A001_QandA 06012023.pdf

Go Big G-Z IRSC Amendment 001 Q&A - 06/01/2023

Q1. Do cruisers need to be R6 certified?

A. No.

Q2. Can lasers and electronic instruments be used for measurements while cruising?

A. Yes. Plot data must pass check cruising standards regardless of tool used.

Q3. Is there many plantations and will those be expected to be logged commercially?

A. Contractors will propose the treatment methods as part of item 1. Plantation units that are not economical for commercial harvest may be completed as service units with no product removal, limited product removal as TSA material, or maximum product removal as included timber when cruised. Contractors have flexibility in determining the most economical way to achieve the desired end-results.

Q4. An issue is the minimum piece size for Lodgepole. There are literally thousands of 8’ single segment LP logs within the sale area both in natural stands as well as plantations.

There is no way to account for single segment logs going into the chipper. Additionally, since the FS has the right to cap the tonnage that is removed in chip/hog fuel form, what will happen if I’m logging 5,000 acres and halfway through you tell me I’ve reached my cap limit? I now have several thousand acres of single segment material that I will be forced to cut-skid-deck at the risk of being breached for throwing away A.2 material.

A. Lodge pole minimum DBH for saw timber has been increased from 7.0” to 8.0” to reduce the number of 8’ pieces needing to be produced. The 7.0”-7.9” DBH pieces will now be considered biomass to be chipped. Capped tonnages will be set to accommodate this increase in volume and/or based on available funds. 8’ pieces will still need to be removed as sawtimber. If proposed to remove the shorter piece LP required to be removed as sawtimber as chip wood, bids and proposals need to clearly state/reflect that proposal.

Q5. Will the cruise data have to be provided to the FS in a form that can be transferred to

FVS? Does the cruise data have to be compiled in FVS or can it be compiled in a different program?

Go Big G-Z IRSC Amendment 001 Q&A - 06/01/2023

A. No, we won't be using FVS, the cruise program is NCSV2. We said the data needs to be recorded on R6 cruise cards, supplied by the FS after contract award. If the contractor proposes using a data recorder, the data needs to be supplied in a way that we can see their measurements and enter the data entry into NCSV2 ourselves. In this scenario, preference would be either excel or access, something easy to open and work with.