GAOA Mesa Falls Rec Area Retaining Wall in Caribou-Targhee NF

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK 000001-1 Section C - Description/Specifications/Statement of Work GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Mesa Falls Grandview Overlook Retaining Wall Repair 1.1 SCOPE OF CONTRACT A. This project includes repairing the historic stone retaining wall at the Mesa Falls Grandview Overlook. 1.2 PROJECT LOCATION A. The project is located on the Ashton-Island Park District of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Fremont County, Idaho. It is located at LAT 44.174916°, LONG -111.314911° 1.3 SITE INFORMATION AND LIMITATIONS A. The following site conditions are considered incidental to the contract and the contractor will not be paid directly for any of the following items: 1. Construction site will be occupied by employees and the public. The Contractor will be responsible for signing and limiting access. 2. Utilities are not available at the site for construction purposes. 3. Government toilet facilities are available at the site during all construction work. 1.4 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND CONSTRUCTION SIGNING A. No work that endangers, interferes, or conflicts with traffic or access to work sites shall be performed until a plan for satisfactory warning and handling of traffic has been submitted by the contractor and approved by the COR and Idaho Department of Transportation. Construction signing for traffic control shall conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). All traffic control signs will be placed in areas adequate for a truck pulling a fifth wheel trailer to be turned around. Contractor shall not be paid directly for this item, rather it will be considered incidental to other items of work listed in the Schedule of Items. 1.5 WORK CAMPS, STAGING AND STORAGE AREAS A. Areas for staging operations and storage of materials shall be approved by the CO. The Contractor must request in writing for approval from the CO to stage work trailers on site. B. No overnight camping will be allowed at the project site 1.6 INSPECTION OF WORKSITE A. The contractor acknowledges they have taken the necessary steps to ascertain the nature and location of work, and have investigated and satisfied themselves as to the general and local conditions that can affect the work or its cost. Any failure of the contractor to take the actions described and acknowledged in this paragraph will not relieve the Contractor -- 1 of 28 -- SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK 000001-2 from the responsibility of estimating properly the difficulty and cost of successfully performing the work, or for proceeding to successfully perform the work without additional expenses to the government. 1.7 START DATE A. To be determined. 1.8 CONTRACT TIME A. Base Bid: 60 days. 1.9 SPECIFICATIONS A. The following specifications are attached. Some sections in the schedule of items refer to other sections not listed and are subsidiary to, or are included in payment for other pay items in this contract. These items are considered incidental and no additional compensation will be made. Section 011250 - Measurement And Payment Section 011900 - Mobilization Section 013300 - Submittal Procedures Section 013591 - Historic Treatment Procedures Section 014100 - Quality Control END OF SECTION C May 2026 -- 2 of 28 -- MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT 011250-1 USDA FOREST SERVICE, R4 Mesa Falls Grandview Overlook Retaining Wall Repair SECTION 011250 - MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 SUMMARY A. Measurement and payment for contract work will be made only for and under those pay items included in the Schedule of Items. All other work, labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals necessary to successfully complete the project will be considered as included in the payment for items shown. This section defines the method of measurements and basis of payment for work items listed in the Schedule of Items. B. When more than one class, size, type, thickness, etc. is specified in the Schedule of Items for any pay item, suffixes will be added to the item number to differentiate between the pay items. 1.2 DETERMINATION OF QUANTITIES A. The following measurements and calculations shall be used to determine contract quantities for payment. 1. For individual construction items, longitudinal and lateral measurements for area computations shall be made horizontally or corrected to horizontal measurement unless otherwise specified. Measurements for geotextiles, netting and erosion control blankets shall be along slope lines. 2. For excavation or embankment volumes, the average end area method shall be used to compute volumes. However, if in the judgment of the Contracting Officer (CO), the average end area method is impractical, measurement shall be made by volume in hauling vehicles or by other three-dimensional methods. 3. For Structures, they shall be measured according to neat lines shown on the drawings or as altered by the CO, in writing, to fit field conditions. 4. For items that are measured by the linear foot, such as pipe culverts, fencing, guardrail, piping, utilities, and underdrains, measurements shall be made parallel to the base or foundation upon which the structures are placed. 5. For aggregates weighed for payment, the tonnage shall not be adjusted for moisture content, unless otherwise provided for. 6. For standard manufactured items (such as fence, wire, plates, rolled shapes, pipe conduits) identified by gauge, weight, section dimensions, and so forth, such identifications shall be considered the nominal weights or dimensions. Unless controlled by tolerances in cited specifications, manufacturer's tolerances shall be accepted. B. Earthwork Tolerances - Adjustments of horizontal or vertical alignment, within the tolerances specified in this contract, or shifts of balance points up to 100 feet shall be -- 3 of 28 -- MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT 011250-2 made by the contractor as necessary to produce the designed sections and to balance ea…