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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
San Francisco, CA
FSH 7709.58 - TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE HANDBOOK
R5 Supplement 7709.58-93-1
Effective March 12, 1993
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook
number and calendar year. Post document in numerical order by chapter. Retain
this transmittal as the first page of this document. This is the first R5 supplement
to this handbook.
Document Name
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Digest:
12.42 - Adds direction on nonpersonal service contracting for maintenance of roads,
and cross-references to R5 EM 7730-10 "Forest Service Specifications for
Maintenance of Roads, Region 5."
RONALD E. STEWART
Regional Forester
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FSH 7709.58 - TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE HANDBOOK
R5 SUPPLEMENT 7709.58-93-1
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CHAPTER 10 - MAINTENANCE OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT ROADS
12 - ROAD MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
12.4 - Maintenance Activities and Maintenance Standards.
12.42 - Maintenance Standards.
1. Road Maintenance Specifications. The RO Engineering Staff developed
Forest Service Specifications for Maintenance of Roads, EM 7730-10 (5/92), for
contracting for nonpersonal services under the Federal Acquisition Regulations
format. Each specification is called a section and has evolved from experience with
earlier specifications reviewed with the Departments of Labor and Agriculture for
adherence to nonpersonal service work definitions.
These sections describe the permissible limits for nonpersonal services contracting
versus public works contracting. Nonpersonal Service Contracts normally require
lower minimum wage rates and bonding is at the Contracting Officer's discretion.
Public Works Contracts are subject to typically higher wage rates, more
cumbersome recordkeeping requirements, and normally require bonding. All types
of contracts (nonpersonal service, public works, timber sale, service, and supply) can
be used to accomplish road maintenance needs. The RO, Engineering Staff
considered the use of the other contract types when developing these specifications.
2. Concept of Nonpersonal Service Contracting. A nonpersonal service
contract is intended to have some identified work done by a contractor to meet
established end-result standards (conditions) for a predetermined unit cost. The
contractor is not directed how to do the work nor in any manner given the
authorities of or direct supervision responsibilities of a Government employee.
The Contracting Officer's (CO) responsibility is to identify and order the work and
allow the contractor to perform the job. The CO inspects the work to identify and
document any conditions which remain deficient or to document acceptance of the
work for measurement and payment.
The CO can obtain timely contractor performance by proper use and administration
of scheduling priorities outlined in the bid offerings, road listings, or subsequent
modification through use of work orders.
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3. Concept of Specifications. The intent of the Regional Standard
Specifications is to establish an end-result condition that a contractor can achieve
by various methods and equipment. This allows substantial flexibility in contract
bidding and performance. The objective is to encourage more competitive bidding
through eliminating potential barriers such as equipment, make, size, or age in all
but one case. The standard specifications specify the weight of rollers for
compaction, instead of requiring testing of densities.
4. Specification Changes. Do not alter the Standard Specifications, except
by use of Special Project Specifications. The sections include language for all pay
items listed for measurement and payment. When a pay item is not included in the
Schedule of Items, the corresponding requirements are automatically not applicable.
5. Regional Special Project Specifications. Some Standard Regional Special
Project Specifications have been prepared and included to allow local tailoring of
final contract requirements, basis of measurement and payment, or to advise
contractor of the location of Government-furnished materials. Some of these are
self-contained changes while others require fill-ins of information. All are ready to
use without further approvals.
6. Forest Special Project Specifications. Locally developed Special Project
Specifications do not require submission to the Regional Office, Engineering, for
advance approval.
7. The Intent and Use (I/U) Guide. The publication EM 7730-10 contains
specific information on each separately numbered section or Regional Special
Project Specification. Constraints established in the intent portion are included for
some sections to stay within the definition of nonpersonal service and shall be
consistently followed. This portion also establishes some authorizations for use
that some local units have variously interpreted in the past.
8. Coordination of Contract Documents. The specifications, drawings, and
all other provisions are essential parts of the contract, and intended to be mutally
complementary. In the case of discrepancy, the following is the order of
precedence.
a.
Special Project Specifications.
b.
Drawings.
c.
Standard Specifications for Maintenance of Roads.