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- Solicitation number
- 140L0625Q0020
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This document is a Site Tour Questions and Answers document for the Buck Wild Stewardship Project (Solicitation No. 140L0625Q0020) issued by the Bureau of Land Management. The document contains 20 questions and answers addressing various project-specific details, including contract performance, road and forest management requirements, and logistical considerations. Key details include a 39-month contract period, understory removal specifications, road work requirements (such as grubbing stumps), and specific site conditions like brush pile placement rules and bridge decking replacement. The contract involves forest stewardship work with specific guidelines for road maintenance, equipment use, and timber harvesting, with a notable June 1 - July 15 shutdown period. Road use, payment for timber, and performance expectations are clearly defined, with the contractor responsible for providing bridge timbers and adhering to specified road use agreements.
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Buck Wild Stewardship--Solicitation No. 140L0625Q0020
Site Tour Questions and Answers
1. Question: Does the decking on the 7 mile bridge need to be replaced before hauling or after?
Answer: Anytime during the period of performance.
2. Question: The Solicitation states the contract is 39 months, but the dates of the Period of Performance do not add up to 39 months. Which is it?
Answer: the contract will end 39 months after date of award. The solicitation was revised to reflect this period of performance.
3. Questions: Does understory removal mean that all the understory comes into the landing?
Answer: only that which would exceed the downed woody debris spec for tons per acre in the units.
4. Question: Does the road work include grubbing stumps?
Answer: Yes, from the running surface and top of fill slope.
5. Question: If the roads crosses an SMZ is there a different brushing spec?
Answer: brushing is within road prism only (down 5’ from road surface).
6. Question: Are there culvert replacements / other construction items?
Answer: no, none have been identified. If any do become necessary, we will explore modifying the contract.
7. Question: Is the SMZ marked?
Answer: Yes, it is marked with ribbons. If ribbons are faded or missing, we (BLM) will re-mark it.
8. Question: What if the market conditions change to make logs worth more?
Answer: We won’t adjust to make you pay more for stumpage.
9. Question: What happens if you don’t snowplow 5 times?
Answer: just don’t invoice for it.
10. Question: On the Schedule B, is the understory removal per acre and total per unit?
Answer: Yes.
Buck Wild Stewardship--Solicitation No. 140L0625Q0020
Site Tour Questions and Answers
11. Question: How do you know what to pay the USFS for road use if there is no load tracking?
Answer: pay per the advertised volume of tons (total for sawlog and non-saw).
12. Question: Are there old landings that can be used in the units?
Answer: Yes, there are landing that can be used in the units.
13. Question: Would you allow brush piles in the woods (if the landings are tight)?
14. Question: Is there is a requirement that there are no live trees within 20’ of brush piles?
15. Question: Does the exclusion area on the map mean that you cannot use equipment to do that work?
Answer: there is no work to be done in the exclusion area.
16. Question: Does a fuel price change constitute a market change?
Answer: Fuel price is one input in the minimum bid price calculation. A market change is calculated by factoring in all the inputs, so fuel price alone likely would not constitute a market change.
17. Question: Are there other special provisions?
Answer: None other than the June 1 – July 15 shutdown, the road use agreement and the bridge decking replacement.
18. Do you have to blade the main Gold Creek Road clear from HWY 200?
19. Question: Do you have to brush Gold Creek Road?
Answer: No.
20. Two-part Question--Question 1: Who pays for the bridge timbers?
Answer: They are to be provided by the contractor.
Question 2: Could they be milled locally?
Answer: As long as they meet the specs in the road use agreement.
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