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This federal contract opportunity notice seeks proposals for stewardship contracting services to perform fuels management treatments across several Giant Sequoia groves located on the Sequoia and Sierra National Forests in California. Multiple awards will be made from this solicitation to complete hand and mechanical fuels reduction, timber harvesting, and prescribed burn preparation work by December 2023. Services will include hand cutting, piling, mechanical thinning and mastication, roadside brushing, timber removal up to 50,919 tons, and control line construction. Mandatory product removal is required for three groves. Pre-solicitation site visits will be held on October 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th to review operational requirements. Quotes are due in October 2022 and awards will be fixed price commercial services contracts selected using best value. The soliciting agency is the USDA Forest Service.