Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement for CNF Trail Brushing

PWS for CNF Trail Brushing (Version AUG 2026)

Performance Work Statement
CNF Trail Brushing

General Requirements
This is a non-personal services contract for trail brushing for the Forest Service Chugach National Forest (CNF), Alaska. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.

1.0 Purpose

The Forest Service is responsible for maintaining healthy, diverse, and productive National Forests. These responsibilities include maintaining trails and managing vegetation growth. The CNF manages over 500 miles of trails, and the trails identified in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) have been designated as current priorities for brushing services. The purpose of this contract is to manage vegetation growth to ensure safe trail conditions and maintain visitor access to National Forest System lands.

2.0 Description of Services

The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, and all other items and non-personal services necessary to provide brushing services to multiple trails located within the Chugach National Forest. Services shall include cutting, trimming, and disposing of live and dead brush/slash, logs and debris. All services shall be performed in accordance with (IAW) this PWS, and all applicable local, state, and federal standards, laws, and regulations.

3.0 Place of Performance

The trails covered under this contract are located within the Seward Ranger District (SRD) and Glacier Ranger District (GRD), Chugach National Forest, Alaska. The closest communities are Moose Pass and Whittier.

4.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance (POP) shall be from Date of Award until 30 November 2027.

5.0 Contract Type

The Government will award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Stand-Alone, Non-Personal Services Contract.

6.0 Government Regular Working Hours

The Government's regular working hours are Monday through Friday from 0800 to 1630, except federal holidays or when the government installation is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar government directed closings.

7.0 Federal Observed Holidays

When a federal holiday occurs on a Saturday, federal employees are normally granted the previous Friday as the holiday observance. When a federal holiday occurs on a Sunday, federal employees are normally granted the following Monday