Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement v1

PROJECT TITLE: Corral Cleaning Services for Ridgecrest Wild Horse and Burro Corrals

PWS 1.0 Background on the Government’s Requirement
The Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corral Facility is a 55-acre facility, with approximately 46 acres of pens and alleyways. 16 of the pens are from approximately 1.5 acres to 4.2 acres in size. 31 of the pens and alleyways are less than 1 acre in size, with 25 of them being under .25 acres. The corrals have not been fully cleaned of material in several years. The depth of material varies from less than 1” to 18” or more. There are approximately 27,000 linear feet of fence lines. Please see Attachment 3 and 4 for the pen layouts and pictures.

PWS 2.0 General Scope of Work
The Bureau of Land management (BLM) Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro Facility has a need for a cleaning Contractor to clear its pens and alleyways of manure and loose material. The Contractor shall remove the manure and wind-blown material from the pens, fencelines, perimeter roads, and alleyways. This will consist of scraping down to the mineral soil to remove the excess material, loading and hauling the material to the designated site on the east side of the facility.

Place of Performance:
The work will be accomplished at the Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corrals located at: 3647-A Randsburg Wash Road Ridgecrest, Ca 93555

Period of Performance:
The period of performance shall be at time of award – 1/16/2027. Work shall be completed no later than 01/16/2027 due to the type of funding.

PWS 3.0 Overall Objective(s)
The objective of this work is to clean up the excess material from the facilities to provide a cleaner, safer working environment for both the Ridgecrest Wild Horse and Burro staff/Contractors, and the animals in the facility.

PWS 4.0 Specific Tasks
Task 1: The Contractor shall utilize their supplied equipment to remove the excess manure and wind-blown material, cleaning to the hard mineral soil, from the following locations: Pens
Alleyways
Beneath fencelines and feeders
Perimeter roads
Within 8’ radius of all fencelines
This must be done in a manner that does not change the ground contour by over-excavation of the soil.

Task 2: While cleaning, The Contractor shall furnish Laborer support for the equipment operator. This laborer is necessary to adequately clean and remove manure in tight quarters where the mechanized equipment cannot be accessed. This access may include temporarily moving corral panels to access pens or along fencelines and alleyways. Once cleaned, the Contractor will move all panels to their original location.