2013_Public_Meeting_Notice.docx

Pacific Northwest Region

P.O. Box 3623 Portland, OR 97208-3623 333 S.W. First Street Portland, OR 97204

Subject: Interagency Contract Working Team Public Meetings To: Pacific Northwest Contractors The Pacific Northwest Contract Fire Operations and Fire and Aviation Contracting Team will hold four public meetings to discuss the 2012 Agreements and upcoming 2013 Agreements. The date, time, and location of the public meetings are:

Wenatchee Community Center 504 South Chelan Avenue Wenatchee, WA

January 15, 2013 1830 - 2030 Wild Horse Convention Center 46510 Wildhorse Boulevard Pendleton, OR

63095 Deschutes Market Road Bend, OR

January 17, 2013 1830 - 2030 Seven Feathers Conference Room

This is your opportunity to talk directly to Contract Operations and the Fire and Aviation Contracting Team concerning issues or recommendations that affect the contracting community. The committee will not address issues specific to individual contractors but will address general issues that affect the majority of contractors or the agreement process itself.

In an effort to assure that all who attend are given an opportunity to speak, a facilitator will conduct the meetings. Each scheduled meeting will start promptly at 1830 and end no later than 2030.

Time is limited so please provide issues and / or concerns in writing to either Kermadine Barton or LuAnn Grover prior to January 4, 2013. The list of the Contract Operations and the Fire and Aviation Contracting Team members is attached.

Any additional information or updates will be posted to the Forest Service Regional Office Acquisition Management’s Internet web site:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/workingtogether/contracting/fact

Fire and Aviation Contracting Team (FACT) Contract Operations Members

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