesh screens (< 0.1 inch mesh). Implementation of Task 2 will occur between June through September (or later if dry conditions persist into October).

Task 4. Remove New and Old Revegetation Infrastructure and Materials. A variety of irrigation infrastructure materials that were left following the original Phase 3B project revegetation efforts, including but not limited to, PVC pipes, poly-tube, rebar, chicken wire. The Contractor will remove these materials, and any materials used by the Contractor’s revegetation efforts, from the project area (Figure 2). Small excavation equipment will be required to remove buried materials. The Contractor will dispose of all materials properly and recycle materials to the extent practical. Implementation of Task 3 will occur between June through September.

Task 5. Remove Select Non-native Plants within Project Area. During the approximately 12 years since the Phase 3B project construction, the site has had some invasion of non-native plants. While some plants species are too naturalized to be of concern (e.g. blackberry and star thistle) others are still relatively rare on the landscape and should be removed. The contractor must inventory the 61-acre project area (Figure 2) and remove the plants identified in Table 2 using acceptable methods. The plant species selected for removal are uncommon in the project area and may consist of only a few individuals, though some may be more common (e.g. tree of heaven). All removed revegetation must be deposed of properly. While manual removal is preferred, some plant species are extremely difficult to remove without herbicides (e.g. tree of heaven).

Herbicides are allowed if applied by certified applicator(s) and in the herbicide application plan has reviewed by the CCTT and approved by the COR.

Implementation of Task 5 will occur between June through September.

Figure 3. Map of the project area with proposed plant community areas.

Figure 4. A map of the access roads (keep) through the project area and those sections of roads that will be decommissioned through revegetation.

Table 1. The recommended native plant species to utilize during revegetation within the Phase 3B project area, with community type.

Common Name Scientific Name Planting type Community Type box elder Acer negundo Potted Tree Riparian white alder Alnus rhombifolia Potted Tree Riparian mugwort Artemisia douglasiana Potted Plant Mixed California pipevine Aristolochia californica Potted Plant Mixed mule fat Baccharis salicifolia Potted Plant Mixed California brome Bromus carinatus Seed Mixed, Upland spice bush Calycanthus occidentalis Potted Plant Mixed valley sedge Carex barbarae Potted Plant Riparian torrent sedge Carex nudata Potted Plant Riparian buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Potted Plant Riparian common spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya Potted Plant Riparian blue wild rye Elymus glaucus Seed Mixed, Upland slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus Seed Mixed, Riparian, Upland three-week fescue Festuca microstachys Seed Mixed, Riparian, Upland Oregon ash Fraxinus latifolia Potted Tree Mixed meadow barley Hordeum brachyantherum Seed Mixed, Upland common rush Juncus effusus Potted Plant Riparian spreading rush Juncus patens Potted Plant Riparian deer grass Muhlenbergia rigens Potted Plant Mixed, Upland cottonwood Populus fremontii Potted Tree Mixed, Riparian valley oak Quercus lobata Potted Tree Upland California rose Rosa californica Potted Plant Mixed, Upland California blackberry Rubus ursinus Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian narrowleaf willow Salix exigua Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian black willow Salix gooddingii Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian red willow Salix laevigata Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian blue elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea Potted Plant Mixed, Upland Hard-stemmed bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus Potted Plant Riparian tomcat clover Trifolium willdenovii Seed Mixed, Riparian, Upland California grape Vitis californica Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian

Table 2. Select Non-native plants to remove within the Phase 3B project area.

Common Name Scientific Name arundo Arundo sp.

tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima fig Ficus carica black locust Robinia pseudoacacia tamarisk Tamarix sp.

scotch broom Cytisus scoparius

3.0 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

Task No. Task Description Performance Indicator Minimum

Acceptable Quality Level

1 Build a Revegetation Plan and Communicate with the Clear Creek Technical Team

Contactor communicates with the CCTT.

A Revegetation Plan is due to the CCTT prior to project implementation. A final project report and presentation are sent to the CCTT following Year-2 irrigation, but before the end of the calendar year.

2 Perform Year-1 Revegetation and Irrigation of the 7.5 acres

Planting density plants within the project area in year-1.

Meet specified planting densities in year-1

3 Perform Year-2 Irrigation and Re- Planting

Plant survival and replacement in Year-2.

100% of dead plants replaced.

4 Clean Up New and Old Revegetation Infrastructure and Materials

Irrigation materials are completely removed following year-2 irrigation efforts

100% of old and new irrigation materials are removed. COR will walk the site to ensure compliance.

5 Remove Select Non-native Plants within the Project Area.

Selected invasive plants are removed following the Year-2 irrigation efforts.

100% of selected invasive plants are removed following year-2 irrigation efforts. COR will walk site to ensure compliance.

4.0 DATA, REPORTS, AND DELIVERABLES

The contractor shall provide the following data and reports as follows:

Item No.

Description Content Format Delivery

1 Revegetation Plan

A pre-implementation plan that documents how the Contractor will be completing the revegetation and irrigation efforts

MS Word Document of Adobe

PDF

A draft will be delivered to the CCTT one month prior to implementation for review. Following edits, the Contractor will provide a final version prior in implementation.

2 Presentation to the CCTT

A presentation to the CCTT cover all aspects of the project.

PowerPoint of similar

Delivered after year- 2 efforts, but before the end of the calendar year.

3 Final Project Report

A final report covering all aspects of the project.

MS Word Document of Adobe

PDF

Delivered after year- 2 efforts, but before the end of the calendar year.

5.0 REFERENCES

Teubert, R. 2015. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B, Final Project Report. Western Shasta Resource Conservation District. Anderson, CA.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2007. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project

– Phase 3B Modification. Environmental Assessment Report RE-2007-44.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2001. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 2B Modification: Finding of No Significant Impact and Decision Record for Environmental Assessment Number RE-01-22.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2007. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B Modification: Finding of No Significant Impact and Decision Record for Environmental Assessment Report RE-2007-44.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Bureau of Land Management, and Western Shasta Resource Conservation District. 1999. Final Joint CEQA Initial study/NEPA Environmental Assessment for the Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project.

Western Shasta Resource Conservation District (WSRCD), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Land Management. 2007. Action Specific Implementation Plan – Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B.

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140R2021Q0061 Lower Clear Creek Revegetation

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The Bureau of Reclamation intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order for services represented in the Performance Work Statement. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-05.

This requirement is being solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside and will be awarded based on a comparative evaluation of price and past performance under FAR Part 13.

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RFQ Number: 140R2021Q0061

Request for Quotation (RFQ) Request for Proposal (RFP) Invitation for Bid (IFB)

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QUOTES DUE: April 26, 2021 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time

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PRICE SCHEDULE

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Build a Revegetation Plan and Communicate with the Clear Creek Technical Team

1 JOB

0020 Perform Year-1 Revegetation and Irrigation of the 7.5 Acres 1 JOB

0030 Perform Year-2 Irrigation and Re- Planting 1 JOB

0040 Remove New and Old Revegetation Infrastructure and Materials 1 JOB

0050 Remove Select Non-native Plants within Project Area 1 JOB

Grand Total

STATEMENT OF WORK

LOWER CLEAR CREEK REVEGETATION

DECEMBER 2020

1.0 SCOPE

OBJECTIVE - The objective of this contract is to perform revegetation and irrigation of select areas (totaling 7.5 acres) within the 61 acres Phase 3B project area on Lower Clear Creek. This project also includes site cleanup (removing old and new revegetation materials), removal of select non-native plants, and communicating with the Clear Creek Technical Team.

BACKGROUND - The Lower Clear Creek Floodway Restoration Project (LCCFRP) is an ongoing large-scale, multi-phased plan to improve the ecosystem function within a reach of Lower Clear Creek. The LCCFRP’s aim is to improve natural processes through an area that was drastically and deleteriously altered due to gold mining, gravel extractions, and dam operations. The LCCFRP’s overarching goal is to re-establish ecological processes and characteristics, within contemporary regulated flow and sediment conditions that best promotes recovery and maintenance of naturally reproducing salmonids and the system’s other native plant and animal communities.

Due to the ambitious size of the LCCFRP, it was partitioned into several smaller chronological ‘Phases’ which were further broken down into sub-phases. Each of these phases had separate timeframes, objectives, and footprints (footprints often did overlap; Figure 1). The first phase, Phase 1, was completed in 1998. The final main Phase of the LCCFRP, Phase 3C, was constructed in 2020 (with revegetation portion of the project expected to be completed in 2021).

Figure 1. Map of the Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project. Adapted from Teubert 2015.

The Phase 3B project was brought to an unexpected halt in 2008 due to the California Bond Crisis (Teubert 2015). This left the site unfinished with several project objectives left incomplete including, the full revegetation (including irrigation), revegetation materials removal, road decommission, and non-native plant management.

The intent of this project is to complete the revegetation aspects of the Phase 3B project. The project is intended to improve habitat for fish and wildlife, by reducing the amount of barren ground, creating understory cover, and reducing the gaps in the overstory. The goal is to restore native vegetation on floodplain and terrace surfaces which provide diverse canopy structure and habitat elements, and which can outcompete non-native species. The removal of past effort’s irrigation material and the removal of select non-native plant species will also improve habitat conditions. Communications and collaboration with the Clear Creek Technical Team (CCTT) will improve the quality of the Project by leaning on the Team’s restoration experience in the watershed.

This Project’s footprint will cover a 61-acre area, similar to the original main area of the Phase 3B project. The site will occur on the north side of Clear Creek, which is accessible via a gated entrance at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Gold Dredge Trailhead and a series of permanent dirt roads. No stream crossing is necessary for the project. The Project Area is owned by the BLM. The survey area polygons (via ESRI Shapefiles) will be provided to the contractor and an initial site visit can be accommodated upon request.

This project is part of the original permitting associated with the Phase 3B construction. This includes the Phase 3B Environmental Assessment(s) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) documentation. As such, this project must follow the established protocols for species protection, best management practices and other environmental protection measures outlined in those documents. The following are examples of the requirements set forth in the original permitting, which must also be followed during project implementation.

The Contractor will be required to read and implement requirements of the following documents.

Reclamation will provide these documents to the Contractor. The Contractor is responsible for administering and implementing all applicable the conservation measures of Action Specific Implementing Plan for the Phase 3B.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2007. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B Modification. Environmental Assessment Report RE-2007-44.

Western Shasta Resource Conservation District (WSRCD), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Land Management. 2007. Action Specific Implementation Plan – Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B.

The project will involve two full seasons (crossing two calendar years [“Year-1” and “Year-2”]) of irrigation. The specifics of when original revegetation occurs will be left to the Contractor, as planting could happen during in either the spring (with irrigation directly following) or with planting happening in the fall with Year-1 irrigation starting in the following spring/summer.

Figure 2. A map of the 3B Revegetation project area. The project area is entirely within BLM property and is accessed through the Gold Dredge trailhead (gold star).

2.0 Period of Performance

June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024

3.0 TASKS

The contractor shall perform the following tasks:

Task 1. Build a Revegetation Plan and Communicate with the Clear Creek Technical Team. The Contractor must maintain continued communications with the Clear Creek Technical Team (CCTT) before and during the implementation of the project. The CCTT has significant experience with Clear Creek restoration and their participation and review of the project will improve the outcome.

1) Prior to implementation, the Contractor will develop a Revegetation Plan (Plan), which describes in detail the specifics, design, and schedule for the revegetation efforts (inclusive of Tasks 2-5). This

Plan must consider or incorporate the suggestions of the CCTT. The Plan must get final approval from the Contract Officer’s Representative (COR).

2) The Contractor shall participate in short (1 hour), bi-weekly meetings during implementation to keep the CCTT informed of the project’s progress.

3) The Contractor will provide a final project presentation and provide a final report to the CCTT. The presentation and report will quantify the process and results of the project, such as number and density of final planting, plant survival, basic statistics associated with the project, etc.

The presentation shall occur at one of the CCTT quarterly meetings, with the last two meeting in each year occurring in mid-September and mid-December (these dates are subject to change). The presentation and final project report will be delivered to the CCTT by the end of year-2 implementation. It would be desirable for the Contractor to provide Shapefiles of planted and plant locations to the CCTT.

Task 2. Perform Year-1 Revegetation and Irrigation of the 7.5 Acres. The main aspect of this project is to preform re-vegetation to several largely unconnected areas that were left barren following the construction of the Phase 3B restoration project. Implementation is suggested to occur between June through September, but the contractor shall determine the best timeframe for highly successful revegetation. The following are key requirements of the revegetation, although the CCTT/COR will consider deviations if it will benefit fish and wildlife habitat.

1) Implement the Revegetation Plan (see Task 1) that the contractor developed with CCTT input.

2) Use native riparian, upland, or mixed plant communities in the specified areas (see Figure 3) and with the specified plant types (see Table 1). Other plant types could be incorporated or dropped at the Contractors request, following CCTT review and COR approval.

3) Plant native trees (potted stock) at a minimum density of 100-200 tree per acre. Priority must be placed on creating high quality, long-term fish and wildlife habitat.

4) Plant understory, shrub, and herbaceous plants (potted stock) at a minimum density of 1,000 plants per acre. Priority must be placed on creating high quality fish and wildlife habitat.

5) Provide Year-1 irrigation to all planted plants (minimum July through September). The variable climatic conditions of the area may require more or less irrigation in any given year.

6) Provide adequate soil, mulch, fertilizers for each plant to ensure high survival potential. Certified organic materials are recommended.

7) Distribute native plant seed in all the areas disturbed during the project (exclusive of current roads). Seed density must be adequate to reduce probability of non-native plants from becoming dominate.

8) Protect trees and shrubs from herbivories with bio-degradable materials (which can remain after the project) or with materials easily removed at the end of the project. Deer and beavers are common in the project area and can result in high plant morality, if precautions are not taken.

9) The Contractor will reduce the vegetation/overstory gaps where access roads pass by revegetation areas (Figure 4). The Contractor will plant trees, potted plants, and place seed to 7 feet on both sides of the access road center line.

10) The Contractor will plant over roads that are no longer needed (Figure 4). The Contractor my need to dig larger holes in these areas to break up compacted soils, which will allow new plantings to survive.

11) Do not spread non-native plant species (those imported or found on-site).

12) Irrigation pumps which pull water from Clear Creek must be fitted with fish-friendly mesh screens (< 0.1 inch mesh).

13) Remove any irrigation equipment after year-1 efforts, that could be lost to winter high flow events.

Task 3. Perform Year-2 Irrigation and Re-Planting. The local climate of the project area is dominated by hot and dry summer and fall months, with wet and cool winters. To ensure the survival of the planting, the contractor must provide irrigation for an additional year after the initial year of revegetation (“Year-2”).

Irrigation must occur, at a minimum, between July and through September. Any planted trees that did not survive their first year in the ground must be replaced, with special measures to ensure the replacements’ survival (e.g. addition of soil and mulch). Irrigation pumps which pull water from Clear Creek must be fitted with fish-friendly mesh screens (< 0.1 inch mesh). Implementation of Task 2 will occur between June through September (or later if dry conditions persist into October).

Task 4. Remove New and Old Revegetation Infrastructure and Materials. A variety of irrigation infrastructure materials that were left following the original Phase 3B project revegetation efforts, including but not limited to, PVC pipes, poly-tube, rebar, chicken wire. The Contractor will remove these materials, and any materials used by the Contractor’s revegetation efforts, from the project area (Figure 2). Small excavation equipment will be required to remove buried materials. The Contractor will dispose of all materials properly and recycle materials to the extent practical. Implementation of Task 3 will occur between June through September.

Task 5. Remove Select Non-native Plants within Project Area. During the approximately 12 years since the Phase 3B project construction, the site has had some invasion of non-native plants. While some plants species are too naturalized to be of concern (e.g. blackberry and star thistle) others are still relatively rare on the landscape and should be removed. The contractor must inventory the 61-acre project area (Figure 2) and remove the plants identified in Table 2 using acceptable methods. The plant species selected for removal are uncommon in the project area and may consist of only a few individuals, though some may be more common (e.g. tree of heaven). All removed revegetation must be deposed of properly. While manual removal is preferred, some plant species are extremely difficult to remove without herbicides (e.g. tree of heaven).

Herbicides are allowed if applied by certified applicator(s) and in the herbicide application plan has reviewed by the CCTT and approved by the COR.

Implementation of Task 5 will occur between June through September.

Figure 3. Map of the project area with proposed plant community areas.

Figure 4. A map of the access roads (keep) through the project area and those sections of roads that will be decommissioned through revegetation.

Table 1. The recommended native plant species to utilize during revegetation within the Phase 3B project area, with community type.

Common Name Scientific Name Planting type Community Type box elder Acer negundo Potted Tree Riparian white alder Alnus rhombifolia Potted Tree Riparian mugwort Artemisia douglasiana Potted Plant Mixed California pipevine Aristolochia californica Potted Plant Mixed mule fat Baccharis salicifolia Potted Plant Mixed California brome Bromus carinatus Seed Mixed, Upland spice bush Calycanthus occidentalis Potted Plant Mixed valley sedge Carex barbarae Potted Plant Riparian torrent sedge Carex nudata Potted Plant Riparian buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Potted Plant Riparian common spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya Potted Plant Riparian blue wild rye Elymus glaucus Seed Mixed, Upland slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus Seed Mixed, Riparian, Upland three-week fescue Festuca microstachys Seed Mixed, Riparian, Upland Oregon ash Fraxinus latifolia Potted Tree Mixed meadow barley Hordeum brachyantherum Seed Mixed, Upland common rush Juncus effusus Potted Plant Riparian spreading rush Juncus patens Potted Plant Riparian deer grass Muhlenbergia rigens Potted Plant Mixed, Upland cottonwood Populus fremontii Potted Tree Mixed, Riparian valley oak Quercus lobata Potted Tree Upland California rose Rosa californica Potted Plant Mixed, Upland California blackberry Rubus ursinus Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian narrowleaf willow Salix exigua Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian black willow Salix gooddingii Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian red willow Salix laevigata Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian blue elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea Potted Plant Mixed, Upland Hard-stemmed bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus Potted Plant Riparian tomcat clover Trifolium willdenovii Seed Mixed, Riparian, Upland California grape Vitis californica Potted Plant Mixed, Riparian

Table 2. Select Non-native plants to remove within the Phase 3B project area.

Common Name Scientific Name arundo Arundo sp.

tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima fig Ficus carica black locust Robinia pseudoacacia tamarisk Tamarix sp.

scotch broom Cytisus scoparius

4.0 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

Task No. Task Description Performance Indicator Minimum

Acceptable Quality Level

1 Build a Revegetation Plan and Communicate with the Clear Creek Technical Team

Contactor communicates with the CCTT.

A Revegetation Plan is due to the CCTT prior to project implementation. A final project report and presentation are sent to the CCTT following Year-2 irrigation, but before the end of the calendar year.

2 Perform Year-1 Revegetation and Irrigation of the 7.5 acres

Planting density plants within the project area in year-1.

Meet specified planting densities in year-1

3 Perform Year-2 Irrigation and Re- Planting

Plant survival and replacement in Year-2.

100% of dead plants replaced.

4 Clean Up New and Old Revegetation Infrastructure and Materials

Irrigation materials are completely removed following year-2 irrigation efforts

100% of old and new irrigation materials are removed. COR will walk the site to ensure compliance.

5 Remove Select Non-native Plants within the Project Area.

Selected invasive plants are removed following the Year-2 irrigation efforts.

100% of selected invasive plants are removed following year-2 irrigation efforts. COR will walk site to ensure compliance.

5.0 DATA, REPORTS, AND DELIVERABLES

The contractor shall provide the following data and reports as follows:

Item No.

Description Content Format Delivery

1 Revegetation Plan

A pre-implementation plan that documents how the Contractor will be completing the revegetation and irrigation efforts

MS Word Document of Adobe

PDF

A draft will be delivered to the CCTT one month prior to implementation for review. Following edits, the Contractor will provide a final version prior in implementation.

2 Presentation to the CCTT

A presentation to the CCTT cover all aspects of the project.

PowerPoint of similar

Delivered after year-2 efforts, but before the end of the calendar year.

3 Final Project Report

A final report covering all aspects of the project.

MS Word Document of Adobe

PDF

Delivered after year-2 efforts, but before the end of the calendar year.

6.0 REFERENCES

Teubert, R. 2015. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B, Final Project Report. Western Shasta Resource Conservation District. Anderson, CA.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2007. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project

– Phase 3B Modification. Environmental Assessment Report RE-2007-44.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2001. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 2B Modification: Finding of No Significant Impact and Decision Record for Environmental Assessment Number RE-01-22.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 2007. Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B Modification: Finding of No Significant Impact and Decision Record for Environmental Assessment Report RE-2007-44.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Bureau of Land Management, and Western Shasta Resource Conservation District. 1999. Final Joint CEQA Initial study/NEPA Environmental Assessment for the Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project.

Western Shasta Resource Conservation District (WSRCD), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Land Management. 2007. Action Specific Implementation Plan – Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project – Phase 3B.

SECTION C – CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference FEB 1998

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

Clauses Title Date 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance JUL 2016 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items OCT 2018 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business

Subcontractors

DEC 2013

52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation

APR 1984

52.242-15 Stop-Work Order AUG 1989 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement

Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items

JAN 2021

_X_ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

_X_ (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (JUN 2020) (31 U.S.C. 6101note).

_X_ (18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (MAR 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

_X_ (22) (i) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (MAR 2020) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

_X_ (27) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O.11755).

_X_ (29) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015).

_X_ (30) (i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O.11246).

_X_ (31) (i) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

_X_ (32) (i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) (29 U.S.C.793).

_X_ (33) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52204-10-reporting-executive-compensation-and-first-tier-subcontract-awards#i1064087 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52209-6-protecting-government%E2%80%99s-interest-when-subcontracting-contractors-debarred-suspended-or-proposed-debarment#i1062590 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52219-13-notice-set-aside-orders#i1057715 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52219-28-post-award-small-business-program-rerepresentation#i1057874 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-3-convict-labor#i1055332 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-21-prohibition-segregated-facilities#i1055713 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-26-equal-opportunity#i1055793 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-35-equal-opportunity-veterans#i1056230 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4212&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-36-equal-opportunity-workers-disabilities#i1056250 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section793&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-37-employment-reports-veterans#i1056265 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4212&num=0&edition=prelim

_X_ (35) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

_X_ (44) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (JUN 2020) (E.O. 13513).

_X_ (51) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

_X_ (58) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (OCT 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

_X_ (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

_X_ (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination

Employee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits Environmental Technician (GS-7) $18.05 to $23.47

Laborer Grounds Maintenance (WG-3) $17.06 to $19.89

_X_ (4) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

_X_ (7) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2015).

_X_ (8) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706).

(End of Clause)

52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

(DEVIATION 2019-01)

JAN 2019

(a) Definition. Small business concern, as used in this clause, means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the size standards in this solicitation.

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to—

(1) Contracts that have been totally set aside or reserved for small business concerns; and https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-50-combating-trafficking-persons#i1056535 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52223-18-encouraging-contractor-policies-ban-text-messaging-while-driving#i1053316 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52225-13-restrictions-certain-foreign-purchases#i1054249 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52232-33-payment-electronic-funds-transfer-system-award-management#i1050674 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3332&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-41-service-contract-labor-standards#i52_222_41 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-42-statement-equivalent-rates-federal-hires#i1056410 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-44-fair-labor-standards-act-and-service-contract-labor-standards-price-adjustment#i1056463 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-55-minimum-wages-under-executive-order-13658#i1056818 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/52222-62-paid-sick-leave-under-executive-order-13706#i52_222_62

(2) Orders set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F).

(c) General.

(1) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected.

(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern.

(d) Agreement.

(1) For a contract at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, a small business concern may provide the end item of any firm. For a contract exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold and the requirements of paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through

(iii) of this clause have not been waived by SBA in accordance with 13 CFR 121.1204, a small business concern that provides an end item it did not manufacture, process, or produce, shall—

(i) Provide an end item that a small business has manufactured, processed, or produced in the United States or its outlying areas;

(ii) Be primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sell the type of item being supplied; and

(iii) Take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; for example, providing storage, transportation, or delivery.

(2) Paragraph (d)(1) of this clause does not apply to construction or service contracts.

(End of Clause)

DOI-AAAP-0028 Electronic Invoicing And Payment Requirements – Invoice Processing Platform

APR 2013

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

https://www.ipp.gov/

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

The Contractor…