127EAT26Q0072 Q_A AMD0002.pdf

Solicitation Number: 127EAT26Q0072

SOLICITATION

Solicitation Number 127EAT260072

Canyon 2 Fire Invasive Weeds Survey Cleveland National Forest

ISSUED: 1July, 2026 AMD 0001 17 July 2026 AMD 0002 22 July 2026

1. Survey and treatment pricing: Should botanical surveys, GPS/GIS mapping, monitoring, reporting, project management, QA/QC, and final deliverables be included under the survey CLINs, treatment CLINs, or allocated between them?

Final deliverables can be included under survey CLINs, treatment CLINs, or allocated between them.

2. Non-contiguous workdays: Does the Government anticipate directing specific treatment days or work releases, or may the contractor schedule contiguous fieldwork based on site conditions and optimal treatment timing?

Contractor may schedule contiguous work days based on site conditions and optimal treatment timing. Government does not anticipate directing specific treatment days as long as contractor is aware of PALs for workdays.

3. Licensed-applicator supervision: Must the California Qualified Applicator remain physically on-site during all herbicide work, or may trained personnel perform applications under the applicator’s legally permitted supervision?

Yes, CA QA may train personnel to perform applications under applicators legally permitted supervision. Yes, QAC/QAL needs to be physically onsite during all herbicide work…it is illegal if they are not present during herbicide applications on forest service land.

4. Treatment efficacy: Does the minimum 90% kill-rate requirement apply only to the identified target invasive species or to all non-native vegetation encountered in the treatment area?

Minimum 90% kill rate requirement applies to identified target invasive species.

5. Post-treatment monitoring: Must every treated location be revisited approximately 45 days after each treatment event? Please clarify whether monitoring is required after each event, seasonally, annually, or at another frequency.

Treatments should be monitored approx.. 45 days after the last treatment event.

6. Self-inspection plots: Section 7 requires one 1/20-acre inspection plot per 7.5 acres but also references approximately 80 plots. Please confirm the required number, size, and frequency of inspection plots for the 22-acre area.

Inspection plots for 22 acre area can be 1 or 2 plots, pending on the area. COR, CO, and contractor can further discuss during the pre work meeting to see what the most feasible approach will be.

7. Follow-up surveys: During follow-up treatment events, must the contractor resurvey the entire 22-acre project area, or may the contractor focus on previously mapped infestations while updating the GIS data for newly identified areas?

The contractor may focus on previously mapped infestations while updating GIS data for newly identified areas throughout the mapped project areas.

8. Acreage requirement: Does the requirement to survey and treat 100% of the designated 22 acres apply to each individual treatment event or cumulatively throughout the contract year?

It applies cumulatively throughout the contract year. For example, surveys and treatments can happen simultaneously throughout the project areas, and some areas may need multiple treatments or multiple entries into the project area during one season.

9. Seasonal treatment window: Should contractors assume that all field treatment activities will occur between March and August based on the species-specific treatment periods?

Yes, depending on the species and weather conditions, treatments should occur between March and August.

10. Nesting-bird compliance: Will nesting-bird surveys or avoidance measures be required before treatment activities during nesting season?

Nesting-bird avoidance measures may be required before treatment activities during nesting season.

Can you clarify whether year 1 will include 1 or multiple treatments?

Year 1 will include multiple treatments

11. Can the crew supervisor be supervising remotely or are they required onsite? ie, do we need a crew of 4-6 onsite, or 5-7 for treatment?

Crew supervisor can supervise remotely or on site, but if they hold the QAC or QAL, they need to be onsite. Crew size can vary any where between 4-7 people for survey and treatment. Crew size may depend on survey or treatment complexity.

12. Is the inspector required to be onsite with the crew throughout treatment?

Inspector is not required to be onsite with the crew throughout the treatment, unless the inspector holds the QAC/QAL for herbicide application.

13. The optimal time for surveys and treatment for the species listed is spring. Can year 1 survey and treatment be completed in spring of 2027?

Year 1 survey treatment can still be completed in the spring of 2027.

14. Can you confirm that a daily rate is not required for additional retreatments which may be implemented?

Daily rate is required for additional retreatments- we will need to know

15. Should the cost for year 1 treatment be for the cost of one round of treatment or all treatments for that year? If it is for multiple treatments, how many are planned for each respective year?

Multiple treatments may happen in the span of 1 year, so the cost for year 1 treatment may include multiple treatments for that year 1. The number of treatments within a year may vary depending on species and treatment success, so that may be up for contractor to discuss with CO and COR.

16. Should the daily rate be provided with the assumption there will be contiguous work days?

Our per day cost will significantly decrease with each additional work day.

Contractor may schedule contiguous work days based on site conditions and optimal treatment timing. Government does not anticipate directing specific treatment days as long as contractor is aware of PALs for workdays. Work days do not have to be contiguous.

17. Is the contractor responsible for performing or subbing for nesting bird surveys for work completed during nesting bird season?

Nesting bird surveys aren’t a requirement for this contract, so the contractor will not be responsible for nesting bird surveys.

18. Should the cost for surveys be per survey, or for all conceivable surveys each year? If it is for all surveys, are two surveys, one before treatment and another 45 days after the final treatment, the expected amount per year?

Cost for surveys should be for all surveys taking place that year.