This project involves the following work. 1.) The cutting to specifications of 96.1 acres of vegetation, including trees and shrubs, in preparation for treatment by Hand Treatment Methods. In Unit 302, trees and cut materials over 1-inch in diameter and 3-feet in length will be treated by hand piling to specification. In all other Units, trees and cut material over 1-inch in diameter and 3 feet in length, will be treated by Chip-in-Place methods, or removed from the unit and be further treated by chipping into bins and transported to a Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service. Materials removed from the units may also be cut to firewood lengths or logs to 25 feet in length or less, and transported to the Process and Storage Area, and neatly stockpiled. Materials stockpiled in the Process and Storage Areas are the property of the Contractor until the Project is Final Accepted, at which time ownership transfers to the Forest Service, which may issue permits allowing the Public to remove the materials at a later date. The contractor may allow the public to remove materials from the units prior to Final Acceptance if removal can be done safely. The Forest Service will write a Work Order stating the conditions of removal and the contractor can have the public attach the Work Order to the load prior to the materials leaving the Unit. 2.) The cutting, pruning, or limbing, of trees to specification and chipping into bins, or transported to a Process and Storage Area, unless Chipped-in-Place, or cut and piled. 3.) The cutting to specification of Shrubs and their treatment by chipping-in-Place or Chipping into bins and transported to a Process and Storage Area, or cut and piled. Shrubs not listed in preferred species specifications will require cutting to specification also. 4.) Specific Unit prescriptions follow in this project description. 5.) In Units selected by the Contractor to be treated as Chip-in-Place, all cut materials and materials scheduled for treatment, will be chipped-in-place using a chipper deemed most appropriate by the contractor and described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). If contractor proposes to take the chipper into the unit or off an existing road or skidtrail, the machinery must be of the Low Ground or Low Tire Pressure type. The specifications of these machines should be submitted with the RFP. In all units and acreage Skid Steers, Bobcats or similar equipment will be limited to ground slopes of 25% or less. This type of equipment may be used on steeper slopes if used for limited entry to transport chipping machinery. No Skid Steers or Bobcats may be used to transport material to the chipping unit if the grade is greater than 25% or if the Forest Service observes excessive ground disturbance. The Forest Service reserves the right to decide when excessive ground disturbance is occurring. 6.) There may be polygons flagged in some units which require special treatment. These polygons are flagged in red or other colors and will be designated on the ground and reviewed with the contractor by the Contracting Officer prior to work beginning in each unit. See Specific Unit prescriptions. Flagged polygons under 1/10 of an acre may be left untreated if flagged in red. Flagged Polygons larger than 1/10 acre or flagged in colors other than red are to be hand treated. Hand treatment is hand cut, hand carry all cut materials outside the flagged polygon and treated as described in the Schedule of Items. Contractor will not pile any materials inside of these polygons, but chipped materials may be chipped into the polygons if agreed to by the Contracting Officer. 7.) Polygons are shown on the unit maps provided in the contract or described in the Specific Unit Prescriptions, but others may only be flagged on the ground. There is no separate pay item in the Schedule of Items for these areas. 8.) Trees and Shrubs are defined in the Contract Specifications. 9.) Wood and Chips which have been stacked or piled in the Processing and Storage Areas, is the property of the Contractor until Final Acceptance of the Project by the Forest Service. After Final Acceptance any remaining wood and chips may be distributed by the Forest Service under the permitting process. 10.) Quaking Aspen may be found in any unit and when found will require cutting to specification, unless otherwise agreed to by the Contracting Officer. Units which require cutting to specification if Quaking Aspen is present are identified in the Specific Unit Prescriptions. 11.) Units may contain one or more dry washes. In dry washes, avoid treating Riparian vegetation in and on the banks. No piling of cut vegetation is permitted in or on the banks of dry washes. The Contracting Officer will walk units with the contractor prior to work beginning in units containing dry washes. 12.) Riparian Vegetation does not include Conifer Species. 13.) Residential Housing or other structures are present in many of the units in this project and: H 4, Table 1. Specified defensible zone space distances are applicable to these areas. 14) Units will not be released for treatment all at one time, but instead will be released as previously worked in units have been completed. Contractor should indicate on the submitted work schedule the sequence of unit release and completion dates at the time of submission of the RFP. 15.) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Contracting Officer prior to award of this contract, contracts awarded on the Spring Mountain Natural Recreation Area will be considered concurrent with previously awarded contacts. Awarded contracts will not be worked on consecutively. The Notice to Proceed will be issued shortly after award of contract and completion date will not be extended. 16.) The Forest Service may negotiate with the Contractor, during the contract period to Remove Chipped materials or Logs, cut to a variety of lengths, to a Process and Storage Area designated by the Forest Service. The Forest Service may pay a minimal fee to the Contractor for this Removed, Transported, and Stockpiled materials. 17.) At the Prework meeting, the contractor will submit a work schedule indicating how they will complete the contract within the contract time. Each week the work schedule will be reviewed. If the work schedule does not indicate that the contract will be completed within the contract time, the contractor will be expected to adjust the workforce and methods of work, to complete the contracted work within the contract time. Please contact Bob Emley at
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