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W912EQ17R0017

Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

BID SCHEDULE

MVM Drilling & Testing Services – FY17 Revetment Borings

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ITEM DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE TOTAL PRICE

0001 Mobilization and Demobilization

0001A Within 0 - 50 Miles 1 Each

0001B Within 50 - 100 Miles 4 Each

0002 Special Equipment and Personnel for Access

0002A Dozer for Site Access 3 Day

0002B ATV/UTV for Site Access 20 Day

0003 Drilling w/ SPT Test and Disturbed Sampling

0003A 0 - 30 ft Depth (Sampling at 2.5 ft Intervals) 170 Linear Foot

0003B 30 - 60 ft Depth (Sampling at 5 ft Intervals) 510 Linear Foot

0003C 60 - 100 ft Depth (Sampling at 10 ft Intervals) 1,360 Linear Foot

0004 Drilling w/ Undisturbed Sampling

0004A 0 - 50 ft Depth 1,700 Linear Foot

0004B 50 – 100 ft Depth 340 Linear Foot

0005 Borehole Backfill 1,700 Linear Foot

0006 Laboratory Testing

0006A Natural Moisture Content Test 68 Each

0006B Atterberg Limits Test 68 Each

0006C Wet Sieve Test 136 Each

0006D Percent Finer Than No. 200 Sieve Test 136 Each

0006E Unconfined Compressive Strength ("UC") Test 1,088 Each

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NOTICE TO OFFERORS

A. The following documentation must be submitted with your proposal for evaluation.

1. SF 1449, Solicitation, Offer and Award; include your signature, name, title, date, include prompt payment terms, remittance address, Tax Identification Number, DUNS number, and Cage Code.

2. Schedule of prices

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5. Review and submit the required information from FAR clauses 52.212-2 and 52.212-3 in the solicitation.

6. Past Performance Questionnaire

7. Faxed proposals will not be accepted

B. Offerors ADDRESS - Prospective Offerors should indicate in the offer, the address to which payment and/or correspondence should be mailed, if such address is different from that shown for the bidder on Standard Form 1449 Block 17a.

C. System for Award Management - By submission of a proposal, the Offeror acknowledges the requirement that prospective awardees must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this proposal. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an Offeror ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or at: http://www.sam.gov.

D. Basis of Award - The Government will award a contract, from this solicitation to the responsible Offerors whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government based of Technical Capability, Past Performance and Price. See Performance Work Statement, and Evaluation Criteria specified in FAR 52.212-2 of this solicitation. The Government intends to award (1) Firm Fixed Price Contract from this solicitation.

A rating of Acceptable or Unacceptable will be assigned to proposals.

TECHNICAL RATING:

Acceptable: Submittal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable: Submittal does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

PAST PERFORMANCE RATING:

Acceptable: Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the offeror’s performance record is unknown.

Unaccepatable: Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government has no reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform.

Past Performance evaluations will be based on the following:

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(C) The Governmentwide Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) at www.ppirs.gov; or

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E. How to submit questions: Questions shall be emailed to valerie.marshall@usace.army.mil and monica.a.moody@usace.army.mil, a response will be provided.

http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.ppirs.gov/ mailto:valerie.marshall@usace.army.mil mailto:monica.a.moody@usace.army.mil

F. How to submit Proposal: To be considered for evaluation, all Contractors may submit an electronic offer to the following email addresses no later than the stated due date and time in block 8 of the SF 1449. Submit an electronic offer to Valerie.Marshall@usace.army.mil and Monica.a.Moody@usace.army.mil. You may also deliver hand carried offers to 167 N. Main Street, Memphis TN 38103 and must be time stamped no later than the stated due date in block 8 of the SF 1449. Submission of offers via fax will not be accepted.

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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

MEMPHIS DISTRICT

GEOTECHNICAL DRILLING AND TESTING SERVICES

FOR REVETMENT BORINGS

CONTRACT # W912EQ-17-R-0017

1. General. The work performed under this contract will provide geotechnical data to serve as the basis for designing large civil works structures. The integrity of the engineering design work is dependent on the accuracy and completeness of the geotechnical data obtained under this contract.

The work will be performed at various sites in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi and shall consist of furnishing all plant, labor, equipment, materials, and supplies necessary to drill borings, recover samples, test lab specimens, and record test data in accordance with this contract. The exact quantities associated with drilling, sampling, testing, and other Contract Line Items will be governed by conditions and materials encountered at each work site and will not be fully known until after the work has been performed. The Government will estimate the approximate cost of the work based on the best available information, and the Contractor shall invoice each Contract Line Item according to the actual quantities supplied or performed. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to direct the sequence of work.

2. References. The Contractor shall perform all drilling, sampling, testing, and other work in accordance with the applicable standards and references listed below, unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract.

2.1. Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Engineer Manuals.

EM 385-1-1 Safety and Health Requirements Manual

2.2. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety, and Health Administration (OSHA).

29 CFR 1926.625 Requirements for Protective Systems.

2.3. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

D 6151 Standard Practice for Using Hollow-Stem Augers for Geotechnical

Exploration and Soil Sampling D 5783 Standard Guide for Using of Direct Rotary Drilling with Water-

Based Drilling Fluid for Geoenvironmental Exploration and Installation of Subsurface Water-Quality Monitoring Devices

D 1587 Standard Practice for Thin-Walled Tube Sampling of Fine-Grained Soils for Geotechnical Purposes

D 6519 Standard Practice for Sampling of Soil Using Hydraulically Operated Stationary Piston Sampler

D 1586 Method for Penetration Test and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils D 1452 Practice for Soil Investigation and Sampling by Auger Borings D 4220 Standard Practice for Preserving and Transporting Soil Samples D 5434 Standard Guide for Field Logging of Subsurface Explorations of

Soil and Rock D 2487 Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes D 2488 Test Method for Description and Identification of Soils (Visual-

Manual Procedures) D 2216 Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Water Content of

Soil and Rock D 4318 Test Method for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of

Soils D 6913 Standard Test Methods for Particle-Size Distribution (Gradation) of

Soils Using Sieve Analysis D 1140 Standard Test Methods for Amount of Material in Soils Finer Than the No. 200 (75-Micrometer) Sieve D 422 Particle-Size Analysis of Soils D 2166 Standard Test Method for Unconfined Compressive Strength of

Cohesive Soil D 7263 Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density

(Unit Weight) of Soil Specimens

3. Scope of Work. The work performed under this contract shall include geotechnical drilling, sampling, laboratory testing, and reporting. The Contractor shall perform the work in accordance with this contract and submit invoices to the Government according to the agreed upon unit price for each Contract Line Item.

3.1. Boring Location. The Government will provide the Contractor with a general map, aerial photograph, and project drawing showing the project location and proposed boring locations. Additionally, the Government will identify each boring location in the field with survey flagging and a stake marked with the boring number. Minor deviation (field adjustments) in the proposed boring location as shown on the drawings or as staked in the field shall be allowed without Government approval. However, changes of 20 ft or more from the staked location must be approved by the Government. The borings shall be numbered on the field logs as indicated on the wooden stakes in the field. The Contractor shall measure the latitude and longitude of each boring location as drilled in the field using a dedicated GPS device and record these coordinates on the field logs for each boring in decimal degree format. Latitude and longitude coordinates noted on the field logs shall be accurate to within 20 ft. The Contractor shall be responsible for requesting utility location services for each boring from the appropriate state or local agency.

3.2. Drilling. The boring shall be drilled using mud rotary, hollow stem auger, or a combination of the two methods. The following procedures shall be used by the Contractor depending on the selected method of drilling:

3.2.1. Hollow Stem Augers. Drilling and sampling using a hollow stem auger shall be performed in accordance with ASTM D6151, unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract. Drilling and sampling may be advanced using hollow stem augers when drilling above the in-situ groundwater level. Below this depth, mud rotary drilling shall be used. When advancing the boring through strata above the in-situ groundwater table, if soil heaves upward into the auger stem, the Contractor may attempt to fill the auger stem with water or drilling mud to offset the uplift forces;

however, if this proves unsuccessful (i.e. soils heave into the hollow stem auger), the Contractor shall switch over to mud rotary drilling before proceeding with the boring. Any use of fluid in the hollow stem auger, including the associated depths, shall be clearly recorded on the field logs. If any soil heaves into the hollow stem auger during drilling operations, the depths to bottom of the auger and the top of the heaved soil shall be clearly recorded on the field logs. The borehole shall be cleaned to the sampling elevation exercising caution to ensure that the material to be sampled is not disturbed by the cleanout operation and that there are minimal cutting at the base of the borehole.

3.2.2. Mud Rotary. Drilling and sampling using the mud rotary method shall be performed in accordance with ASTM D5783, unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract. Drilling and sampling may be advanced using mud rotary drilling method either above or below the in-situ groundwater level. Bentonite-based drilling fluid additives are acceptable. Side-discharge or top-discharge fishtail or roller cone bits are acceptable. Any type of bottom-discharge bits will be considered unacceptable.

The borehole shall be cleaned to the sampling elevation exercising caution to ensure that the material to be sampled is not disturbed by the cleanout operation and that there are minimal cutting at the base of the borehole. The depth at which mud rotary drilling is initiated shall be clearly recorded on the field logs along with any drilling methods used prior to switching to mud rotary.

3.3. Sampling. The Contractor shall drill each boring to the depth specified for that boring in Table 1. For each boring, samples shall be obtained in accordance with the standard sampling intervals presented in Tables 3 and 4. The Contractor shall exercise care to maximize recovery and minimize disturbance for each sample.

3.3.1. Undisturbed Sampling. Undisturbed samples shall be obtained in accordance with ASTM D1587, unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract, using a fixed-piston type sampler in accordance with ASTM D6519 to recover undisturbed samples below the natural groundwater table. Unless directed otherwise by the Contracting Officer, undisturbed samples shall be taken continuously, the bottom depth of one sample identical to the top depth of the subsequent sample. Unless directed otherwise by the Contracting Officer, undisturbed samples shall be obtained using 5-inch diameter thin-walled (Shelby) tubes as described in ASTM D1587. One recovered, the tube ends shall be cleaned of any disturbed or excess material and capped with an air-tight seal in the field as soon as they are extracted.

Each extruded undisturbed sample shall be tested with a pocket penetrometer and torvane in addition to any other laboratory tests assigned by the Government.

3.3.2. Disturbed Sampling. Disturbed samples shall be obtained in accordance with ASTM D1586 unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract. Soil samples recovered using the split spoon method of sampling shall use the standard (1-3/8 inch I.D., 2 inch O.D.) split spoon drive sampler without an interior liner. With the split spoon sampler resting at the bottom of the hole, it shall be driven through undisturbed soil 18 inches, or to refusal, using an approved auto-hammer that has been calibrated within the past 3 years. The manufacturer and model of the hammer shall be recorded on the field log. Refusal is defined as penetration of less than 6 inches for 50 blows. In the event that the Contractor opens the split spoon sampler and finds two different materials inside so as to indicate a change in soil strata between the top and bottom depths of the sample, the Contractor shall place the two distinct materials in separate jars with sample numbers and depths labeled appropriately.

3.3.3. Sample Containers and Care. All soil samples recovered as part of this contract shall be preserved, stored, and transported in accordance with ASTM D4220.

Unless specifically directed otherwise in the Contracting Officer, hand auger samples shall be considered as falling under Group A, disturbed samples, such as those obtained by a split spoon sampler, shall be considered as falling under Group B, and undisturbed samples, such as those obtained using a Shelby tube sampler, shall be considered as falling under Group C. Split spoon and hand auger samples shall be placed 1-pint capacity, transparent sample jars and sealed with moisture-tight threaded lids. The mouth of each jar shall be at least 2.25 inches in diameter.

At a minimum, each jar shall be clearly and legibly identified in permanent ink with the following information:

(1) Boring number or designation (as it appears on wooden stake)

(2) Sample number

(3) Top and bottom depth of sample

(4) Date sample recovered

Sample jars shall be labeled on site as soon as the sample is placed in the jar. Sample jars shall be sealed tightly to minimize losses of natural moisture during sample transport and storage. Sample jars shall be placed in partitioned boxes suitable for shipping and long-term storage. Each box shall completely enclose and protect all jars and be clearly and legibly labeled on one end (not on top or bottom) with the following information:

(1) Project name and contract number

(2) Boring name(s) or designation(s) contained within

(3) Sample numbers contained within

If a single boring requires more than one box, the boxes shall be sequentially numbered. The Contractor shall furnish all sample jars and boxes. The Government will furnish all jar labels. Upon final receipt, the sample jars and boxes shall become property of the Government.

Undisturbed (Shelby tube) samples shall be kept sealed and undisturbed in their sample tubes at the Contractor’s laboratory until the Government can personally oversee the unsealing and extrusion of the samples. All Undisturbed samples shall be clearly and legibly identified in permanent ink with the flowing information:

(1) Boring number of designation (as it appears on wooden stake)

(2) Sample number

(3) Top and bottom depth of sample

(4) Date sample recovered

The Contractor shall exercise care to ensure undisturbed samples are stored upright (i.e. sample orientation during transport and storage remains the same as the in-situ orientation) and protected from freezing, excessive heat, and unnecessary vibrations. Once the Government has classified the soil and identified the portion(s) of the sample from which the Contractor shall obtain lab specimens, an additional portion of the sample shall be taken and sealed in an appropriately labeled sample jar or plastic bag to enable additional testing should it become necessary. Soil cuttings obtained when the Contractor prepares each lab specimen should also be taken and sealed in an appropriately labeled sample jar or plastic bag.

Upon completion of this contract, all soil samples shall be placed in the original containers, stacked neatly and securely on standard freight pallets, and delivered to Bldg. 17 at Ensley Engineering Yard, 2915 Riverport Rd, Memphis, TN 38109. The Contractor shall provide at least 7 days’ notice prior to delivering soil samples.

3.4. Grouting of Boreholes. Upon completion of drilling and sampling, the Contractor shall leave the borehole to sit open for 24 hours. Open borehole shall be marked and covered as necessary to prevent accidental injuries. After 24 hrs, the Contractor shall return to the open borehole and measure the depth to the natural groundwater table to the nearest 0.01 ft. This information shall be recorded on the field log as described in Section 3.6. Borings without accurate groundwater measurements will not be accepted. All boreholes shall be backfilled by the Contractor beginning at the bottom of the collapsed hole and working up, with a cement-bentonite grout or other approved bentonite backfill. All boreholes shall be backfilled within 96 hours after completion of the boring. Prior to completion of the contract, each backfilled borehole should be checked to verify that no additional settlement has occurred at the backfilled hole. If the backfilled surface of the borehole is more than 3 inches lower than the adjacent natural ground surface, the backfilled borehole shall be topped off using natural soil from the site, cement-bentonite grout, or other approved bentonite backfill.

3.5. Surveys for Borings. The Government shall be responsible for providing all surveys to determine final boring locations and elevations. Upon backfilling each borehole, the Contractor shall re-drive the original stake securely in the ground immediately adjacent to each completed boring to assist the Government in surveying the completed borings. The Contractor shall ensure that each replaced stake can be easily found and read and shall add flagging to the stake as needed.

3.6. Drilling Records. The Contractor shall document all drilling and sampling activities in accordance with ASTM D5434. The information on these field logs shall be accurately and legibly recorded on the field logs at the site of the boring as the soil samples are being obtained. The Contractor shall provide these field logs to the Government in both paper and electronic (PDF) formats. For each individual boring, the Contractor’s field log shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) Project name and contract number

(2) Boring number or designation (as it appears on wooden stake).

(3) Latitude and longitude coordinates in decimal degree format (e.g.

37.XXXXXX°, -89.XXXXXX°) accurate to within 20 ft measured at the actual boring location.

(4) Distance and direction from boring stake to actual boring location and reason for offset, if boring has been offset from stake

(5) Names of each person involved in the drilling and sampling. If multiple drill crews were involved in the drilling of a single boring, the field log for that boring shall clearly indicate which samples were obtained by which drill crew along with the date(s) for each sample. Individual(s) who prepared field log shall be noted as such.

(6) Date(s) when the boring was begun and when completed

(7) Sample numbers (matching appropriate sample jar labels)

(8) Sample type (split spoon, Shelby tube, etc)

(9) Top and bottom depths associated with each sample

(10) Drilling technique used to obtain samples (i.e., hand auger, hollow stem auger, hollow stem auger filled with fluid, or mud rotary) and depth(s) at which techniques were changed

(11) Blow counts for each SPT test in accordance with ASTM D1586

(12) Manufacturer, type, and energy rating of hammer used to drive the SPT sampler

(13) Depth to natural groundwater table based on observed saturation of samples, fluctuations in drilling mud levels, and measurements taken 24 hrs after drilling

(14) A description of each soil sample including, at a minimum, the drill crew’s visual classification according to the Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) as described in ASTM D2487 and D2488, consistency, color, presence of any organic material or other debris, etc. This classification and description shall be recorded accurately and legibly on the field log immediately following the recovery of the sample from the boring.

(15) Any additional information considered helpful in determining classification and engineering properties of the soil.

3.7. Lab Testing. All laboratory tests under this contract shall be performed at a USACE-validated geotechnical laboratory located in the Memphis, TN Metropolitan Area. The Contractor shall transport the samples to the laboratory for classification and testing within 7 calendar days of completing the borings. The Government will classify the samples and assign lab tests based on the field logs and the visual classifications of the material. Lab tests included in this contract shall consist of the following:

3.7.1 Natural Moisture Content Test. This test shall be performed in accordance with

ASTM D2216 unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract.

3.7.2 Atterberg Limits Test. This test shall be performed in accordance with ASTM D4318 unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract.

3.7.3 Wet Sieve Test. This test shall consist of a combination of the procedures described in ASTM D1140 and ASTM D6913. The Contractor shall perform the procedure described in ASTM D1140 first to remove soil particles finer than the No. 200 sieve. Once completed, the Contractor shall take the remaining portion of the specimen that is coarser than the No. 200 sieve and perform the procedure described in ASTM D6913.

3.7.4 Percent Finer Than No. 200 Sieve Test. This test shall be performed in accordance with ASTM D1140 unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract.

3.7.5 Unconfined Compressive Strength Test. This test shall be performed in accordance with ASTM D2166 unless specifically directed otherwise in this contract. Each undisturbed sample should be large enough to supply multiple specimens for testing. Therefore, unless directed otherwise by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall trim at least two specimens from each sample leaving the remainder intact as much as possible to permit the preparation of a third specimen if necessary. The Contractor shall test the two specimens and record the results of both tests on the laboratory reports. If the shear strength values from these first two tests differ by more than 50%, the Contractor shall notify the Government and determine whether testing of a third specimen from the sample will be required.

3.8. Testing Records. The Contractor shall input all relevant data and test results into an electronic database using the Bentley gINT software package and a Government provided project template and library file. At a minimum, the Contractor’s final gINT submittal for each project shall contain the following information:

(1) Boring number or designation (as it appears on boring stake).

(2) Distance and direction from boring stake to actual boring location, if boring has been offset from stake

(3) Names of each person involved in the drilling and sampling. If multiple drill crews were involved in the drilling of a single boring, the gINT database shall record the name of the drill crew chief who oversaw the majority of the drilling for each boring.

(4) Date(s) when the boring was begun and when completed

(5) Boring type (undisturbed, general, riverside, centerline, landside, tertiary, etc) for each boring

(6) Drilling technique used for each boring (hand auger, hollow stem auger, hollow stem auger filled with fluid, or mud rotary)

(7) Sample numbers (matching appropriate sample jar labels)

(8) Sample type (split spoon, Shelby tube, etc)

(9) Bottom depth and sample length for each sample

(11) Blow counts for each SPT test in accordance with ASTM D1586

(12) Manufacturer, type and energy rating of hammer used to drive the SPT sampler

(13) Water level observed in boring along with associated date and time

(14) Final sample classifications and descriptions provided by Government

(15) Raw lab test data and lab test results as required for each test

In addition to the gINT file described above, the Contractor shall submit electronic copies (PDF format) of all data sheets and worksheets for each lab test. For unconfined compressive strength tests (ASTM D2166) and consolidation tests (ASTM 2435), the Contractor shall provide raw test data, photographs, and calculations for each specimen and/or load increment in electronic format (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, .XLS or .XLSX format).

4. Measurement and Payment. Measurement and payment for each contract line item shall be as described below. All costs associated with items of work not specifically mentioned shall be included in the listed Contract Line Item most closely associated with the work in question. The price and payment for each item listed shall constitute full compensation for furnishing all plant, labor, equipment, materials, and supplies necessary to complete the work described in Section 3 of this contract.

4.1. Mobilization and Demobilization. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of the overall mobilization and demobilization of a single drill rig and crew for the duration of the contract, including all equipment and supplies necessary to drill, recover samples as required in the contract, obtain water level measurements, and backfill boreholes. Prior to the issuance of the contract, the Contracting Officer will negotiate the scheduled delivery date with the Contractor. If at that time the Contractor judges that multiple rigs working simultaneously will be necessary in order to meet the agreed upon delivery date, the Contractor may request a separate Mobilization and Demobilization payment for each drill rig. Once the scheduled delivery date is determined and the contract is issued, no additional Mobilization and Demobilization payment will be authorized except under extenuating circumstances as determined by the Contracting Officer.

Payment will be made for Mobilization and Demobilization at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including but not limited to transportation of personnel, equipment, and supplies to the work site, maintenance and protection of personnel and equipment (including hotel fees, meals, incidental expenses, and security costs), transportation of personnel, equipment and supplies back from the work site, and other incidental items. The Unit of Measure shall be Each.

4.2. Special Equipment and Personnel for Site Access. Measurement and payment for specific Contract Line Items under this heading shall be as described below.

4.2.1. Dozer for Site Access. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of calendar days, to the nearest whole day. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including but not limited to equipment rental fees, transportation costs, equipment operator fees and wages, fuel costs, and other incidental items. Unit of Measure shall be Days.

4.3. Drilling w/ SPT Test and Disturbed Sampling. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of linear feet of borehole drilled and sampled. Should the Contractor encounter a transition in soil strata within a single split spoon sample such as is described in Section 3.3.2, the two portions of the sample shall be considered and measured as a single split spoon sample. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including but not limited to drill rig operation, sampling, field classifying, sample logging, sample storage, sample transport, and other incidental items. Unit of Measure shall be Linear Feet.

4.4. Drilling w/ Undisturbed Sampling. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of linear feet of borehole drilled and sampled. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including but not limited to drill rig operation, sampling, field classifying, sample logging, sample storage, sample transport, and other incidental items. Unit of Measure shall be Linear Feet.

4.5. Borehole Backfill. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of linear feet of borehole actually backfilled after allowing at least 24 hrs for borehole to collapse. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including but not limited to backfill preparation, backfill placement, and other incidental items. Unit of Measure shall be Linear Feet.

4.6. Laboratory Testing. Measurement and payment for specific Contract Line Items under this heading shall be as described below.

4.6.1. Natural Moisture Content Test. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of individual tests assigned by the Government and completed by the Contractor. Tests not assigned by the Government will not be included in the measurement for this Contract Line Item. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including performance of the test in accordance with ASTM D2216, accurate data entry of boring information, sample information, and test results into gINT, and other incidental items. No payment will be made for this Contract Line Item until the final boring information, sample information, sample descriptions, corrected classifications, detailed test results, and gINT database have been submitted and checked by the Government. Unit of Measure shall be Each.

4.6.2. Atterberg Limits Test. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of individual tests assigned by the Government and completed by the Contractor.

Tests not assigned by the Government will not be included in the measurement for this Contract Line Item. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including performance of the test in accordance with ASTM D4318 - Test Method B (One-Point Method), accurate data entry of boring information, sample information, and test results into gINT, and other incidental items. No payment will be made for this Contract Line Item until the final boring information, sample information, sample descriptions, corrected classifications, detailed test results, and gINT database have been submitted and checked by the Government. Unit of Measure shall be Each.

4.6.3. Wet Sieve Test. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of individual tests assigned by the Government and completed by the Contractor. Tests not assigned by the Government will not be included in the measurement for this Contract Line Item. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including performance of both tests described in ASTM D1140 and D6913, accurate data entry of boring information, sample information, and test results into gINT, and other incidental items. No payment will be made for this Contract Line Item until the final boring information, sample information, sample descriptions, corrected classifications, detailed test results, and gINT database have been submitted and checked by the Government. Unit of Measure shall be Each.

4.6.4. Percent Finer Than No. 200 Sieve Test. Measurement for this Contract Line Item shall be made in terms of individual tests assigned by the Government and completed by the Contractor. Tests not assigned by the Government will not be included in the measurement for this Contract Line Item. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including performance of the test in accordance with ASTM D1140, accurate data entry of boring information, sample information, and test results into gINT, and other incidental items. No payment will be made for this Contract Line Item until the final boring information, sample information, sample descriptions, corrected classifications, detailed test results, and gINT database have been submitted and checked by the Government. Unit of Measure shall be Each.

4.6.5. Unconfined Compressive (“UC”) Strength Test. Measurement for this Contract Line

Item shall be made in terms of individual tests assigned by the Government and completed by the Contractor. Tests not assigned by the Government will not be included in the measurement for this Contract Line Item. The test procedure described in ASTM D2166 Section 7.2 incorporates the determination of the natural moisture content (ASTM D2216), Atterberg limits, (ASTM D4318), and dry unit weight (ASTM D7263) into the test procedure for unconfined compressive strength.

Therefore, these properties shall be determined as part of the Unconfined Compressive Strength Test using the actual test specimens and cuttings, and this testing shall be included in the measurement for this Contract Line Item. ASTM D2166 Section 8 describes the test procedure for determining the unconfined compressive strength of a single specimen. Therefore, for measurement under this contract, a single Unconfined Compressive Strength test shall consist of preparing, testing, and recording data for a single specimen. Specimens that are damaged or disturbed during the process of trimming and preparation so as to render them useless for testing will not be included in the measurement for this Contract Line Item. Payment will be made at the Contract Line Item price and shall be considered full compensation for all work under this Contract Line Item including performance of the test in accordance with ASTM D2166, accurate data entry of boring information, sample information, and test results into gINT, and other incidental items. No payment will be made for this Contract Line Item until the final boring information, sample information, sample descriptions, corrected classifications, detailed test results, and gINT database have been submitted and checked by the Government. Unit of Measure shall be Each.

5. Items to Be Furnished To the Contractor. At a minimum, the following items will be furnished or made available to the Contractor by the Government for use in the performance of this contract:

(1) Labels for sample jars

(2) Right-of-Entry documentation

It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to request these items in a timely manner so as to prevent delays in the execution of the contract.

6. Rights-of-Entry and Property Damage. In most cases, the work will be performed on private property. The Government will furnish right-of-entry permits for access routes and boring locations to the Contractor. The Contractor shall exercise care to avoid damages to pavements, curbs, fences, gates, signs, fields, crops, irrigation equipment, turf, hunting equipment, and any other private property in the vicinity of each work site. The Contractor shall immediately report any and all damages to the Contracting Officer. The Government will be responsible for any damages incurred that is incidental to the taking of the borings and that is through no fault of the Contractor. The Contractor shall be responsible for any damage to private or public property, including utilities, which is due to the negligence of the Contractor, his agents, or his employees.

The Contractor shall coordinate with the appropriate agencies to obtain utility locations and clearances for each boring.

7. Quality Assurance/Quality Control. The Contractor shall submit a detailed Quality Control (QC) Plan to the Government and shall identify all personnel, equipment, procedures, controls, instructions, and forms to be used in its performance of work under this contract, including but not limited to the drilling, sampling, and testing process. All of the Contractor’s personnel, including any subcontractors, are responsible for ensuring that the approved QC Plan is implemented successfully. If the Contracting Officer determines that any work has been performed that does not conform to this QC Plan and that this deficiency has any adverse effects on the quality of the samples obtained, then the work will be not be accepted for payment, and the Contractor will be required to re-perform the nonconforming work at no additional expense to the Government.

The Contractor will provide a Quality Control Manager, who shall be responsible for implementing, overseeing, and executing the QC Plan at all stages of the work, including drilling, sampling, lab testing, and data entry. The QC Manager shall, at a minimum, be a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) or licensed Professional Geologist (P.G.) with two years of field experience in the oversight and inspection of similar operations. The QC Manager shall not manage, supervise, perform, or be assigned to any work under or related to this contract, other than QC-related tasks, except as described below in Section 8. The QC Manager may be assigned to work on other unrelated contracts, so long as such assignment does not adversely affect the QC Manager’s performance of his or her work related to this contract. The QC Manager shall be responsible for investigating, documenting and reporting to the Government any QC-related issues identified, including any issues identified by either Government or Contractor personnel, and providing recommendations toward measures for resolving these issues. The QC Manager shall have direct authority to suspend or stop all or part of the work if he or she reasonably believes that the work is not incompliance with the QC Plan. Any such suspension or stoppage of the work shall be at no cost to the Government and shall not be the basis of a claim by the Contractor for additional compensation or time.

The QC Manager shall submit a weekly report in electronic format (PDF) to the Government documenting: (a) the Contractor’s operations and production for the previous week and (b) describing the Contractor’s plan for the subsequent week. This weekly report shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) Borings completed during the past week and the date each such boring was drilled

(2) Equipment and personnel used to complete each boring

(3) Date samples from each completed boring will be available in the Contractor’s laboratory for the Government to classify and assign tests

(4) Borings scheduled to be drilled during the next week

(5) Equipment and personnel scheduled to drill each boring during the next week

(6) Any QC-related incidents, complaints, or modifications to the QC Plan

(7) Any damage to local land owners’ property including ruts greater than 4 inches deep and any damage to crops, fences, gates, roads, trails, vehicles, hunting equipment, and other private property

The Government may provide a Quality Assurance (QA) representative on site to ensure that the Contractor’s drilling, sampling, testing, and data entry are performed in accordance with the requirements of the contract and the Contractor’s QC Plan. The Contractor may proceed with drilling, sampling, testing, and data entry activities even if the QA is not physically present on site.

The QA representative may observe and directly interact with the Contractor’s drill crews, lab technicians, and data entry personnel and may order all or part of the work to be suspended or stopped if he or she reasonably believes it necessary to ensure that safety or quality standards are met. Any such suspension or stoppage of the work shall be at no cost to the Government and shall not be the basis of a claim by the Contractor for additional compensation or time.

8. Safety. In addition to the QC responsibilities described above, the Contractor’s QC Manager may also be assigned responsibilities related to the enforcement of the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1) along with any additional safety standards deemed appropriate by the Contractor. Any safety-related incident, including those identified by the Government QA representative, shall be documented in the QC Manager’s weekly report.

9. Employment Eligibility Pre-Screening. The Contractor must pre-screen Candidates using the E-verify Program (http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify) website to meet the established employment eligibility requirements. The Vendor must ensure that the Candidate has two valid forms of Government issued identification prior to enrollment to ensure the correct information is entered in the E-verify system. An initial list of verified/eligible Candidates must be provided to the COR no later than 3 business days after the initial contract award.

10. Access and General Protection/Security Policy and Procedures. All Contractor and all associated sub-contractors’ employees shall comply with applicable installation, facility, and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures (provided by government representative). The Contractor shall also provide all information required for background checks or background investigation and to meet installation/facility access requirements to be accomplished by installation Provost Marshal Office, Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity certification requirements as directed by DOD, HQDA, and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any installation or facility change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes.

11. Exposure to Sensitive and/or Restricted Areas. All contract employees, including subcontractor employees who are not in possession of the appropriate security clearance or access privileges, will be escorted in areas where they may be exposed to classified and/or sensitive materials and/or sensitive or restricted areas.

13. Final Acceptance. Final acceptance for the work performed under this contract will be made on the basis of Payable Units. No payment for any work within a given Payable Unit will be approved until the Contractor has completed all the work included in that Payable Unit. For this contract, the work will be broken up into a total of 5 Payable Units as shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1. Payable Units and Delivery Dates

Payable Unit Site

Total Linear Feet of Drilling

Delivery Date

1 Oldtown, AR 600 LF 4 Aug, 2017 2 Island 67, MS 400 LF 14 Aug, 2017 3 Cedar Point-Densford, TN 700 LF 1 Sept, 2017 4 Obion-Tamms, TN 500 LF 15 Sept, 2017 5 Ashport-Goldust, TN 1,200 LF 29 Sept, 2017

Liquidated damages will be assessed for each full day beyond the agreed upon delivery http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify date that the Contractor fails to deliver the final product. These damages will accrue at the rate of $380 per working day. In the event that the Contractor anticipates being unable to submit the final product by the required date, the Contractor may request a no-cost modification to the contract to extend the period of performance. The Contracting Officer will evaluate the Contractor’s request and either accept or reject it based on the Contracting Officer’s judgement as to the cause of the delays. Delays caused by the Government, local land owners, or prolonged severe weather (i.e.

flood events, heavy rains, etc) will be considered grounds for extending the period of performance.

Delays caused by the Contractor’s personnel, equipment, or management will not be considered grounds for extending the period of performance. The final work product for this contract shall be submitted to the following addressee:

ATTN: Ben Tatum (Rm 734), Contracting Officer Representative John.B.Tatum@usace.army.mil U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis 167 North Main Street B202 Memphis TN 38103-1894

Table 2 - Boring Numbers and Depths

Site Boring No.

Boring Depth

(ft)

Oldtown, AR - Payable Unit #1

01-OLDU-17 100

02-OLDU-17 100

03-OLDU-17 100

04-OLDU-17 100

05-OLDU-17 100

06-OLDU-17 100

Island 67, MS - Payable Unit #2

01-I67U-17 100

02-I67U-17 100

03-I67U-17 100

04-I67U-17 100

Cedar Point- Densford, TN

- Payable Unit #3

01-CPDU-17 100

02-CPDU-17 100

03-CPDU-17 100

04-CPDU-17 100

05-CPDU-17 100

06-CPDU-17 100

07-CPDU-17 100

01-OTU-17 100

Obion-Tamms, TN - Payable Unit #4

02-OTU-17 100

03-OTU-17 100

04-OTU-17 100

05-OTU-17 100

Table 2 - Boring Numbers and Depths (Cont’d)

Site Boring No.

Boring Depth

(ft)

Ashport-Goldust, TN

- Payable Unit #5

01-AGU-17 100

02-AGU-17 100

03-AGU-17 100

04-AGU-17 100

05-AGU-17 100

06-AGU-17 100

07-AGU-17 100

08-AGU-17 100

09-AGU-17 100

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