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x x copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted , such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Washington DC 20240 1849 C Street MS2719 Business Services Contracting Division DOI, NPS ConOps Strategic

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended , by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

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E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

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14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The Purpose of this Amendment (0004) is to post an updated continuation sheet replacing

Pages 4 to 73 of the solicitation and to answer the following vendor questions:

On your amendment #2, you answered a question stating that all the 48 miles are trail mastication. Is that the same for the base and all option years? Please clarify, when I made a site visit, I was shown both roadside and trails.

48 miles will be the average, but it can go up or down based on project funding. We will not masticate more than a 30' width. Some areas along the trail will not need any work and some will.

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Stephen Loftus

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect .

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In the solicitation on page 4 scheduled services, would you kindly specify on each line item how many miles of trails, how many miles of roads, and how many miles of new firebreak will be required? Since there is a width difference between each type of mastication, the number of acres is different. For instance, a trail is 24ft x 5280 ft= 2.9 acres and a new firebreak is 30 ft x 5280 ft¿= 3.6 acres and a roadside is 50 ft x

5280 ft = 6.06 acres. To bid it correctly we need to know how many miles of each service is required or how many total acres will be completed per each year.

We did not calculate the total acreage for the work that needs to be done. The mastication will not be a continuous line of work. Example, we might masticate 1000' then skip 500' because of the vegetation type and then pick up another 300' of mastication. It is extremely difficult to provide an exact acreage for this project. I would recommend that they base the cost on masticating an average 30' feet if they are basing their operating cost on acreage.

Additionally, we have not identified projects areas for the following 5-years because it's a very dynamic project. Example, areas we target will be based on funding, recent fire occurrence, and ever-changing social politics priorities. We have a general idea on what the areas will be, but it can change as the year progresses.

On page 73 of the solicitation factor 3 on the evaluation factors, it states that the price should be a priced per acre. Shall we bid the project as a price per acre or price per mile?

Needs to be by mile. CO NOTE: That was an error in the SOW that was corrected by this Amendment with a replacement continuation sheet

On page 4 of the SOW, it states under Contractor will avoid item E masticating live south Florida slash pine under 6 inches. Does this mean that the contractor will masticate all the pine trees under 6 inches?

Potentially. Depends on how many exist within the areas of mastication.

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The procurement is a per mile cost with the total based an an estimated 48-mile...the government requires a per mile cost

The Purpose of this Amendment (0003) is to verify solicitation details and to extend the solicitation until September 9, 2025 at 1700 EDT

The Purpose of this Amendment (0002) is to answer a vendor question and to extend the solicitation until September 3, 2025 at 1600 EDT

How many miles make up the trail mulching & how many miles make up the new fire line mulching?

All 48 miles is trail mastication. No new/temporary fire breaks on this contract.

The Purpose of this Amendment (0001) is to correct the Limitations on Subcontracting worksheet through the addition of an updated copy.

The purpose of this COMBINED SYNOPSIS

/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal

Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. is to seek and select a contractor to Masticate and mow vegetation along trails that are to be used as fire breaks during prescribed fire operations at Big Cypress

National Preserve (BICY). Masticate and mow areas along the BICY boundary in order to keep fire from impacting lands outside of the preserve, as well as keeping fires outside of the preserve's boundary from impacting the preserve. This will be a base plus 4-years option contract. Only the base year will be funded with the option years being subject to the availability of funding.

The National Park Service contemplates award of a single firm fixed price contract because of this combined synopsis/solicitation. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation issued as

Request for Quotation (RFQ). FAR clauses and

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provisions enclosed within this RFQ are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC)

2024-05 and are available in full text through

Internet access at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/.

Period of Performance: 10/01/2025 to 09/30/2030

Stephen Loftus stephen_loftus@nps.gov

Contracting Officer

Con Ops Strategic

WP-202-354-2267

COR/SME

Elmer R Sauceda elmer_sauceda@nps.gov

(239) 695-1185

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