Thinning_Synopsis_V2.pdf

SYNOPSIS

1176101 HAND THINNING

FOREST SERVICE

1. This is a synopsis for Hand Thinning, Multiple Award IDIQ for grasslands and forests Northern Rockies and the Great Basin. This is not a solicitation, nor is it an invitation to enter into a contract with the government. This notice is for informational purposes only.

The Government will not accept proposals in response to this synopsis. The Government will not reimburse respondents for cost incurred or associated with responding to this notice.

This is not a solicitation, nor is it a promise to issue a solicitation.

All information in this notice is subject to modification and does not bind the Government.

If a solicitation is issued, it will be distributed via System Award Management, (SAM) at SAM.gov, and interested parties must comply with all solicitation terms and conditions.

2. NAICS CODE: 115310 – Support Activities for Forestry within the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting sector

3. Contract Type: The government is contemplating a Multiple Award IDIQ

4. Synopsis Posting Period: 30 days.

5. Contracting Office Points of Contact: Crystal Amos, crystal.amos@usda.gov

6. Background and Description: Requirement includes a wide variety of non-merchantable vegetation management activities for the purpose of fuels reduction, prescribed burn unit preparation, stand improvement, or unit rehabilitation. Activities could include, but are not limited to, tree thinning, slashing, girdling, pruning, weed and release, release of browse species, slash treatment, hand piling, fuel break construction, Fireline construction, residual tree protection, duff mound removal, unit preparation work, rehabilitation, chipping and related services. Unit boundary/special protection area designation and/or traversing for or within these units may also be included in the activity.

These activities would occur on lands administered by the National Forests (NF) and National Grasslands (NG) within the boundaries of the Northern Rockies (Region One, R1) and the Great Basin (Region Four, R4) of the U.S. Forest Service. The lands are in all or portions of CA, ID, MT, ND, NV, UT, and WY. Activities may also occur on adjacent lands where cross boundary services can achieve project objectives and necessary permissions have been obtained.

7. Location: National Forests and grasslands within National Forests (NF) and National Grasslands (NG) within the boundaries of the Northern Rockies (Region One, R1) and the Great Basin (Region Four, R4) of the U.S. Forest Service. These lands are in all or portions of CA, ID, MT, ND, NV, UT, and WY

8.Estimated Period of Performance: Five (5) Year Period of Performance (Award – 2031)

9. Disclosure of Magnitude: More than $10,000,000.

mailto:crystal.amos@usda.gov

10. Responses: Interested and capable sources are encouraged to respond to this synopsis with a Capability Statement.

Capability Statement must include:

Company Name, Unique Entity Identification, Point of Contact, Address, email, phone number and indicate business size, i.e., Small Business, 8(a) Concern, Veteran- Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, HUBZone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Women-Owned Small Business, UEI and SAM expiration date. Information regarding ability and capacity to expertly perform multiple tasks over a broad geographic area in a short field season

Questions are due November 02, 2026, 12:00 PM, CDT. Responses are due within 30 days of this notice and must be submitted via email to Contracting Officer, crystal.amos@usda.gov mailto:crystal.amos@usda.gov