SOW_W91247-19-R-0044_Tree_Removal.pdf

United States Army Garrison Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security (DPTMS)

Simmons Army Airfield Division, Tree Clearing for Clear Zone Statement of Work (SOW)

1. SIMMONS ARMY AIRFIELD TREE CUTTING FOR CLEAR ZONES

1.1. DESCRIPTION: This DPTMS Statement of Work (SOW) is to remove the blade strike hazard for helicopter pilots following their prescribed ground taxi route and to remove the visual barriers standing trees present to pilots on the taxiways, to grounds crews servicing aircraft, and to Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower personnel’s visual identification of moving aircraft and hazards associated with aircraft ground movements, approaches, and departures.

1.2. OBJECTIVE: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, other associated items required, and non-personal services necessary to execute the cutting down, chipping, mulching or shredding in place of felled timber and underbrush associated with approximately 9.73 acres identified within Technical Exhibit 1. Complete clear cutting of timber/trees and underbrush is expected. Performance will be considered complete when no standing vegetation is visible in the Technical Exhibit #1 areas which require clear-cutting and all vegetation is chipped, mulched, or shredded in the place or close within proximity to where it fell when cut down. Except for those items specified as government-furnished property and services, the contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to execute this contract. The contractor shall perform to the standards detailed in this Statement of Work (SOW).

1.3. Period of Performance: Work to commence no later than 30 September 2019 and shall be complete within 180 days after work begins.

1.4. Employees: The Government has the right to restrict the employment of any Contractor employee who is a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being or operational mission of the installation and its population.

1.5. Environment and OSHA. The Contractor shall comply with all local, State, and Federal environmental and occupational safety laws, rules, and regulations. Contractor shall provide and enforce the use of all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for the work performed IAW Federal OSHA law. The Contractor shall bring any apparent conflict between compliance with such local, State and Federal laws, rules and regulations, and compliance with the requirements of the contract to the attention of the COR for final resolution. The Contractor shall notify the COR in writing in addition to any verbal notification of such conflicts. The Contractor shall be liable for all fines, penalties, and costs which result from violations of, or failure to comply with, all such local State, or Federal laws, rules, and regulations. All unsafe acts or conditions fostered by the Contractor may be grounds for the COR to halt any and all Contractor performance with a commensurate deduction of monies due the Contractor until such unsafe conditions are corrected. The Contractor shall take due caution not to endanger personnel during performance of this contract. Upon discovery of a serious hazard such as, but not limited to, fire, or fuel spill, the Contractor shall notify the COR.

1.6. Accident Protection and Emergency Medical Treatment.

1.6.1. The Contractor shall have competent personnel trained and capable of dealing with minor personnel injuries. The contractor will provide each crew of workers with first aid kits complying with OSHA and other Federal and State requirements to care for minor injuries normally sustained in the landscape industry.

1.6.2. Emergency Medical Treatment. Medical services for Contractor personnel are the responsibility of the Contractor. However, the Government will provide, on an emergency basis, medical services for job related injuries while an employee is performing under this contract. Emergency medical care is available to the Contractor employees at Womack Army Medical Center. For emergency ambulance service, call

911. Such emergency medical care will be limited to those services necessary to prevent undue suffering or loss of life and will be provided only during the period of emergency. In such circumstances, action shall be taken to transfer employees of the Contractor to a civilian health care provider as soon as the emergency period ends. The Contractor shall reimburse the Government for emergency medical services provided upon receipt of an invoice from Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at the rates specified in accordance with Health Services Command Message #40-3. If the invoice is not paid, cost may be off-set by the COR against future payments to the Contractor.

1.7. General Qualifications:

1.7.1. Access and General Protection/Security Policy and Procedures: All Contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall comply with applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access, local security policies and security procedures provided by the Government Security Manager Representative.

Contractor personnel shall provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements required by the installation Provost Marshal Office, Director of Emergency Services Physical Security Office. Contractor personnel shall comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by Department of Defense (DoD), HQ Department of Army (DA) or local policies. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in Contractor and subcontractor security matters or processes IAW AR 190-13 and AR 525-13.

1.7.2. All personnel whose tasks involve operation of any vehicles, must possess a valid U.S. state driver’s license, applicable for the type and class of vehicle being operated.

2. TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS PECULIAR TO THIS SOW.

2.1. Tree/Timber. A generally cylindrical shaped vertically standing or horizontal leaning wooden stem or truck with attached crown. Mature timber down to a 3 inch diameter small tree/sapling constitutes timber or a tree associated with this SOW.

2.2. Trunk/Stem. The trunk or stem of a tree that supports the crown and gives the tree its shape and strength.

2.3. Tree Crown. The crown consists of the leaves and branches at the top of a tree.

2.4. Underbrush. Less than 3 inch diameter small trees/saplings or vines.

2.5. Tree Cutting. Felling a tree from its vertical or semi-vertical position if the tree is leaning or leaning against another tree. The cut point for felling trees shall not exceed 3 inches from the ground surface. In other terms, the remaining tree stump shall not protrude more than 3 inches above the ground surface.

2.6. Mulching. Chipping or shredding the felled trees/timber and underbrush. The tree trunk/stem, tree crown, and underbrush shall be mulched.

2.7. Clear-cut. The process of cutting down all timber/trees vertically standing/leaning or shredding or mulching vertically standing saplings or vines as to ensure no timber or underbrush exceed 3 inches from the ground surface.

2.8. Trash. Discarded debris to include paper, cardboard, cigarette and cigar butts, glass, cans, metal, wire, wood, petroleum containers generated as a result of work associated with this SOW.

2.9. Policing. Process of collecting and properly disposing of trash, debris, rubbish, and garbage generated while executing this SOW.

2.10. Quality Control Program. The necessary measures taken by the contractor to ensure that the quality of services will meet the contract requirements regarding timeliness, accuracy, appearance, completeness, consistency and conformity to standards and/or specifications of the SOW.

2.11. Repairs. To restore equipment to a serviceable condition through correction of a specific failure or unserviceable condition. This includes, but is not limited to, inspection, cleaning, preserving, adjusting, replacing, and strengthening.

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, SERVICES & EQUIPMENT. The Government will provide the facilities, equipment, materials, and/or services listed below.

3.1. A radio to maintain communications with Base Operations and/or the ATC tower while working on Simmons Army Airfield.

3.2. The Government will provide/receive a gate key to access the work area from Perimeter Road on Simmons Army Airfield.

4.0. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED PROPERTY, SERVICES & EQUIPMENT. Except for those items specified as government-furnished property and services, the contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to execute this contract.

5. Specific Tasks:

5.1. Prior to the commencement of any work on any work day of this contract, the contractor’s Supervisor/Lead employee must gain clearance to Simmons Army Airfield (SAAF) by physically reporting to the SAAF Base Operations office to receive a gate key to access the work area from Perimeter Road and also receive a radio to maintain communications with Base Operations and/or the ATC tower as required. Technical Exhibit 2 details entrance routes on to SAAF upon access being granted though the SAAF Access Control Point. Daily work will not begin prior to 0730 and will not extend past 1900hrs, Monday through Friday excluding federal holidays. Weekend work may be approved but must be coordinated with the SAAF Base Operations. The gate key and radio must be returned to SAAF Base Operations after each work day. The SAAF Base Operations Phone number is 910-396-7804.

5.2. The contractor shall police the trash created by the work associated with this PWS and dispose of it in the proper receptacle. The government shall inspect the work area at the completion of this contract for cleanliness and prior to the invoice being paid in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF).

5.3. If field repairs are required on equipment in the course of work associated with this SOW, the contractor shall ensure proper precautions are taken not to spill drained or replaced gasoline or petroleum on the ground. If less than 5 gallons are spilled on the ground the COR must be notified immediately. The COR will further contact the Environmental Branch at the Directorate of Public Works. If more than 5 gallons is spilled on the ground the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Fire Department in addition to the COR and Environmental compliance Division at the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) must be notified. The government COR shall inspect the contract performance area to ensure the area is free of environmental spills at the completion of this contract and prior to the invoice being paid in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF). The COR is Mr. Jeff Cleary at 910-643-7405; the DPW phone is 910-757-3217, while DES can be contacted by calling 910-396-8121.

5.4. The contractor shall be responsible for implementing their own Quality Control Program. The government shall inspect the contractor to ensure quality performance and service are being delivered to the government related to all elements of this performance works statement.

5.5. The contractor shall not pop, pull, extract, dig out any tree, sapling, vine stump/base once felled, cut, mulched, shredded or chipped.

5.6. The contractor shall not dig, bulldoze or purposefully break the surface of the ground related to the associated SOW work area or any other area on Fort Bragg.

5.7. The contractor shall chip, mulch, shred all felled/cut timber, trees, or underbrush in place or within close proximity to the area where the timer/tree/underbrush was originally standing. The chip, mulch, shred material shall be spread, sprayed, leveled, as to not pile up to more than 3 inches above the surface.

5.8. The contractor shall not relocate timber/tree, underbrush to a central location for mulching, chipping, shredding.

5.9. Tree Cutting and Mulching SAAF Southeast Ramp Taxi Line Hazard

5.9.1. The contractor shall clear-cut all timber/trees and underbrush beginning on the shoulder of the Southeast Ramp Taxi Line route. The clear-cutting shall continue from the taxiway tree line 75 feet into the woods. See Technical Exhibit#1.

5.9.2. The contractor shall be aware of 25% to 45% grade leaving the shoulder of the Southeast Ramp into the tree line for the first 25-35 feet.

5.9.3. The contractor shall not park, stage, or leave any equipment unattended on any part of any hardball ramp area adjacent or parallel to the Southeast Ramp.

5.10. Tree Cutting and Mulching SAAF Southwest Ramp - MEDEVAC

5.10.1. The contractor shall clear-cut all timber/trees and underbrush beginning on the shoulder Southwest Ramp - MEDEVAC. The clear-cutting shall continue from the taxiway hardball to the end points clearly detailed in Technical Exhibit #1.

5.10.2. The contractor shall not park, stage, or leave any equipment unattended on any part of any hardball ramp area adjacent or parallel to the Southeast Ramp.

6.0. Miscellaneous

6.1. The Government shall not be responsible for any equipment left at or on the worksite during the performance of work.

6.2. The contractor may stage equipment at the worksite up to two working days prior to starting work as long as it is within the contract period of performance.

6.3. The contractor shall remove all equipment for the worksite and Fort Bragg within two working days as long as it is within the contract period of performance. No equipment will remain on Fort Bragg upon expiration of the period of performance.