Attachment_No._5_Task_Order_0001_Performance_Work_Statement.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

CESPK‐PM‐M 16‐October 2017

SUBJECT AND LOCATION: FY18‐20 Habitat Restoration of Remedial Action Areas at Site 39, Inland Ranges at Former Fort Ord, Monterey, CA

CONTRACTOR: TBD

Contractor POC: TBD Phone:

FAX:

Email:

USACE

Project Manager: Duane Balch, Project Manager U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Attention: CESPK‐PM‐M 1325 J Street Sacramento, CA 95843‐2922 Phone: 916‐557‐7450 Email: Duane.C.Balch@usace.army.mil

USACE Technical Lead: Thomas Savage, Landscape Architect U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Attention: CESPK‐ED‐DB 1325 J Street Sacramento, CA 95843‐2922 Phone: 916‐557‐7279 Thomas.C.Savage@usace.army.mil

USACE

Contracting Specialist: Donald Sumner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Attention: CESPK‐CT‐B 1325 J Street Sacramento, CA 95843‐2922 Phone: 916‐557‐6752

FAX: 916‐557‐5264

Email: Donald.Sumner@usace.army.mil

CONTRACT NO.: TBD TASK ORDER NO.: W9123818F####

The U.S. Army is conducting soils remediation at the former Fort Ord. As part of the remediation project, the Army will restore impacted areas to meet requirements in the Habitat Management Plan (HMP) for Fort Ord and the Habitat Restoration Plan for Site 39 Inland Ranges Former Fort Ord, California (HRP). The Army is required to implement the requirements of the HMP and Biological Opinions issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to mitigate impacts to rare, threatened and endangered species resulting from Army cleanup activities. The HMP includes requirements to report implementation of mitigation measures annually to ensure mitigation measures are successful in minimizing impacts to special‐status species resulting from Army actions.

1.0 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT OBJECTIVE

The objective is to provide seed/plant collection, propagation, planting , plant establishment, and erosion repair services necessary to restore sites affected by soil remediation activities within Habitat Reserve consisting predominantly of rare central maritime chaparral habitat with smaller inclusions of coastal scrub; oak woodland, chamise chaparral and vernal pool habitats to the requirements of the Site 39 HRP. The restoration must comply with the Army’s responsibilities described in the HMP, Biological Opinions, and other supporting documents including the Site 39 HRP.

2.0 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES REQUIRED

The Contractor must provide all personnel, facilities, equipment, material, tools, supervision, quality control, and other items necessary to ensure that the designated habitats are installed and established on the approximate mitigation site for soil remediation at Site 39 ranges. The work includes but is not limited to the following Historic Areas (HAs):

Site 39:

HA18

HA19

HA26

HA28

HA29

HA33

HA36 (grenade range)

HA37

Only areas where soil remediation has occurred will be seeded or planted. Photo monitoring and random quadrat monitoring may cover areas of sites that are not seeded or planted. All work performed by the Contractor must be designed and implemented in a manner which complements earlier investigations and must conform to this Performance Work Statement (PWS) and the applicable requirements of the HMP (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, April 1997); Site 39 HRP (Burleson, 2009); Wetland Restoration and Monitoring Plan (Burleson, 2006); Site 39 Plant Material Collection, Storage, and Propagation Protocols for Former Fort Ord (2010); and the applicable requirements listed in the three Fort Ord Biological Opinions (USFWS, 1999 ‐ 1‐8‐99‐F/C‐39R, USFWS, 2002 ‐ 1‐8‐01‐F‐70R, and USFWS, 2005 ‐ 1‐8‐04‐F‐25R, USFWS, 2015 8‐8‐09‐F‐74 ). The Contractor has developed under a previous Task Order, the Plant Salvage, and Plant Material Storage and Propagation Protocols (referred to hereafter as “the Protocol”), which must be implemented as appropriate to the work identified below.

2.1 Task 1.1 ‐ Post Award / Kickoff meeting

The Contractor shall coordinate a meeting with the Contracting Office point of contact, via email (provided at time of award) to hold a Post Award / Kickoff meeting within 5 calendar days after the award of this Task Order. The Post Award / Kickoff meeting may be held by teleconference call. The purpose of the Post Award / Kickoff meeting will be to discuss the performance work statement and meet with the Government Contracting team, Corps technical staff and contractor before the initiation of subsequent tasks. The contractor shall ensure that all Contractor parties, including those having authority to sign on behalf of the Contractor, as well as other required parties that shall be coordinating the work efforts on a daily basis, are present at the meeting. If the contractor chooses to physically attend the post award meeting, any associated travel costs are to be borne by the contractor(s) and will not be billable to the USACE. Contractor(s) shall take meeting minutes during this meeting and submit to the Contracting Office POC, no later than 3 business days after the meeting. The Post Award meeting shall occur before performing any other work.

2.2 TASK 1.2 – PLANNING: The Contractor shall conduct planning activities necessary to plan and complete this PWS. These include reviewing pertinent existing information, and refining the approach for the PWS. Site Health and Safety, Environmental, Project Management and Quality Control plans in conformance with USACE EM 385‐ 1‐1 must be updated and submitted as draft for review. Comments received must be incorporated as appropriate in a final copy. Provide a schedule showing start and stop times of all tasks required under this task order. The schedule must include submittal and review times for all item requiring submittals.

2.3 TASK 2 ‐ SEED COLLECTION: The Contractor shall collect seed from remediation and non‐remediation areas in accordance with the techniques and methods described in the Site 39 Plant Material Collection, Storage, and Propagation Protocol listed under the reference section (Burleson, 2010). The Contractor must collect, and store seed for HAs 26, 33, and 37 for Site 39; For HAs 31 and 31A of site 39 the Contractor must collect, and store seed. Refer to Attachment A for required quantities of seed by species and target coverage area. The Contractor is authorized to engage in trade of seed with other government agencies for the purpose of supplementing seed deficits that may occur provided the exchange of seed is on an equal value basis.

2.4 TASK 3 –SEED PRODUCTION – Production of site specific seed by commercial seed grower. The Contractor shall arrange for a one half acre plot for each of the species listed below, at a commercial seed grower for the production of the seed dedicated for use by the Army at Fort Ord. All seed produced on the plot will become the property of the Government. Seed necessary to maintain future production from the plot must be retained for further seed production, and shall be considered Army’s property until sown for seed production or for revegetation purposes. Refer to Attachment A for required quantities of seed by species and target coverage area.

The Contractor is authorized to engage in trade of seed with other government agencies for the purpose of supplementing seed deficits that may occur provided the exchange of seed is on an equal value basis.

Elymus glaucus (blue wildrye) seed

Lotus scoparium (Deerweed)

Achillea milefoluim (White Yarrow)

Nassella pulchra (Purple Needlegrass)

2.5 TASK 4 – PLANT PROPAGATION AND NURSERY GROWING: The Contractor shall collect propagules onsite per HMP, propagate, grow, and maintain in optimal condition for active planting the number and species of plants as indicated in Attachment B, Plant Propagation Quantities, for HAs 18, 19, 26, 33, 36, and 37 for Site 39.

2.6 TASK 5 – EROSION CONTROL AND REPAIR: Repair and control erosion at any of the Site 39 HA’s listed at the beginning of section 2.0 of this task order. The contractor shall develop a plan for the utilization of the following. The plan shall be reviewed, revised, and approved by the Army before field activity begins.

The Contractor shall repair rill erosion affecting 940 LF of rill erosion.

Average size of rills is 6” wide by 12” deep.

The Contractor shall install 3,000 LF of appropriate wattle for the site conditions, including but not limited to bark/wood‐chip wattle where appropriate.

80LF of coconut fiber Coir Logs.

The Contractor shall apply barley and native grass seed to 0.75 acres to be repaired by hand work as noted above.

The Contractor shall apply 1.00 acre straw or hydro mulch (crimp or tackify to hold in place) in area to be repaired by handwork as described above.

The Contractor shall monitor and maintain a total drainage of 1,500 LF of existing water bars within HAs 18, 19, 26, 27A, 28, 29, 33, 36, 37, and Austin Road stockpile.

The Contractor shall install 3,000 S.F. of coir fabric (11oz to 13oz per square yard weight woven coir fabric) on slopes.

The Contractor shall seed a total of 3.2 acres within HA 18, 19, 26, 27A, 28, 29, 33, 36, 37, and Austin Road stockpile for Site 34; For Unit 31 and 31A of site 39 with the following seed mix:

Species Lbs/acre, pure live seed

Achillea millefolium1 2

Elymus glaucus1 5

Horkelia cuneata2 4

Lotus scoparium1 4

Nassella pulchra1 5

1Seed grown under task 3 of this PWS. Quantity may be adjusted based on amount of seed produced by the seed plots.

2Assumed this seed will be available under agreement with BLM to share seed, if not available from BLM this will not be used.

Seed shall be raked in, or otherwise incorporated into the soil. Apply tackified straw mulch, crimped into soils, derived from seeding plots at a rate of 1000 lbs per acre. If the straw mulch from the seed plots is insufficient in quantity to apply at this rate, the Contractor shall apply the available supply of straw mulch from the seed plots and supplement with rice straw to provide 1000 lbs per acre of mulch.

2.7 TASK 6 – SEED BROADCAST: The Contractor shall broadcast seed over approximately

3.2 acres. Seed shall be locally collected seed and commercially grown from local seed for Task 2 under this task order. The Contractor shall apply seed per Task 5.

Attachment A shows the quantities of seeds proposed to be applied at the designated HAs. In the event of unexpected site conditions, the seed shall be broadcast wherever needed at any of the Site 39 HAs listed at the beginning of section 2.0 of this task order. Prior approval by the Army shall be required to broadcast in alternative locations. The Contractor shall conduct this activity during the time periods and weather conditions where germination or rooting is most likely to be successful. The Contractor shall coordinate with the Army to obtain concurrence on the timing for broadcast. Non‐HMP annual direct seed application, will be considered acceptable if: (1) Germination and continued presence three months after germination of each of the broadcast species occurs; and (2) an average of at least 2 plants for every square foot in seeded areas persists three months after germination.

2.8 TASK 7 – PLANTING: The Contractor shall accomplish planting over 3.10 acres with approximately 4,440 seedlings grown for task 4 under this task order. The plants shall be planted at the designated HA’s in the quantities shown for each HA in Attachment B. Attachment B shows the quantities of plants proposed to be planted at the designated HAs. In the event of unexpected site conditions, the plants shall be planted wherever needed at any of the Site 39 HAs listed at the beginning of section

2.0 of this task order. Prior approval by the government shall be required for planting in alternative locations. The Contractor shall conduct this activity during the time periods and weather conditions where germination or rooting is most likely to be successful. The Contractor shall coordinate with the Army to obtain concurrence on the timing of planting.

2.9 TASK 8 – IRRIGATION FOR HA 26: Contractor shall continue to operate and maintain the existing irrigation system at HA26. No water source is available on‐site. Provide water to each plant at the rate and frequency specified and for the duration of the Contract.

The Contractor shall maintain and operate a complete drip irrigation system, previously installed, with individual irrigation to 3,000 woody plantings within HA26. Contractor must provide materials, labor, maintenance, and effort required to maintain and operate a complete, fully functional irrigation system. This includes on‐site water tanks with 6,000 gallon capacity which are property of the government. After expiration of this task order’s period of performance the irrigation and all its components shall remain on‐site and be operational. Contractor shall provide portable gas‐powered pumps, etc. to run the irrigation system. The contractor shall irrigate each plant a minimum of 2 gallons of water at each watering event, during the dry season.

Contractor shall accomplish 10 watering events per calendar year. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to acquire and pay for the water necessary for irrigation from private sources through to delivery in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations. One possible irrigation water source is the OU2 groundwater treatment plant which has affirmed availability to provide the necessary water if called upon. Coordination with the Army and the OU2 groundwater treatment system operator, book keeping, and scheduling considerations would be required if the Contractor utilizes the OU2 potential water source.

The Contractor shall maintain pressure irrigation lines. No subsurface work permitted for irrigation lines, routing, or valves. All other pipe must be above grade.

The Contractor shall maintain pressure irrigation lines. At each circuit provide PE (polyethylene) drip pipes as non‐pressure lateral lines. Irrigation PE pipes must be placed above ground.

The Contractor shall maintain tubing (dripline micro‐tubing and mainline), tubing stakes, bug plug emitters, and miscellaneous supplies.

The Contractor shall monitor the irrigation system to ensure it is not creating erosion on site, and adjust the irrigation rate as necessary with COR approval.

2.10 TASK 9 – MONITORING: The contractor shall provide monitoring to measure how previously completed seed broadcasting/container plantings at the site 39 inland range historic areas (HAs) meet specified success criteria established for the HAs in the SSRP (Site Specific Restoration Plan). In general, success is considered attaining, at minimum, the equivalent species richness at each site as that prior to remediation, attaining a percent cover of target native shrubs, perennials and HMP species that, after 13 years of monitoring, provides confidence that the vegetation community is in a sustainable state. If it has not yet attained the target percent cover, it should be at least on a trajectory towards the vegetation cover at the site prior to remediation.

The specific success criteria are:

1. Native species richness must be at a minimum equivalent to species richness in the pre‐remediation survey data.

2. Total combined native species percent cover of target shrub and perennials will be a minimum of 40 percent, averaged over the restored site.

3. Average percent cover of all non‐native weedy perennial species over the site will be equal to or less than the total percent cover of weed species in the baseline data for the site, or less than or equal to 5 percent, whichever is lower.

4. All HMP plant species present in the baseline pre remediation survey will be present at the end of the monitoring period. Percent cover of each HMP shrub species will be at least equal to the relative percent cover, or equivalent measure of abundance, as compared to the dominant species in the baseline data for the remediation site. Percent cover of HMP forb species will be no less than that in the pre‐remediation survey in area of cover, and in abundance, which will be represented by density class.

As part of assessing effectiveness and adaptive management, monitoring data needs to be collected and analyzed to determine if the restoration areas are on a trajectory toward meeting the success criteria above, and to guide the remaining restoration actions. While in 2016 random quadrat sampling (not along a transect) was utilized for the sake of efficiency, the results do not represent true site conditions for a number of HAs. Following a team discussion it was decided that utilizing partial transect will enable for better assessment of the current conditions of the vegetation and progress toward meeting success criteria.

Per HRP, the purpose of monitoring is to determine plant survivorship, vegetation cover, species richness, HMP annuals density, and HMP shrub species cover. For shrubs perennials, and HMP annuals monitoring should occur on an annual basis until year 5, beginning the first spring after the initial planting or seeding. Shrubs and perennials, and HMP annuals need to be monitored in Year 8, and additional monitoring for shrubs and perennials in Year 13. Year 1 monitoring shall occur the first spring after the initial planting or seeding.

Photo Documentation: The Contractor shall continue to perform photo documentation at the established permanent photo points at all HAs each monitoring year. The Contractor shall take photographs from the permanent established photo points during each monitoring event to document conditions at the restoration site. Photo documentation shall occur in spring and again in fall. The Contractor shall time the photo events to capture maximum growth in spring and dry conditions in fall.

Plant survivorship monitoring: The Contractor shall conduct annual plant survivorship surveys for the initial 3 years. Following direct planting, the Contractor shall designate randomly selected individual plants from the suite of installed species for monitoring of survivorship. The Contractor shall tag and monitor a random sample of approximately 10% of each shrub species. Survivorship monitoring events shall occur in the fall at the end of the dry season when plant mortality rates are the highest. For direct planting, the Contractor shall achieve: (1) a minimum 30% survival after one year. If the direct planting survival target is not met, the Contractor shall provide an adaptive management plan to improve success. If at the end of 3 years of monitoring a clear downward trend for a particular species is evident, or a sudden drop in survivorship is noticed, additional survivorship monitoring may be warranted.

This decision will be based on the survivorship data, vegetative cover, and overall recovery of the site, and shall be discussed by the Contractor at the annual habitat restoration and monitoring meeting with the agencies.

HMP annuals density monitoring: The Contractor shall conduct density surveys for HMP annuals sand gilia (Gilia tenuiflora), Monterey spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens), and Seaside bird’s beak (Cordyanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis) during peak bloom for each species in years 1‐5, and 8 following initial broadcast. The Contractor shall determine density by counting every individual HMP forb within a restoration plot and calculating the number of plants per 100 square feet. The density determined shall be assigned to a density class as described in the HRP.

Vegetative cover and species richness monitoring: Due to a phased annual restoration approach at several sites, portions of the sites will vary in the percent of vegetative cover in any given year. Thus, total vegetative cover shall be first assessed by the Contractor visually and recorded at each phased portion of the site, and if it is determined that total vegetative cover is less than 5 percent, no additional surveys need to be conducted at that portion of the site. Otherwise cover of shrubs, forbs, perennials, grass, thatch, and bare ground shall be recorded by the Contractor using transect surveys, as described in the 2006 protocol (Burleson 2006). Contractor shall utilize already established transects (GIS files will be provided by the Army). Refer to Table 1 for the specific number of transects in each HA to be monitored. If additional transects need to be installed, they shall be 50m in length, but will need to be adjusted in smaller restoration plots. Proposed locations of new transects shall be approved by the Army. If a site had a phased approach to restoration, an attempt shall be made by the Contractor to stratify transects by year, and consideration given to topography and features of the area (for example avoidance of roads or berms if no restoration activities occurred there). Quadrat sampling along transects shall be employed if the herbaceous vegetation is greater than 10%, as described in the 2006 protocol. For small plots (typically less than 0.1 acre), partial transects shall be employed. Partial transects shall be less than the standard 50m transects and shall span the entire restoration plot from corner to corner. Start location (corner) shall be randomized. Total vegetative percent cover, as well as percent cover for HMP shrubs and invasive species, cover of native species listed in the SSRP and percent of bare ground shall be assessed from the transect data for each restoration site. Transect locations shall be permanent. Rebar shall be placed in the ground with ID tags in order to enable future return visits, with the exception to areas not cleared to depth (HA26 and back portion of HA37). In these areas approval from the Army will be acquired prior to installing rebar. GPS waypoints shall be established at rebar locations. Additionally, meandering transects shall occur during the same time as transect monitoring (spring).

Meandering Transects: The Contractor shall conduct transects at each HA listed in Table 1 to document species richness within each HA listed in Table 1 and provide visual estimates of vegetation cover for restoration plots/areas. Discrete patches of HMP annuals (Monterey spineflower, sand gilia, seaside birdsbeak, Yadon’s piperia, and coast wallflower) outside of already established plots shall be mapped using GPS and population densities shall be assigned for each patch.

Reporting and Data: The results of monitoring shall be presented in the annual habitat restoration report by the Contractor. Charts, graphs and tables shall be utilized to show progression of restoration at each HA by year and species. All data collected shall be delivered in digital format, such that report charts, graphs, and figures can be easily re‐created. Transects should be delivered as an ESRI shapefile formatted to ‘lcta_line’ feature class, with averaged percent cover values recorded for all species. Locations and orientations of partial transects shall be delivered as an ESRI shapefile polygons with percent cover values recorded for all species. Areas of seeding shall be delivered as ESRI shapefile polygons with information on type of species, seeding rates, and dates applied. Areas of planting shall be delivered as ESRI shapefile polygons with information on number of plants by species, and dates planted.

Table 1: Transect Per HA Information

Task Monitoring Acres Transects (#) Transects (fraction of 50m transects)

9a HA 18 1.400 0 2.00

9b HA 19 14.000 0 14.00

9c HA 22 0.050 0 0.80

9d HA 23 0.300 0 2.18

9e HA 26 13.800 11 7.00

9f HA 27 0.060 0 0.80

9g HA 27A 0.600 0 2.00

9h HA 28 3.400 5 5.00

9i HA 29 1.000 0 1.00

9j HA 33 0.010 0 0.26

9k HA 34 8.700 9 9.00

9l HA 36 0.500 0 1.00

9m HA 37 11.000 11 10.00

9n HA 38 1.400 2 2.00

9o HA 39/40 2.400 0 3.00

9p HA 43 0.090 5 1.20

9q HA 44 1.800 2 2.00

9r HA 48 0.050 5 0.86

Task 9 total 59 50 64

The period of monitoring shall begin on January 1, 2019 and be complete by December 31, 2019. Monitoring prior to the aforementioned calendar year is covered under a prior task order. Monitoring after the aforementioned calendar year will be covered under a future task order.

2.11 TASK 10 – DATA MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION: The Contractor shall evaluate the data collected throughout the period of this Task Order in a manner designed to support the requirements of the HRP and SSRPs and in a format for the quarterly and annual reports including implementation of quality control and quality assurance measures. The period of Data Management shall be for the Calendar year 2019.

Data management prior to the aforementioned calendar year is covered under a prior task order. Data management after the aforementioned calendar year will be covered under a future task order.

2.12 TASK 11– TECHNICAL AND ANNUAL REPORTS: The Contractor shall provide the following reports per section 4.0 of this statement of services.

The Contractor shall prepare a Technical Memorandum that documents the work completed during each quarter. For each quarter, the Contractor shall document the number of plants or seed collected; collections planned for the next quarter; number of plants being propagated, and their condition. The Contractor shall document the data collected; provide an inventory of plant material collected; and restoration activities performed.

Annual Reports ‐ The Contractor shall prepare an annual report for the 2019 calendar year. The report shall evaluate implementation of the HRP identifying success or whether corrective actions are necessary. The annual report shall also evaluate processes identified in the SSRPs for the sites and include recommendations for improvements and changes that can be utilized in future work. The Contractor shall include text, tables and figures as appropriate for incorporation into the future annual reports. The reports shall also include color photographs and maps utilizing data collected. The annual report shall also summarize for the year the data contained in the quarterly reports. The results of monitoring shall be presented in the annual habitat restoration report. Charts, graphs and tables shall be utilized to show progression of restoration at each HA by year and species. All data collected shall be delivered in digital format, such that report charts, graphs, and figures can be easily re‐created. The Annual Report shall be provided to regulatory agencies for review and the basis of the Site 39 revegetation annual agency meeting.

2.13 TASK 12– COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WORKSHOP (CIW) AND ANNUAL FORT ORD

BRAC HABITAT RESTORATION AND MONITORING MEETING: The Contractor shall attend two (2) CIW Meetings at Fort Ord to present progress of the restoration program. The Contractor shall provide two technical specialists to discuss restoration work at two Saturday CIW meetings located at the site. The date of each

CIW will be provided by the government. The Contractor shall also create maps (11 x 17 maximum size) and fact sheets one week prior to the Open House, which will be reviewed by the Fort Ord BRAC office and USACE PM. The Contractor shall provide 100 copies of the maps and fact sheets at each open house event.

For the Annual Meeting, the Contractor shall provide a power point presentation 14 days prior to the meeting to the BRAC Office and participate in a conference call to review the presentation 7 days prior to the meeting. The Contractor shall provide one technical specialist to discuss restoration work at the meetings. The date of the Annual Meeting will be determined by the Army.

2.14 TASK 13 – MONTHLY MEETINGS AND WEEKLY STATUS CALL MEETINGS: The Contractor shall prepare for and participate in the monthly Internal Progress Meetings (IPMs) and the monthly BRAC Cleanup Team (BCT) meetings either by phone or in person. The Contractor shall attend at least four (4) Internal Progress Meetings (IPMs) and at least four (4) BRAC Cleanup Team (BCT) meetings in person during the performance period of this task order. For each IPM and BCT meeting, the Contractor shall provide copies of handouts and at least one (1) technical representative to participate in the IPMs and BCT meetings. The need for attendance in person will be determined by the Government. On average, each meeting will be

1.5 hours long.

The Contractor shall conduct a weekly status call meeting (30 minutes long on average) each week with the government to give an update of the project status and discuss any upcoming tasks and action items. The meetings shall be conducted by phone. The Contractor shall also prepare an agenda for each weekly status call meeting. The Contractor shall provide at least one technical representative to attend these meetings.

2.15 TASK 14 – GEOSPATIAL DATA: The Contractor shall provide ESRI GIS shapefile coverage for all restoration done by the contractor at the Site 39 inland ranges.

Shapefiles must include all planted and seeded areas. Following the completion of the restoration work under this task order, the contractor shall provide additional shapefile coverage for that work. Transects shall be delivered as an ESRI shapefile formatted to lcta line feature class, with averaged percent cover values recorded for all species. Locations and orientations of random quadrats shall be delivered as an ESRI shapefile polygons with percent cover values recorded for all species. Areas of seeding shall be delivered as ESRI shapefile polygons with information on type of species, seeding rates, and dates applied. Areas of planting shall be delivered as ESRI shapefile polygons with information on number of plants by species, and dates planted. A draft submission of Geospatial data shall be provided by the Contractor for review by the government. The final submission of Geospatial data shall incorporate acceptable corrections or changes in response to the government comments. Data attributes for the shapefiles shall include but are not limited to:

Site, Range, HA number.

Date seeded.

Lbs of seed applied.

Date planted as applicable.

Quantity of plants planted, by species.

Survival results of plantings, by year.

2.16 TASK 15 – CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING (CMRA) The Contractor shall report all Contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract via a secure data collection site. The Contractor shall complete all required data fields using the following web address: http://www.ecmra.mil/

Reporting inputs shall be for the labor executing during the period of performance during each government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September

30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year. Direct questions to the help desk at:

http://www.ecmra.mil/

3.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall provide regular scheduled updates and confer with the Corps of

Engineers Project Manager about the status of the project. The Contractor shall provide sufficient task management to track and control the progress of the work identified in this TO from technical, schedule, and budget perspectives. The Contractor shall perform management, administration, and invoice review for the duration of the Task Order. The

Contractor shall provide management and oversight of activities of Contractor staff and subcontractors. The Contractor shall conduct schedule preparation and management under this task.

3.1 Project Management shall not be tracked as a separate task but must be included in all the other tasks under this performance work statement. As part of Project Management, the Contractor shall be responsible for managing the legal disposal of all restoration‐derived waste (IDW) generated under this PWS.

3.2 The Government will not furnish a storage building at the site for use by the

Contractor to store supplies and equipment. However, the government will provide an area designated for the contractor’s use should the need arise. The Contractor can establish facilities to include, but not limited to office site, covered storage, etcetera on or in the designated area. The Contractor shall provide all utilities to this area. The Government will not be responsible for any damage to or loss of the Contractor’s equipment and supplies stored on the Government’s premises. The Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining fire extinguishers and other safety equipment.

3.3 Electricity and phone service will NOT be furnished by the Government for the

Contractor’s work area.

4.0 SUBMITTALS

The Contractor shall prepare report documents on 8 ½ by 11" white bond paper. Fold oversized diagrams, maps, or drawings to that size. Submit reports on CD in PDF format (including all plates and tables).

The Contractor shall submit the plans or reports identified in Task 9 Technical and Annual Reports per Fort Ord Documents Distribution Instructions maintained at the following location:

http://www.fortordcleanup.com/private/document‐distribution/. In addition to the distribution list, the Contractor shall provide copies of the listed submittals to the following:

CD Paper Name Organization Address Required Submittals

1 1 Mr. Bart Kowalski

Chenega Support Services

4463 Gigling Road Seaside, CA, 93955

Draft, Draft Final, Final

1 1 Mr. Bill Collins Department of the Army, USACE, BRAC

4463 Gigling Road Seaside, CA, 93955

Draft, Draft Final, Final

1 1 Mr. Thomas

Savage Department of the

Army USACE 1325 "J" Street, ED‐DB 11th Floor

Sacramento, CA, 95814

Draft, Draft Final, Final

1 1 Mr. Alexander

Kan Department of the

Army USACE 1325 "J" Street, ED‐E 12th Floor

Sacramento, CA, 95814

Draft, Draft Final, Final

1 1 Mr. Duane Balch Department of the

Army USACE 1325 "J" Street, PM‐M 12th Floor

Sacramento, CA, 95814

Draft, Draft Final , Final

The Contractor shall provide copies of the Final Annual Report as indicated in the following table:

CD Paper Name Organization Address 1 0 Mr. Mark

Ogonowski

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, c/o Fort Ord BRAC Office 4463 Gigling Road Seaside, CA, 93955

1 1 Ms. Patricia

Velez

California Department of Fish and Game, c/o Fort Ord BRAC Office 4463 Gigling Road Seaside, CA, 93955

1 1 Mr. William

Collins

Department of the Army, Fort Ord BRAC

4463 Gigling Road Seaside, CA, 93955

1 1 Mr. Eric Morgan Bureau of Land Management, c/o Fort Ord BRAC Office 4463 Gigling Road Seaside, CA, 93955

Also, the Contractor shall provide Preliminary Draft submittals of the aforementioned documents directly to Mr. Alexander Kan; to the Sacramento District Project Manager, Mr. Duane C. Balch; and to the project Landscape Architect, Mr. Thomas Savage (2 paper copies and 1 CD for each person).

The Contractor shall provide all other information submittals not mentioned previously in this section, as outlined in the various tasks to Mr. Alexander Kan, the Sacramento District Project Manager Mr. Duane C. Balch, and the Landscape Architect Mr. Thomas Savage (2 paper copies and 1 CD for each person).

The Contractor shall provide to Mr. Alexander Kan and the Sacramento District Project Manager Mr.

Duane C. Balch a monthly summary sheet of work performed to document all work completed in a given month. Monthly summary sheets must be provided along with invoices and any other supporting documentation.

5.0 SCHEDULE AND DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall complete the deliverables in the following table by the dates shown. Provide deliverables to the recipients per section 4.0 of this scope and Attachment D–Fort Ord Documents Distribution Instructions. The Contractor shall provide deliverables in the quantities required in section 4.0 of this performance work statement and Fort Ord Documents Distribution Instructions.

Task/Deliverable Completion Date SOW reference

Task 1. Post Award Kick / Off Meeting

Deliverable 1: Draft update of existing Plans including Site

Health and Safety, Environmental, Project Mgmt. and

Quality Control, and attend the meeting.

5 days after award of this Task Order (TO)

2.1

Task 1.1 Planning

Deliverable 2 : Final update of existing Plans including Site Health and Safety, Environmental, Project Mgmt.and Quality Control

30 days after receipt of review comments from Deliverable 1

2.2

Task 2 Seed Collection

Deliverable 3: Collected Seed December 1, 2019 2.3

Task 3 Seed Production

Deliverable 4: Produced Seed October 15, 2019 2.4

Task 4 Plant Propagation and Nursery Growing

Deliverable 5: Container plants Delivered to planting sites January 15, 2020 2.5

Task 5. Erosion Control and Repair

Deliverable 6: Erosion Repair at HA 18, 19, 26, 27A, 28, 29, 33, 36, 37, and the Austin Road stockpile

March 15, 2020 2.6

Task 6 Seed Broadcast

Deliverable 7: Seeding of HA 18, 19, 26, 27A, 28, 29, 33, 36, 37, and the Austin Road stockpile

February 1, 2020 2.7

Task 7 Planting

Deliverable 8: Planting of 6,530 container plants March 15, 2020 2.8

Task 8 Irrigation

Deliverable 9: Deliver required amount of water to plants at HA 26.

March 15, 2019 2.9

Task 9 Monitoring

Refer to Task 9 for deliverables April 15, 2020 2.10

Task 10 Data Management and Evaluation

Refer to Task 10 for deliverables April 15, 2020 2.11

Task 11 Technical and Annual Reports

Deliverable 10: Technical Memorandum

15 days after end of each quarter, Starting with the quarter beginning April 1, 2019 and ending with the quarter ending on March 31, 2020

2.12

Task 11 Technical and Annual Reports

Deliverable 11: 2018 Annual Report

Submit the pre‐draft January 15th.

Submit draft 14 days after comments received from the Army.

Submit draft final 7 days after and submit final 7 days after government’s approval.

2.12

Task/Deliverable Completion Date SOW reference

Task 12–Community Involvement Workshops (CIW) and Annual Fort Ord BRAC Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Meeting

Deliverable 12: Pre Annual Meeting Power‐point Presentation

7 days prior to dry run meeting 2.13

Task 12– Community Involvement Workshops (CIW) and Annual Fort Ord BRAC Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Meeting (AFOBHARMON)

Deliverable 13: Annual Meeting Presentation

As scheduled by BRAC office, targeting January or February

2.13

Task 12– Community Involvement Workshops (CIW) and Annual Fort Ord BRAC Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Meeting

Deliverable 14: CIW Poster and Fact Sheets

One week prior to Open house 2.13

Task 12– Community Involvement Workshops (CIW) and Annual Fort Ord BRAC Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Meeting

Deliverable 15: 1st CIW Poster staffing

Schedule to be determined, be available on request.

2.13

Task 12– Community Involvement Workshops (CIW) and Annual Fort Ord BRAC Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Meeting

Deliverable 16: 2nd CIW Poster staffing

Schedule to be determined, be available on request.

2.13

Task 13 Monthly Meetings and Weekly Status Call Meetings

Deliverable 17: Meeting agendas

Schedule to be determined, be available on request.

2.14

Task 14 Geospatial Data

Deliverable 18: Shapefile coverage of previous restoration activities

Submit the draft 30 days prior to end of POP for this Task Order (TO).

Submit the final 2 weeks after receipt of government comments.

2.15

Task 15 Contractor manpower Reporting (CMRA) Report

Deliverable 19: Completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: http://www.ecmra.mil/ by Oct 31 of each FY

Oct 31 of each FY 2.16

PROPOSAL: Proposal must be submitted using the line items in the Pricing and Bidding Schedule presented below.

CLIN Pricing and Bidding Schedule / Task Description

CLIN 1.1 Post Award / Kickoff meeting

CLIN 1.2 Planning

CLIN 2 Seed Collection

CLIN 3 Seed Production

CLIN 4 Plant Propagation and Nursery Growing

CLIN 5 Erosion Control and Repair

CLIN 6 Seed Broadcast

CLIN 7 Planting

CLIN 8 Irrigation

CLIN 9 Monitoring

CLIN 10 Data Management and Evaluation

CLIN 11 Technical and Annual Reports

CLIN 12 Community Involvement Workshop and Annual Fort Ord BRAC Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Meeting

CLIN 13 Monthly Meetings and Weekly Status Call Meetings

CLIN 14 Geospatial Data

CLIN 15 Contractor Manpower Reporting

6.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The Contractor shall perform the work and services from the date of written notification of task order award through 15 April 2020.

7.0 TECHNICAL DIRECTION/AUTHORITIES

The Contractor shall take no direction from any government employee or any person other than the Contracting Officer that changes the terms and conditions of this contract action, the scope, or any change that impacts the price or schedule. Changes authorized by the

Contracting Officer will be in the form of a written, official, signed modification to the contract action received by the Contractor before the Contractor shall act upon those changes. The Contractor shall comply with the changes clause of this contract when the

Contractor believes direction has been given from persons other than the Contracting Officer that equate to a change by notifying the Contracting Officer. Any direction given any

Government employee or any other person outside their authority must be reported to the

Contracting Officer. Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) are limited to the authorities stated in the COR appointment letters.

8.0 PAYMENTS AND INVOICES

Invoices for payment must be submitted upon completion of tasks as outlined below.

Invoices must be submitted to:

Original invoice only WITHOUT additional information or supporting documentation:

USACE, FINANCE CENTER U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

ATTN: CEFC‐FP Attn: Kenneth Byes

5722 Integrity Drive 1325 J Street, CESPK‐PM‐P

Millington, TN 38054‐5005 Sacramento, CA 95814‐2922

One copy of each invoice WITH all required information including any necessary supporting documentation:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Attn: Mr. Duane Balch Electronic copy only Send to Duane.C.Balch@usace.army.mil

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Attn: Mr. Thomas Savage Electronic copy only Send to Thomas.C.Savage@usace.army.mil

9.0 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT METRICS

Performance of services/deliverables will be assessed by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) in accordance with the performance objectives and standards (expectations) established in the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP), Attachment #1.

10.0 CONTRACT PAYMENTS

The Government will pay the Contractor upon submission of proper invoices for services delivered and accepted for the portion of the work actually performed under the contract.

Payment must be made for deliverables as indicated for each task above, not on percentage of completion. Payment must be made for deliverables invoiced in accordance with the agreed upon schedule. Deliverables must be accepted by the Government before payment will be made.

11.0 PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Contractor shall not publicly disclose any data generated or reviewed under this contract unless authorized by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall refer all requests for information concerning site conditions to the Fort Ord BRAC Office Community Relations Coordinator with a copy furnished to the CESPK Project Manager and Fort Ord BRAC Office.

Reports and data generated under this contract are the property of the U. S. Government and distribution to any other source by the Contractor, unless authorized by the Contracting Officer, is prohibited.

12.0 ATTACHMENTS

The following documents are attached:

Attachment A – Seed Collection Quantities.

Attachment B – Plant Propagation Quantities.

Attachment C – Fort Ord Documents Distribution Instructions.

Attachment D – Ft. Ord Species List and Code.

Prepared by:

Thomas Savage Landscape Architect

REFERENCES

Endangered Species Act, 50 CFR Part 402.

Installation‐Wide Multispecies Habitat Management Plan (HMP) for Former Fort Ord, California, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, April 1997. (Admin Record [AR] # BW‐1787).

Burleson Consulting, Inc. March 2009, Protocol for Conducting Vegetation Monitoring in Compliance with the Installation‐Wide Multispecies Habitat Management Plan at Former Fort Ord, California, March 2009. (AR# BW‐2454A).

Burleson Consulting, Inc. Wetland Monitoring and Restoration Plan for Munitions and Contaminated Soil Remedial Activities at Former Fort Ord, California, September 2006. (AR# BW‐ 2453).

Shaw Environmental. Final Habitat Restoration Plan Site 39 Inland Ranges Former Fort Ord, California, August 2009. (AR# BW‐2450G).

Burleson Consulting, Inc. August 2010. Site 39 Plant Material Collection, Storage, and Propagation Protocols for Former Fort Ord.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Programmatic Biological Opinion for Cleanup and Property Transfer Actions Conducted at the Former Fort Ord, Monterey County, California (8‐8‐09‐F‐74), May 2015. (AR# BW‐2747).

All documents with the admin record No. can be found on the Fort Ord Website – www.fortordcleanup.com

Table 1:

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

Habitat Restoration of Remedial Action Areas at Site 39, Inland Ranges, Former Fort Ord, Monterey County, California Contract No.: W91238‐##‐#‐####‐####

Performance

Standard

Exceptional Very Good Satisfactory Marginal Unsatisfactory

Basic Definition Contractor exceeds the performance requirements for the milestone, deliverable, or standard, with no substantive input from the

Govt.

Contractor exceeds the performance requirements for the milestone, deliverable, or standard, with minimal input from the Govt.

Contractor meets the performance requirements for the milestone, deliverable, or standard, with moderate input from the Government.

Contractor meets the performance requirements for the milestone, deliverable, or standard, with significant input from the

Government.

Contractor does not meet the performance requirements for the milestone, deliverable, or standard, after significant input from the

Government.

Performance Category: Quality of Product or Service

Quality Draft Final and

Final deliverables are of excellent quality, approved as submitted, or with no substantive comments limited to grammar, spelling, or terminology.

Draft Final deliverables are of high quality and comments are mostly minor.

Final deliverables are approved after one (1) round of Army comments on the

Draft Final through acceptance of response to comments table and back check of

Final report against original comments. No further revisions are required.

acceptable quality with only a few number of comments identifying major weaknesses. Final deliverables are approved after two

(2) rounds of Army comments on Draft

Final. No further revisions are required.

poor quality with a significant number of comments identifying major weaknesses or deficiencies. Final deliverables require more than two (2) rounds of Army comments on Draft

Final before being approved. (e.g., changes are required to the

Final document due to inadequate incorporation of comments).

very poor quality and are rejected for re‐submittal without comment. Final deliverables did not comply with contract requirements, or one or more document versions required more than three (3) rounds of

Army comments before being approved.

Performance

Standard

Exceptional Very Good Satisfactory Marginal Unsatisfactory

Army audit finds that the data collected and/or the work performed exceeds the requirement of the PWS. No deficiencies noted.

Army audit of work does not identify any deficiencies that compromise the quality of the data collected or work performed.

Army audit of work identifies deficiencies that do not compromise the quality of the data collected or work performed, and can be corrected.

Army audit of work identifies deficiencies that compromise the quality of the data collected or work performed, but was corrected.

Army audit of work identifies deficiencies that compromise the quality of the data collected or work performed, and cannot be corrected.

Performance Category: Schedule

Schedule Contractor

Achieves milestone more than 90 days ahead of schedule (unless the COR waives this requirement), per criteria established in the PWS and the QASP.

Contractor Achieves milestone less than

90 days but more than 30 days ahead of schedule (unless the COR waives this requirement), per criteria established in the PWS and the

QASP.

Contractor achieves milestone according to the schedule (unless the COR waives this requirement), per criteria established in the PWS and the

QASP.

Contractor achieves milestone more than 30 days but less than 90 days behind schedule (unless the COR waives this requirement), per criteria established in the PWS and the

QASP.

Contractor achieves milestone more than 90 days behind schedule (unless the COR waives this requirement), per criteria established in the PWS and the

QASP.

Performance Category: Safety

Safety No significant safety deficiencies are reported during QA inspection of fieldwork. No lost time accidents or injuries are

No more than one

(1) serious safety deficiencies are reported during

QA inspection of fieldwork. If any serious safety deficiency is noted during the project, No more than two (2) serious safety deficiencies are reported during QA inspection of fieldwork. If any serious safety deficiency is noted during the project, No more than three

(3) serious safety deficiencies are reported during QA inspection of fieldwork. If any serious safety deficiency is noted during the project, More than three (3) serious safety deficiencies are reported during QA inspection of field activities, or a serious safety deficiency is reported but not

Exceptional Very Good Satisfactory Marginal Unsatisfactory recorded during the fieldwork.

appropriate investigation, corrective action, implementation, and written verification of the corrective action are provided to the Army. No lost time accidents or injuries are recorded during the fieldwork.

appropriate investigation, corrective action, implementation, and written verification of the corrective action are provided to the

Army. No lost time accidents or injuries are recorded during the fieldwork.

appropriate investigation, corrective action, implementation, and written verification of the corrective action are provided to the

Army. No more than one lost time accident or injury is recorded during the fieldwork.

properly investigated and corrected, or two or more lost time accidents or injuries is recorded during the fieldwork.

Performance Category: Management of Key Personnel and Resources

Management of

Key Personnel and

Resources

All personnel proposed by the contractor were assigned to the project.