Common use of Design and Implementation Clause in Contracts

Design and Implementation. A. Design Requirements (1) The engineering design and surveys required for installation of conservation practices or measures may be provided by NRCS, a qualified vendor, or a technical service provider (TSP). Design work provided by a vendor or TSP is considered a technical assistance activity. Financial assistance funds may not be used for engineering design and survey expenses. Services may be acquired utilizing Federal contracts, contributions, and cooperative agreements. (2) Conservation practice design and implementation will be accomplished in accordance with all NRCS policy and procedures, including applicable practice standards contained in the Field Office Technical Guide. (3) The design must utilize conclusions from the WRP site evaluation to prescribe and specify through the use of drawings, written specifications, instructions, and related documents, the implementation requirements for all conservation practices, components, measures, and activities included in the final WRPO. (4) Structural measures must be designed and installed such that the reach and flow of water on flood plains is not significantly altered. Structural measures will also be designed to minimize future NRCS technical and financial costs for maintenance and repair. (5) All manageable water-control structures must be accompanied by specific operation plans including any requirements and limitations that will ensure that the hydrology restoration benefits being assigned in ranking will be fully achieved to the extent practical. Designs will contain hydrology restoration and enhancement features on the landscape that minimize the risk for mismanagement and vandalism problems and require only cost-effective, long-term management or maintenance. (6) Where dikes and water control structures are being installed as an integral part of hydrology restoration plans, the engineering design should ensure that needed permanent and semipermanent water areas cannot be inappropriately drained during the period the area is intended to be flooded if the structure is opened or otherwise vandalized.