The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is soliciting for On-Call Tree Removal Services within or near the right of way limits on SCDOT maintained roads and routes in Sumter County. This will include cutting and leaving, cutting and removing, and cutting, removing, and stump grinding depending on the direction of the Resident Maintenance Engineer (RME) or his/her designee. Specifications include, but are not limited to: On-Call Tree Removal shall be performed according to the following: 1.1 Provide all implements, machinery, equipment, tools, materials, transportation, mobilization, labor, licenses, bonding, fuel, incidentals, work zone traffic control, and any other items necessary to perform On-Call Tree Removal and the associated activities described in these specifications. 1.2 Provide traffic control in accordance with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and NCHRP 350 Standards. http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/mutcd2009r1r2edition.pdf 1.3 Preserve and protect all existing vegetation such as trees, shrubs, and grass on or adjacent to the site of the work, which are not to be removed and which do not unreasonably interfere with the work. Due care shall be taken at all times in removing trees authorized for removal to avoid damage to vegetation that is to remain in place. Any damage to adjacent property caused by the vendor’s operations shall be repaired and restored to the satisfaction of the engineer. Damage Claims shall be handled as outlined in Section 4.5 and 4.6 of this contract. Failure of the vendor to resolve damage claims issues in an appropriate and timely manner as determined by the Engineer shall serve as grounds for suspending work and placing the vendor in delinquent status until such issues have been resolved. 1.4 Protect from damage all existing improvements within the work site, which include but are not limited to: signs, fences, guardrail, and drainage structures. Damage Claims shall be handled as outlined in Section 2.9 and 2.10 of this contract.
