PWS Fort Liberty (Bragg) Grass Cutting_DRAFT.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

RANGE CONTROL, AIRFIELD GRASS CUTTING AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE

At Fort Liberty, North Carolina

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.0 General: This is a non-personnel services Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to provide RANGE/AIRFIELD GRASS CUTTING AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE. The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide all personnel and supervision necessary to provide grass cutting grounds maintenance services for the Range Control and Pope, Simmons, and Camp MacKall Army Airfield activities to include, but not limited to mowing, bush hogging, policing, edging, trimming, and other general grounds maintenance of approximately 2,416 acres as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

1.2 Background: The Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security, directs supports and coordinates range training activities and Airfield Operations at Fort Liberty, NC.

Contractor support shall include grass cutting and grounds maintenance requirements detailed in this PWS. The growing season is defined as April through October while the limited growing season is defined as November through March.

1.3 Objectives: Range Control’s grounds maintenance of 1,216 acres combined with three Airfield grass cutting requirements of 1,200 acres will be completely mowed, trimmed, bush hogged and policed on a four-week cycle during the growing season, and every six to eight weeks during the limited growing season. Work schedules shall take distances to ranges, training, and airfields into account as they vary from location to location.

1.4 Scope: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, and supervision necessary to provide grass cutting grounds maintenance services for the Range Control, and Airfield activities to include, but not limited to mowing, bush hogging, policing, edging, trimming, and other general grounds maintenance of approximately 2,416 acres as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

1.4.1 The Contractor is an independent Contractor

and not as an agent of the Government. The contractor shall provide the necessary resources (except for those identified in Section 3.6 Government Furnished Property (GFP) to support the following tasks:

1.4.2 Priorities. The total acres to be mowed is 2,416 acres. Grass cutting priorities below shall be maintained as prescribed IAW this task order, and includes, but is not limited to, the following requirements at each location:

1. RANGE CONTROL (1,216 Acres): (Exhibit A, B, C, D, E, Maps separately attached)

a. areas forward of all firing lines

b. areas to the rear of all firing lines

c. Training areas

2. SIMMONS ARMY AIRFIELD (SAAF)-RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT (150 Acres):

(Exhibit AB, AC, AD, AE, Maps separately attached)

a. VIP PAD

b. Bravo SOD

c. Alpha SOD

d. Radar PAD

e. Delta SOD

f. Hot gas area

3. SIMMONS ARMY AIRFIELD-OUTSIDE INNER GATE: (Exhibit AB, AC, AD, AE, Maps separately attached)

a. Parham Blvd

b. Bldg. P-4541

c. Perimeter Road

d. Flight Strip #2

e. Beard Beacon Site (East of Cape Fear River)

f. DASR Radar Site

g. ALMD Engine Test Cell fence line

h. ODESSA Training field

i. Simulator buildings

4. MOWING FOR CAMP MACKALL Army Airfield (MAAF) (700 Acres):

(Exhibit BB, Maps separately attached)

a. Runway Environment

b. Inner Triangle

c. Outside runways all the way to perimeter fence

d. Around all taxiway signs, taxiway lights, and runway lights

e. Clear zone areas for both runways

f. MAAF NDB Beacon site

g. Ramp Area vicinity ATC Tower

h. Entrance Gate to Airfield on Glider Road

5. POPE ARMY AIRFIELD (PAAF) (350 Acres): (Exhibit AA, Maps separately attached)

a. Runway Environment

b. All areas inside Runway Perimeter Fence

c. Around all taxiway signs, taxiway lights, and runway lights

d. Clear zone areas for runway

1.5 Period of Performance: S e e S c h e d u l e .

1.6 General Information:

1.6.2 The contractor’s quality assurance system shall be utilized in accordance with FAR 12.208.

1.6.2.1. The Government will evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the acceptable quality levels (performance thresholds).

1.6.3 Federal Government Holidays

New Year’s Day 1st day of January Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday 3rd Monday of January Presidents’ Day 3rd Monday of February Memorial Day Last Monday of May

Juneteenth 19 day of June

Independence Day 4th day of July Labor Day 1st Monday of September Columbus Day 2nd Monday of October Veterans Day 11th day of November Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday of November Christmas Day 25th day of December

Hours of Operation: Grass cutting hours for Range Maintenance and Simmons Army Airfield (SAAF) Base Operations is 0630-1600 Monday through Friday, excluding the eleven Federal Holidays mentioned in paragraph 1.6.3. Range Maintenance is located in Building A- 1308 on the corner of Gruber Road and Long Street. Simmons Army Airfield Base Operations is located in building P-4541 and will serve as the centralized duty location for the Simmons and Camp MacKall airfield grass cutting requirements. Grass cutting hours for Pope Army Airfield (PAAF) is 0700-1530 Monday through Friday, excluding the eleven Federal Holidays mentioned in paragraph 1.6.3. The Directorate of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for PAAF airfield grass cutting requirements. Building 3-1335 located on Reilly Road just outside the PAAF Gate will serve as the centralized duty location. The cited work hours help to consider inclement weather and to reduce chance of conflicts with customers. Prior to working during hours other than those specified, the Contractor shall notify the On Site – Contracting Officer’s Representative (OS-COR) through the respective work area Quality Assurance Evaluator (QAE). The QAE cited in paragraph .6.5.1-1.6.5.3 for each respective work area must initial the written request prior to the Contractor submitting the request to the OS-COR. The Contractor is expected to start and complete work autonomously. The Government will validate completed work through quality assurance inspections. Administrative Operating Hours for Range Control, SAAF, PAAF and MAAF are 0730 until 1630 hours, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.

1.6.4.1 The Contractor shall immediately notify the OS-COR and the respective area Government Representative (OS-GR) when weather or other conditions, such as, equipment failure, etc., prevent the Contractor from completing any item of work required by these specifications.

1.6.4.2 The Government reserves the right to change scheduled activities due to mission requirements. The Contractor has the right to request changes in schedules, but the OS-COR has the authority to approve or disapprove requested schedule changes.

1.6.4 Place of Performance: The Contractor shall perform tasks under this task order on Government-owned property. Cleared access to entry the Government owned property is required.

1.6.5.1 RANGE CONTROL REQUIREMENT: The Contractor shall report prior to commencement of work to Building A-1308 on the corner of Gruber Road and Long Street on Fort Liberty. Range Control phone number is (910)907-2383.

1.6.5.2 AIRFIELD REQUIREMENT Simmons Army Airfield (SAAF): The Contractor shall report prior to commencement of work to building P-4541 (Base Ops) on SAAF. The Base Ops phone is (910) 396-7804.

1.6.5.3 AIRFIELD REQUIREMENT Pope Army Airfield (PAAF): The Contractor shall report prior to commencement of work to building 3-1335 at DPW for PAAF requirements. The DPW phone is (910) 396-7218.

1.6.5.4 AIRFIELD REQUIREMENT MacKall Army Airfield (MAAF): The Contractor shall report prior to commencement of work to building T-2462 (Base Ops) on MAAF. The Base Ops phone is (910) 396-0217.

1.6.5 Type of Contract: See schedule.

1.6.6 Security Requirements:

1.6.7.1 PHYSICAL Security: The Contractor shall safeguard all Government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, Government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

1.6.7.2 Key Control: The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of making sure all keys/key cards issued to the Contractor by the Government are not lost or misplaced and are not used by unauthorized persons. NOTE: All references to keys include key cards. No keys issued to the Contractor by the Government shall be duplicated. The Contractor shall develop procedures covering key control that shall be included in the Quality Control Plan. Such procedures shall include turn-in of any issued keys by personnel who no longer require access to locked areas. The Contractor shall immediately report any occurrences of lost or duplicate keys/key cards to the Contracting Officer.

1.6.7.2.1. In the event keys, other than master keys, are lost or duplicated, the Contractor shall, upon direction of the Contracting Officer, re-key or replace the affected lock or locks; however, the Government, at its option, may replace the affected lock or locks or perform re-keying. When the replacement of locks or re-keying is performed by the Government, the total cost of re- keying or the replacement of the lock or locks shall be deducted from the monthly payment due the Contractor. In the event a master key is lost or duplicated, all locks and keys for that system shall be replaced by the Government and the total cost deducted from the monthly payment due the Contractor.

1.6.7.2.2. The Contractor shall prohibit the use of Government issued keys/key cards by any persons other than the Contractor’s employees. The Contractor shall prohibit the opening of locked areas by Contractor employees to permit entrance of persons other than Contractor employees engaged in the performance of assigned work in those areas, or personnel authorized entrance by the Contracting Officer.

1.6.7.3 Lock Combinations: The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of ensuring that all lock combinations are not revealed to unauthorized persons. The Contractor shall ensure that lock combinations are changed when personnel having access to the combinations no longer have a need to know such combinations. These procedures shall be included in the Contractor’s Quality Control Plan.

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: All contractor personal must be able to operate standard equipment associated with grounds grass cutting requirements such as agriculture tractors, mowing decks, weed eaters, various hand tools etc. The working leader is predominantly responsible for monitoring equipment, repairs/inspections and workflow but should also be capable of providing the necessary labor services required of this task order.

1.6.9 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 42.5, Post Award Orientation. The Contracting Officer, COR, and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor’s performance. At these meetings, the Contracting Officer will apprise the contractor of how the Government views the contractor's performance and the contractor shall apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the Government.

1.6.10 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): See Task Order clause 252.201-7000

1.6.11 Key Personnel: The follow personnel are considered key personnel by the Government:

The Contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person, and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent, shall be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer. The contract manager, or alternate, shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available between 0730-1630, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

1.6.12 Identification of Contractor Employees: The Contractor shall provide each employee an identification (ID) badge on contract start or employment start date. The ID badge shall be made of nonmetallic material, easily readable and include employee’s name, Contractor’s name, functional area of assignment and color photograph.

The Contractor personnel shall wear the ID badge at all times when performing work under this task order to include attending Government meetings and conferences. Unless otherwise specified in the task order, each Contractor employee shall wear the ID badge in a conspicuous place on the front of exterior clothing and above the waist except when safety or health reasons prohibit such placement. The Contractor (to include subcontractors) shall provide each employee an Identification (ID) Badge, which includes at a minimum, the Company Name, Employee Name and a color photo of the employee. ID Badges for Key Personnel shall also indicate their job title. The Contractor (to include subcontractors) shall be responsible for collection of ID Badges upon completion of the task order or termination of employee. A listing of issued identification cards shall be furnished to the Contracting Officer prior to the task order performance date and updated as needed to reflect Contractor and Subcontractor personnel changes. All contractor personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

1.6.13. Supervision of Contractor Employees: The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over Contractor or subcontractor employees while performing work under the task order. Such employees shall be accountable solely to the Contractor, not the Government. The Contractor, in turn, shall be accountable to the Government for Contractor or subcontractor employees.

1.6.14 Contractor Travel: Not Applicable

1.6.15 Contractor Use of Government-Owned Motor Vehicles/Equipment.

Department of Defense (DOD) Contractor employees operating Government vehicles and equipment---within and outside of the United States---shall not be issued Optional Form (OF) 346 “U.S. Government Motor Vehicle Operator’s Identification Card.” DOD Contractor employees assigned to operate either Government-owned or leased equipment in performance of their contract shall be certified, by the Contractor and at the Contractor’s expense, as being fully qualified to operate the vehicles/equipment to which they are assigned. The prime Contractor shall document all operator qualifications. This documentation shall be provided to the OS-COR before any contract employee engages in any mode of vehicle or equipment operation. The Administrative Contracting Officer shall retain documentation."

1.6.16 Other Direct Costs Not Applicable

1.6.17 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this task order may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications, or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS: Definitions are incorporated into this Task order IAW contract clause 52.202-1, which is located in contract clause 52.212-4(e) of this contract. Any words not defined IAW Clause 52.202-1 or in any other contract clause, may be defined herein but may not be inclusive of every term used within this

PWS

2.1.1. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR. The official Government representative delegated authority by the Contracting Officer to administer a contract. This individual is normally a member of the appropriate Contracting/Procurement career field and advises on all technical contractual matters.

2.1.2. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or services to the Government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the Government.

Note: The only individual who can legally bind the Government.

2.1.4. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). See Task Order clause 252.201-7000.

2.1.5. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.6. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.7. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP) OR GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

(GP). See Task Order clause 52.245-1.

2.1.8. KEY PERSONNEL. The follow personnel are considered key personnel by the Government: The Contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person, and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent, shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer.

The contract manager, or alternate, shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available between 0730-1630, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

2.1.8.1 The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, if one or more of the key personnel, for any reason, becomes or is expected to become unavailable to provide services under this task order for a continuous period exceeding 30 workdays, or is expected to devote substantially less effort to the work than indicated in the proposal or initially anticipated.

Notification shall be made with one business day of the contractor becoming aware of the change of a contractor employee identified as “key”. The notification shall provide, at a minimum, the circumstances necessitating the change in key personnel, and the effective date of the change.

2.1.9. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.10. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The Government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are acceptable in accordance with established standards and requirements of this contract.

2.1.11. QUALITY ASSURANCE EVALUATOR . An official Government representative concerned with matters pertaining to the contract administration process and quality assurance/quality control. Acts as technical advisor to the Contracting Officer in these areas.

2.1.12. QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.13. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.14. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.15. WORKDAY.

2.1.16. Monday through Friday, except for Federal holidays unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement AR Army Regulation CFR Code of Federal Regulations CMR Contract Manpower Reporting COR Contracting Officer Representative COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative DA Department of the Army DD250 Department of Defense Form 250 (Receiving Report) DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Requirement List DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DOD Department of Defense DPW Directorate of Public Works UII Unique Item Identifier Registry FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation GR Government Representative KO Contracting Officer MAAF MacKall Army Airfield MSR Monthly Status Report OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest ODC Other Direct Costs OS-COR On Site – Contracting Officer’s Representative PAAF Pope Army Airfield POC Point of Contact PRS Performance Requirements Summary PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance QAE Quality Assurance Evaluator QAP Quality Assurance Program QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan QC Quality Control QCP Quality Control Program SAAF Simmons Army Airfield TE Technical Exhibit

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1. Services N/A

3.2 Facilities. The Government will make available adequate and sanitary drinking water either through a designated potable water refill point within vicinity of the work area or at the centralized duty location cited in paragraphs 1.6.5 above. Contractor personnel working in remote sites associated with the requirement are advised to bring meals with them to the work site since there are no facilities in the area.

3.3 Utilities. The Contractor (to include subcontractors) shall instruct employees in utilities conservation practices. The Contractor shall be responsible for operating under conditions that preclude the waste of utilities i.e. electricity and water, which include turning off the water faucets or valves after using the required amount to accomplish cleaning vehicles and equipment.

3.4 Equipment. The Contractor shall not use GFP for any work outside the scope of this PWS.

The Contractor is responsible for all GFP during the performance of this PWS and upon termination the Contractor shall return all GFP to the Government. The Government will provide the facilities, equipment, materials, and/or services listed below.

The Government will maintain all Government-furnished equipment at the daily maintenance standards detailed in paragraph 4.8. or beyond operator maintenance. The Government will be responsible for all fair wear and tear (FWT) repairs of Government furnished equipment and vehicles utilized for this task order. The Contractor shall be responsible for the day-to-day care and security of equipment, tools, vehicles, grounds, and components of ranges. Any damages or losses will be reported to OS-COR and designated QAE at the time of occurrence. Any damages or losses deemed to be careless and/or not of fair /wear and tear by the OS-COR will be reimbursable to the Government. All tools will be hand receipted to the contractor’s representative during the period of performance of this task order and will be the sole responsibility of the contractor to control, use, secure and protect.

The Government will provide handheld radios as a means of communications to Contractor employees completing Range Control, PAAF requirements. The radios are to be used for routine and emergency communications purposes. Radios will be hand receipted to contractor representative by the site leads for PAAF, SAAF and MAAF, during the period of task order and will be the sole responsibility of the contractor to control, use, secure. Contractor is liable for the cost of any damages or losses deemed by OS-COR to be beyond fair wear and tear or due to contractor’s negligence.

The Government will provide safety, environmental, equipment, range, and airfield familiarization training to all Contractor personnel on an annual basis.

3.5 The Government has the right to inspect any Contractor vehicles leaving Fort Bragg to prevent unauthorized removal of Government-owned property from Fort Bragg.

3.6 Materials: All vehicles and all fuel, oil, lubricants, kerosene, gasoline, etc., for use in Government owned vehicles and equipment.

3.7 Military Police and Fire Protection use phone number 9-1-1.

3.8 Government Furnished Information: Not Applicable

3.9 Government-Furnished Software (GFS). Not Applicable

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General: Not Applicable

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: Not Applicable

4.3 Hazardous Information. The Contractor shall be required to perform daily operator level maintenance to include, but not limited to, checking oil levels and if required, adding, refueling, and greasing of equipment. Contractor may come into contact with hazardous substances and shall be required to wear proper protective equipment at all times.

4.4 The Contractor shall be required to visit active Army firing ranges and will receive proper safety instructions and be provided proper protective equipment

4.5 The Contractor shall provide a workforce possessing the skills, knowledge, and training to satisfactorily perform the services required by this task order.

4.6 Contractor personnel shall possess/maintain a valid driver’s license while providing services to Fort Liberty Range Control and Airfield requirements.

4.7 Contractor employee’s conduct shall be IAW 5 CFR Parts 2600-2641 and DOD-5500 7-R (Joint Ethics Regulations). If a Contractor employee is removed from the job site or dismissed from the premises, the Contractor is not relieved of the requirement to provide sufficient personnel to perform the services as required by this PWS. IAW 18 USC 1382 and AR 380-49, the authority of the Installation Commander to control and deny a Contractor employee entry to all or part of the installation is absolute. The individual concerned has no right to appeal.

4.8 Daily Maintenance. The Contractor shall be responsible for performing daily operator maintenance with Government furnished parts and hardware to conduct minor repairs of all grass-cutting equipment, including agriculture tractors, 9, 15 and 20 foot mowing decks, riding lawn mowers, bush hogs, leaf blowers, and weed eaters. At the end of each shift, contractor shall lubricate, refuel, check all fluid levels and top off, clean out all air filters, radiators, check tire pressures, clean off mowing decks, and tractors in their entirety, perform visual inspection and replace or repair any deficiencies such as worn blades, lose or missing bolts/hardware, leaks of any kind, worn hoses or belts, and safety chains etc., to all equipment used that day and ensure equipment is safe and in a condition that is operational for the following day. All deficiencies shall be reported to the OS-COR on the same day discovered. The Government is responsible for the repair or replacement if within the confines of normal wear and tear.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. Specific Tasks:

5.1. Basic Services.

5.1.1 Grounds Policing Operations Related to Mowing. The Contractor shall perform grounds policing operations prior to every mowing operation. The Contractor shall include the grounds policing operation as an integral part of grass mowing operation. All tree limbs, scrap lumber, boxes, bottles, cans, paper, cardboard, rags, scrap metals, rocks, wire, and other debris shall be collected by the Contractor and disposed of in the on-site dumpster or as directed by the OS- COR. Every effort should be made by the contractor to support the Installation’s recycle program by depositing recyclable material in the appropriate collection receptacle. The OSCOR will identify recyclable receptacles as appropriate or within reasonable distance from the work area if available.

5.1.2. Airfields/Range grounds. Maintenance/grass cutting is based on a four-week cycle, with approximately 1,200 acres at the Airfields, and 1216 acres at the Ranges, for a total of 2416 being completely mowed, trimmed, bush hogged and policed on a four-week cycle during the growing season, and every six to eight weeks during the limited growing season. During Limited growing season on SAAF, contractor shall be required to perform deicing of the runways using a tractor.

Work schedules shall take distances between Airfield locations into account.

5.1.2.1 Grass Mowing. The Contractor shall mow grass to a uniform height without skips or gaps, taking precautions to prevent scalping, uneven mowing, rutting by equipment and damage to trees and shrubs. Areas that contain large rocks and permanent debris shall be cut with weed eaters when inaccessible to push or power-driven mowers.

5.1.2.2 Grass height requirements. Ranges and Training areas shall not exceed 6 inches within a 4 week cycle only in the growing season. All Airfields (inside runway and taxiway fence lines) shall be in compliance with AR 95-2 Air Traffic Control, Airfield/Heliport, and Airspace

Operations.

Note to Paragraph C-4, page 84

Grass between 6 and 12 inches discourages flocking species from foraging on the airfield because reduced visibility disrupts inter-flock communication and flock integrity by reducing the ability to detect predators.

Grass exceeding 12 inches will attract some bird species and rodents, which in turn attract raptors.

5.1.3 Other Areas. At all ranges/training areas, the Contractor shall mow and trim all ditch lines within the mowing area and trim areas under steps, bleachers, building ramps, platforms, and other obstacles. Areas around parking lots, range towers, firing positions, foxholes, banks, rough terrain and low areas shall be completely mowed and trimmed each time the area is assigned unless otherwise directed. At Airfields, the Contractor shall trim the grass under and around all bleachers, taxiway signs PAPI, REILS, taxiway lights, runway distance markers and runway lights within the mowing area each time the area is assigned. Runway lights shall not have any vegetation above a point to which that lighting device cannot be seen from an aircraft in flight or on the surface.

5.1.4 Damaged Grounds. The Contractor shall obtain the concurrence of the OS-COR prior to mowing or discontinue mowing in any assigned area when equipment causes rutting, soil compaction, or scalped areas due to wet or soft grounds. The Contractor shall discontinue mowing operations during periods of excessive rainfalls. Exceptions to these conditions shall be at the direction of the OS-COR, otherwise the Contractor shall be liable for repair of all damaged areas.

5.1.5 Trimming. The Contractor shall trim grass around all shrubbery and at the base of trees, sign posts, name posts, poles, fences, and other similar objects. The Contractor shall not damage trees or shrubs while in the performance of this task order. Grass trimming shall be an integral part of grass mowing operations.

5.2 Monthly Status Report (MSR). The Contractor shall prepare an MSR. These reports shall contain, as a minimum, a general summary, a summary of tasks completed during the reporting period, specific issues and problems encountered during the reporting period Report will be submitted by the 10th of the month. The final report shall contain the same information as the monthly reports, but shall cover the entire period of performance.

5.3 Routine written and electronic media staff products and projects if required are the property of the Government.

5.6 Deliverables.

Deliverable Transmittal Form and Quantity

Schedule

Monthly Status Reports (5.3) e-mail-formatted NLT the 10th of each month

Reporting of Contractor Services and Manpower Report (CMR) (5.2)

Electronic for each task order

NLT 31 Oct, annually

5.7 Task Order Performance Requirements Summary (PRS)

Service PWS Paragraph

Number Standard Acceptable

Quality Level

(AQL)

Reports 5.6 Monthly Status Reports

NLT 10th of the Month 100%

Mowing 5.1.1 Prior to every mowing effort the Contractor shall perform grounds policing operations prior to every mowing operation

100%

Mowing 5.1.2 Ranges and Training areas shall not exceed 6 inches within a 4 week cycle only in growing season.

100%

Mowing 5.1.4 Completely mowed and trimmed each time the area is assigned unless otherwise directed.

100%

Trimming 5.1.6 No damage to trees or shrubs while in the performance of this task order and in compliance with

AR 95-2.

100%

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

6. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS (CURRENT EDITIONS)

AR 385-10, the Army Safety Program, 24 Feb 2017

6.1 Applicable Documents. IMCOM-SE Tasking MEMO SE-11-050, March 11; FB 385-10, Sep 02, equipment operator and safety manuals, applicable maps and overlays, OSHA regulations, and pertinent provisions of 29 CFR 1910.