UPPER LEE CANYON YARDING AND CHIPPING

This project involves the following work. 1.) The cutting to specifications of 87 acres of vegetation, including trees and shrubs, in preparation for treatment by Removal by Cable Yarding (Highlead or Skyline) or Hand Treatment Methods. From Units 150 and 246 (a total of 27 acres), the Forest Service has a need for its sole use, the cut trees and chipped materials. Logs, and cut firewood, removed from these Units will be transported to a Designated Process and Storage Area in Kyle Canyon. Chipped materials from Unit 150 will be stockpiled at the Process and Storage Area near Unit 150. All cut and chipped materials from Unit 246, not chipped on site will be transported to the Process and Storage Area in Kyle Canyon. Cut materials from other units may be used by the Forest Service for its sole use when left by the Contractor at Final Acceptance of the Project. In the remaining 60 acres, some units or portions of Units may be suitable for treatment with small Cable Yarding systems. If the Contractors proposal includes a yarding system to be used when treating these acres, including ground-based or cable yarding, these systems may be used, otherwise units will be treated solely by Hand Removal or chip-on-site Techniques. 2.) 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, upon which time ownership transfers to the Forest Service, which may issue permits allowing the Public to remove the materials at a later date or use it for its sole needs. Except in Units 150 and 246, the contractor may allow the public to remove materials from the units or Process and Storage Areas 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 or the Process and Storage Areas. 3.) The cutting, pruning, or limbing, of trees to specification and chipping into bins, transported to a Process and Storage Area, unless Chipped-in-Place. 4.) 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. Shrubs not listed in preferred species specifications will require cutting to specification also. 5.) Specific Unit prescriptions follow in this project description. 6.) In Units selected by the Contractor or designated by the Forest Service 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. 7.) 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. 8.) 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. 9.) Trees and Shrubs are defined in the Contract Specifications. 10.) Except for Units 150 and 246, wood and chips which have been neatly 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 or may be utilized by the Forest Service on its Projects. 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 or Designated Streams. 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 or Designated Streams. Designated Streams are shown on project maps or described in the Specific Unit Prescriptions. 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.) Access Roads to units and project areas may be primitive and in need of minor repairs. No road improvements will be permitted and access roads that have had work done on them to enable access will be returned to original condition. Any and all work on roads must be approved prior to work being done. 15) Units in this project will not be released for removal activities all at one time, but instead will be released on a schedule that releases additional units as previously worked in units are completed. Contractor should indicate on the work schedule submitted with the RFP the sequence of units to be worked in and schedule of work and completion. 16.) Pay Item 110 - Tree Removal by Directional Falling Methods. Trees scheduled for removal have been painted with a number such as (#3). During and after Unit Layout, some of these trees were felled by Home Owners in the area. Contractor will only be paid for actual trees fell and all Directionally Felled trees will be paid for at the bid price. Trees paid for under Pay Item 110, require that the contractor, fall, buck to lengths 20-25 feet, and transport to a Process and Storage Area designated by the Forest Service the cut trees. The designated Process and Storage Area is near the intersection of Highways 157 and 158 behind a locked gate. These trees are the property of the Forest Service. Trees fell under Pay Item 110, are the sole property of the Forest Service. At any time prior to the contractor cutting these trees under Pay Item 110, these trees may be felled by the contractor or others with no compensation to the Contractor. Units may contain Hazardous tress with no number (often painted - cut) which will require falling for safety reasons. There is no separate Pay Item for these trees and they are the property of the Contractor until Final Acceptance of the Unit or Project. 17) All Units have a Limited Operating Period (LOP) and no work within the Units can occur prior to July 1. Contractor will submit a Work Schedule which demonstrates that all work in Units and on the Project will be completed prior to November 1, 2010. 18.) 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 19) The Schedule of Items contains a pay item for Directional Fell Trees. These trees will be transported to the Process and Storage area provided in Kyle Canyon for use by the Forest Service. Additional trees on and off of the Project area may be designated by the Forest Service for Directional felling, bucking, and transportation to the Process and Storage Area in Kyle Canyon. 20.) 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 adjust the workforce and methods of work, to complete the contracted work within the contract time. Please contact Bob Emley to discuss technical aspects of this job, and/or to arrange to look at the project site. contact@example.gov or +1 (555) 000-0000 Solicitation should be posted on or about 03/23/2010