Pesticide Application Contract Workshop

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Pesticide Application Contract Workshop

• 2005 Roadside Vegetation Management Training
  Seminar

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Objective

• Discuss approaches to optimize contract
  effectiveness
• Elements of contract being reviewed include
• Equipment Specifications
• Complement
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Enforcement
• Productivity
• Flexibility

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Premise

• Roadside Vegetation Management is the top
  priority of the DRS position
• Contracts should optimize Roadside Vegetation
  Management by
• Specifying adequate complement to complete each
  program in its desired window
• Keeping the complement fully engaged during the
  entire vegetation management season
• Providing for training and retention of
  knowledgeable applicators
• Provide the DRS and the applicators flexibility
  to adjust operations on a day-to-day basis to
  accommodate weather and staffing

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Equipment Specifications

• Spray head nozzle configuration
• Tank sizes
• Fixed pattern vs. handgun

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Spray Head Nozzle Configuration
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Tank Sizes
Fixed Pattern vs. Handgun
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Objective

• Discuss approaches to optimize contract
  effectiveness
• Elements of contract being reviewed include
• Equipment Specifications
• Complement
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Enforcement
• Productivity
• Flexibility

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Complement

• Dedicated driver/applicator
• Reconfiguring complement due to absences
• Maintain in-season staffing
• Maintain staffing year-to-year

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Dedicated Driver/Applicator
Reconfiguring complement due to absences
Maintain Staffing (in-season, year-to-year)
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Objective

• Discuss approaches to optimize contract
  effectiveness
• Elements of contract being reviewed include
• Equipment Specifications
• Complement
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Enforcement
• Productivity
• Flexibility

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Training

• Licensed in Categories 10, 14, 23
• CDL Requirements
• Mandatory Regional Meeting Attendance

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Objective

• Discuss approaches to optimize contract
  effectiveness
• Elements of contract being reviewed include
• Equipment Specifications
• Complement
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Enforcement
• Productivity
• Flexibility

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Quality Assurance

• Oversight requirements
• Daily contact
• Cell phones
• GPS
• Electronic vs. paper M609
• Inspectors (see enforcement, next slide)
• On-site, pre-season inspection
• Contractor vs. Dept. providing herbicides

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Objective

• Discuss approaches to optimize contract
  effectiveness
• Elements of contract being reviewed include
• Equipment Specifications
• Complement
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Enforcement
• Productivity
• Flexibility

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Enforcement

• Methods to enforce contractor performance
• What is 90 control?
• Termination due to underperformance

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Objective

• Discuss approaches to optimize contract
  effectiveness
• Elements of contract being reviewed include
• Equipment Specifications
• Complement
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Enforcement
• Productivity
• Flexibility

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Productivity

• How to ensure mechanical reliability?
• Pre-season inspection and timing
• Equipment age
• Equipment condition
• Liquidated damages for lost time
• Control of mixing procedures/time

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Objective

• Discuss approaches to optimize contract
  effectiveness
• Elements of contract being reviewed include
• Equipment Specifications
• Complement
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Enforcement
• Productivity
• Flexibility

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Flexibility

• Department Force vs. Contract
• Hourly vs. Lump Sum or End Result
• Number of complements
• Equipment configuration