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This federal opportunity solicitation is for a stewardship contract to perform integrated resource service contract (IRSC) work on the Rainbow Gulch project area located on the Pikes Peak Ranger District of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in El Paso County, Colorado. The purpose of the contract is to reduce wildfire risk and restore forest ecosystems by conducting activities such as thinning, fuels reduction, piling and burning of fuels, removal and decking of timber products, and road work. The objectives are to move the landscape toward a more resilient and ecologically sustainable condition, reduce crown fire risk, improve forest health, protect wildlife habitat, lower mountain pine beetle and spruce budworm infestations, and reduce wildfire impacts on watersheds. The solicitation was issued by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region and includes components for stand cleaning, thinning, mechanical fuels reduction, non-commercial thinning, piling fuels, and timber product removal and decking.