Seed Program Overview Clause Samples

Seed Program Overview. ‌ The contractor is required to perform all quality control (QC) operations, activities, and inspections to fulfill contract requirements for all water pollution controls. The contractor’s seed vendor or vendor provides a seed label that documents the quality of the seed (percent purity and viability). The contractor relies on the label which is based on a third-party laboratory seed analysis. The Department QA program provides confidence with checks and reviews that the contractor QC process, when implemented, will satisfy given requirements for quality. A seed is a living organism and unlike highway planting, the seed purity and viability (whether the seed is alive or dead) generally cannot be determined through visual examination. The seed must be examined by a certified seed technologist to determine if the minimum seed purity and viability percentages specified in the special provisions have been met. The Department conducts a QA seed testing program to ensure the seed applied on construction projects meets the project specifications and erosion control needs. Without a QA seed testing program, the Department can not verify the quality of the seed material provided to a project and must rely solely on the contractor QC process. Provisions and requirements contained in the Department’s 2006 Standard Specifications and Standard Special Provisions (SSPs) govern Department construction projects. The Standard Specifications and SSPs require conformance with the general specifications, project special provisions, and project plans. These standards required seed samples to be collected by the RE. These samples would then be submitted to two central clearinghouses. Samples submitted for evaluation were reviewed for compliance with the Standard Specifications and project special provisions. The northern California clearinghouse provided services for construction projects in the northern Districts (i.e., Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, and northern portions of 5 [Santa ▇▇▇▇, San ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Monterey counties]). Concurrently, the southern California clearinghouse provided services to southern Districts (i.e., Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and the southern portion of 5 [San ▇▇▇▇ Obispo and Santa ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ counties]). The procedures followed to evaluate seed samples included inspecting the material, shipping samples to a laboratory with certified seed technologists for testing, and selecting the appropriate seed tests. These procedures are documented in various technical m...