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Amendment No. 1, AG-04R3-S-09-8113 Page 2 of 14

1.AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

CONTRACT ID CODE

PAGE 1 OF 14 PAGES

2 AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

6/24/2009

4. REQUISITION/PUCHASE REQ. NO.

5. PROJECT NO.(IF APPLICABLE)

6. ISSUE BY CODE

7.ADMINISTERED BY (if other than item 6) CODE

Blue Mountain Acquisition Management Area Umatilla National Forest 2517 SW Hailey Ave.

Pendleton, OR 97801 Umatilla National Forest 2517 SW Hailey Ave Pendleton, OR 97801 8.NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code) X 9A.Amend Solicitation No. AG-04R3-S-09-8113

X 9B.Dated 6/02/2009

10A.Modification of Contract/Order #

10B.Dated (see Item 13) code facility code

11. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION

[X] The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in the item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers [X] is extended [ ] is not extended. Offerors 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 items 8 and 15 and returning ONE copy of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted, or (c) By separate letter or telegram 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 telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. Accounting and Appropriation Data (if required)

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

A. This change order is issued pursuant to; (specify authority):

The changes set forth in item 14 are made in the Contract/Order # in item 10A.

B. The above numbered Contract/Order is modified to reflect the administrative changes (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) set forth in item 14, pursuant to the authority of FAR 43.103(b)..

C. This supplemental agreement is entered into pursuant to authority of:

D Other: (Specify type of modification and authority):

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor [ ] is not [ ] is required to sign this document and return Original to the issuing office.

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

1. The date set for receipt of offers has been extended until 07/09/2009. The time and place remain the same.

2. Enclosed are the notes from the pre-proposal meeting. These notes become a part of any resultant contract.

3. Offers interested in being considered for the pool for the Ochoco NF must submit an offer on the Malheur NF items, so the Government has prices to evaluate.

4. Offers interested in being considered for the pool for the Wallowa-Whitman NF must submit an offer on the Umatilla NF items, so the Government has prices to evaluate.

5. Large down woody material does not count toward the dry tons per acre that can be left to meet the maximum tons per acre. The tons per acre remaining are considered dry tons in accordance with the fuel photos.

6. Purchasers of material may enter into a payment plan and receive a monthly billing option.

7. At this time, we do not have authority to authorize the use of a payment guarantee for purchasing the products.

8. Delete the Detailed Unit Information (DUIS) Sheet for the Malheur National Forest and replace with the attached revised DUIS. This amendment also includes (by attachment) all maps which match these new DUIS.

9. Replace the Schedule of Items with the attached revised Schedule.

10. Contract time for each task order will be determined based on 60 tons per day for ground based activities and 50 tons per day for cable activities.

By signature in Block 15B Contractor releases the Government from all claims relating to this modification. Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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

16A.NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

Marianne K. Klingler, Contracting Officer

15B.CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

By ______________________________ (Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C.DATE SIGNED

16B.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

By /s/ Marianne K. Klingler_________ (Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C.DATE SIGNED

06/24/2009 Standard Form 30 Prescribed by GSA FAR (48CFR) 53.243

COLLABORATIVE RESTORATION STEWARDSHIP PREPROPOSAL MEETING

JUNE 15,2009

BAKER CITY, OREGON

ATTENDEES:

NAME COMPANY CITY

MEETING NOTES:

Page 42 lists the criteria on how the Government is going to evaluate:

Relevant Past Performance – most important technical factor. (use past 3 years) Quality of services Customer Satisfaction Timeliness Business relations Cost

Technical Approach What kind of equipment being used to protect resources How are you going to maximize the use of the material How many of entries into the forest

Key Personnel:

The more experienced project manager on the ground, the better

Benefit to the local community:

Utilization of the local workforce

Local industries Local wood products industry (existing or planning to develop)

Page 39 tells what information you need to give us for relevant past performance in the last 3 years including names, phone numbers, size of project, location, who and any issues, if any. If you don’t give us any information, we don’t have anything and will have to use personal knowledge.

Technical Approach: Tells us the method of how you are going to accomplish the work. Cover all work activities. Identify your equipment such as size, weight and etc.

Key Personnel: Attach a resume of your project manager.

Local Workforce: We need to know how you are going to recruit and utilize.

Local Industry: What is your capability to process saw and non saw materials and where delivery will be made.

We are utilizing a different process. We are using a commercial item acquisition which is more like private industry. We invite you to propose progress payments in your proposal (see the clause on page 41). We cannot make payment until a unit is complete, but, if you propose up to 90%, we can pay. Anything more than the 90%, we would have to reject.

Section B – Schedule of items:

Multiple award IDIQ

We need the price for the work that we have designated in this section. There will be future work that will be defined at a later date but for now, we need pricing for the sub items listed that you are interested in. (The Wallowa Whitman and Ochoco National Forests do not have units marked to go look at). Put the number of 1 through 4 in the blocks in the order that you want them and make sure you put heavy emphasis on the benefit to the local community for your top choices.

Timber Disposal:

Price you will pay for saw/non saw material Delivery location

Commercial Items clauses:

Changes have to be mutually agreed to The FS provides a statement of equivalent rates we use for Federal hire. You as the contractor have to pay your employees as per the Service Contract Act (Wage Determination attached in solicitation). We will be conducting labor interviews.

We anticipate approximately 10 awards for the service portion and 3-7 contractors for the sale of the product. The minimum award amount is $5,000, the maximum for any individual contract is $5 million with a total of all contracts awarded being a maximum of $50 million. The pool of contractors will be competitive. If we do not achieve sufficient competition or new industries develop, a new solicitation may be issued to add more contractors to the pool.

The vision of this type of work is to get in, get the job done and get out with just one entry instead of several steps and several entries to the project sites. Loggers need to do as efficiently as possible to deliver the product to the gate.

Appendix A gives the prescriptions of what we want done on the ground however, these are not permanent prescriptions. New task orders will have a new prescription attached.

Definition of local for the Ochoco National Forest are any communities within the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests for the sale of timber products.

Please check Fed Biz Ops up until the day the proposals are due. Amendments can be posted at any time.

Appendix A tells how the Government will inspect the work.

Requirements: Contractors will submit a quality control plan.

Some task orders will not be competed because

a) we must meet the minimum amount and/or

b) to give follow on work that is in the same general geographic area.

The contractor must sign a release of claim form before final payment on a task order.

Contractors must be registered in the Contractor Performance System.

If the contractor is registered in ORCA, there is no need to fill out certs and reps.

Read all clauses.

Prepare a safety plan.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. Will you state the hours the mills will be open?

A. See Apendix B, 0600-1600 Monday through Friday

Q. Why are you asking for business proposal requirements – why do you want that?

A. See page 38 – You will have to prepare a responsibility statement. Just an intent that shows you are responsible.

Q. Is the work set aside for HubZone?

A. No – it is full and open competition.

1) Stewardship authority – FS and BLM should be contracting with other non traditional type of entities.

2) Within the different counties, there are both HubZone and non HubZone.

Q. What happens if you make a proposal and after you’re on the ground, it needs to be done differently?

A. Only can be modified bilaterally between the contractor and CO.

Q. Define local in utilizing local workforce.

A. We haven’t defined local. You need to show benefit to the counties that fall into the forest you’re interested in such as hiring the people in those counties that will do the work on the ground.

Q. What if you are the owner/operator and you don’t have any employees out of that county. Are you going to be chastised?

A. If you are the one that lives there, then you are 100% hiring from that county. Although on these projects, one person cannot do all the work.

Q. Counties vs. Forests A. If a county is within two forests, we’ll assume you would bid on both forests.

Q. Do you want all possible destinations where the material is to be delivered?

A. Yes.

Q. Since this is going to be a 5 year contract, how are we going to nail down a price for the future? (prices going up such as gasoline, diesel and etc.)

A. Just submit prices for now. Task orders will be competitive and priced at the time of issuing the task order.

Q. What price will you pay to your gate?

A. For industry, 1 price, we’ll determine the best price. Loggers will give us price for individual areas. We’ll evaluate by task order.

Q. Will the species be broken down on the task order?

A. Yes.

Q. Where are optional items addressed?

A. There is only one.

Q. How do we address utilization of Bio Mass material?

A. The prescription will define what is left. You need to put it in your proposal. You do not have to respond to the solicitation as it is proposed. You can give us an alternate proposal. Each forest will have different prescriptions and different areas of each forest may be different.

Q. What about purchaser payment plan – do they have to buy the product?

A. We’ll issue a task order and by signing it, they have agreed to the payment schedule.

Q. What about bonds?

A. There may be bonds on the service side not the purchase side.

Q. When is the estimated start date?

A. Approximately late July.

Q. How many task orders will be issued and how many loads on each one?

A. Several on the logger’s side and estimating 1 on the industry side. You will see on your task order the number of loads. Both loggers and industry should go out in the field to look at the sites to see what is out there. You will see loads based on 28-30 Ton. (Mule train or conventional).

Q. Why does it need to anything but tons?

A. We would have to cruise and treat it more like a timber sale and then it would cost more. Industry will buy by the load.

Q. Who is responsible for turning weight slips in?

A. The contractor. We want tear sheets from the buyer. The service side needs to keep track of product hauled.

Q. What about road maintenance and dust abatement?

A. Each forest will address that. We do have road maintenance contracts in place that we can use if the Forest Service decides to perform the road maintenance. And maintenance requirements will be addressed in the task order.

Q. Will snow plowing be on a task order?

A. That will depend on the task order – snow plowing may be part of the road maintenance package. You will know ahead of time. If winter logging is required, you will have to plan on plowing snow.

Q. What are the time frames?

A. Times are listed on each task order (not the ones attached to the solicitation). If you can’t bid on this because of time, still give us your price or you won’t be included in the pool. In your proposal, state why you won’t be able to meet the time on a particular task order.

SECTION B - SERVICES AND PRICES

SUB-ITEM

MANDATORY WORK ACTIVITIES

Malheur NF

EVALUATION

QUANTITY*

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

GROUND-BASED HAZARDOUS FUEL REMOVAL/TRANSPORTATION

1.1 Silvies West, ESTIMATED 860 tons , Contract Time = 15 calendar days

FROM Project Areas listed above to Port of Morrow, OR

TON

FROM “ “ to Port of Umatilla, OR

FROM “ “ to Pilot Rock, OR

FROM “ “ to LaGrande, OR

FROM “ “ to John Day

FROM “ “ to Prairie City, OR

FROM “ “ to Seneca, OR

FROM “ “ to Hines, OR

FROM “ “ to Gilchrist, OR

FROM “ “ to Clarkston, WA

TON

(Government estimate is 25 loads to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

MANDATORY WORK ACTIVITIES

Malheur NF

EVALUATION

QUANTITY*

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

1.2 Silvies Sage , ESTIMATED 5,740 tons , Contract Time = 96 calendar days

TON

(Government estimate is 195 loads to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

Malheur NF

EVALUATION

QUANTITY*

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

1.3 Silvies Park, ESTIMATED 1,150 tons, Contract Time = 20 calendar days

TON

(Government estimate is 40 loads to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

MANDATORY WORK ACTIVITIES

Umatilla NF, Pomeroy RD

EVALUATION

QUANTITY*

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

2.1 Chicken Bone –All Units- - PRESCRIPTION B 315,317,321,329,330,333,340,342,349,379, 380,381,382,386,391,399,400,401,402, ESTIMATED 20,000 tons Contract Time = 334 calendar days

FROM Project Areas listed above to Clarkston, WA

FROM “ “ to Port of Morrow, OR

FROM “ “ to Elgin, OR

(Government estimate is 685 loads to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

Umatilla NF, Pomeroy RD

EVALUATION

QUANTITY*

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

CABLE-BASED HAZARDOUS FUEL REMOVAL/TRANSPORTATION

2.2 Chicken Bone –All Units- - PRESCRIPTION B 316,322,325,327,332,335,339,345, 346,347,348,377,378,384, ESTIMATED 8,000 tons Contract time = 160 calendar days

FROM Project Areas listed above to Clarkston, WA

FROM “ “ to Port of Morrow, OR

FROM “ “ to Elgin, OR

(Government estimate is 285 loads to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

ITEM

MANDATORY WORK ACTIVITIES

Umatilla NF, South Half

EVALUATION

QUANTITY*

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

3.1 Kenny unit 32 - PRESCRIPTION A ESTIMATED 3900 tons – Contract Time = 65 calendar days

FROM Unit listed above to Port of Morrow, OR

FROM Units listed above to Port of Umatilla, OR

(Government estimate is 130 loads to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

3.2 Three Prairie unit 41 - PRESCRIPTION A ESTIMATED 3400 TONS - Contract Time = 57 calendar days

(Government estimate is 115 loads to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

3.3 Lower Five unit 6 - PRESCRIPTION A ESTIMATED 2200 TONS – Contract Time = 37 calendar days

(Government Estimate is 70 loads total to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

3.4 Lower Five unit 7 - PRESCRIPTION A ESTIMATED 1200 TONS – Contract Time = 20 calendar days

(Government Estimate is 40 loads total to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

3.5 Lower Five unit 9 - PRESCRIPTION A ESTIMATED 1400 TONS – Contract Time = 24 calendar days

(Government Estimate is 45 loads total to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

MANDATORY WORK ACTIVITIES

Umatilla NF, South Half

EVALUATION

QUANTITY*

UNIT

UNIT PRICE

AMOUNT

CABLE HAZARDOUS FUEL REMOVAL/TRANSPORTATION

4.1 Three Prairie unit 39 - PRESCRIPTION B ESTIMATED 1500 TONS – Contract Time = 30 calendar days

(Government Estimate is 50 loads total to be delivered to one or more of the above listed locations)

4.2 PILING of NON-USABLE MATERIAL

List your priority Forests where you are interested in performing work, using numbers 1-4.

[ ] Malheur National Forest [ ] Ochoco National Forest [ ] Umatilla National Forest [ ] Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

* NOTE: The quantities in the Schedule of Items may be used for initial task orders and minimum obligations only. Subsequent task orders will be competed with specific units and treatment specifications.

B.2 TIMBER DISPOSAL PRICE SCHEDULE:

NOTE: Offerers may provide prices on any or all Items. The Government may award each Item separately. Offerors shall provide delivery location(s).

For products from the Malheur NF:

SPECIES

PRODUCT

DIMENSIONS

UNIT

OF MEASURE

QUANTITY

UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

PRICE

ALL SPECIES

SAWTIMBER

See Appendix B

LOAD

ALL SPECIES

NON-SAWTIMBER

See Appendix B

LOAD

Delivery location for item 5 is _____________________________________________________(City, State) Delivery location for item 6 is _____________________________________________________(City, State)

For products from the Ochoco NF:

OF MEASURE

QUANTITY

UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

See Appendix B

LOAD

ALL SPECIES

NON-SAWTIMBER

See Appendix B

Delivery location for item 5 is _____________________________________________________(City, State)

For products from the Umatilla NF:

OF MEASURE

QUANTITY

UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

See Appendix B

LOAD

ALL SPECIES

NON-SAWTIMBER

See Appendix B

Delivery location for item 5 is _____________________________________________________(City, State)

For products from the Wallowa-Whitman NF:

OF MEASURE

QUANTITY

UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

See Appendix B

LOAD

ALL SPECIES

NON-SAWTIMBER

See Appendix B

Delivery location for item 5 is _____________________________________________________(City, State) Delivery location for item 6 is _____________________________________________________(City, State)

If a location is submitted that does not appear in B.1, negotiations will be held with all offerers to establish a new sub-item.

NOTE: THESE SCHEDULES ARE FOR PRICING/PAYMENT PURPOSES. Initial contract awards will be based on the criteria stated in “EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS” (52.212-2). Offerors are to refer to Clause FAR 52.212-1 “INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS” when responding to the solicitation.

B.3 LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Performance of land management activities shall be in accordance with clauses – Project Description and Specifications. All Base Work Activities shall be performed. Orders may be placed for optional items in any order that the Contracting Officer determines is in the best interest of the Government.

Applicable to IDIQ items: Performance of all work activities shall be based upon issuance of Task Orders by the Contracting Officer in accordance with the Ordering clauses. Quantities are estimated, based upon reasonable projections of requirements. Optional Work Activities on the Schedule will be ordered for all or a portion of the estimated quantities shown, based upon the value of timber available or additional funding.

DETAILED UNIT INFORMATION SHEET -- MALHEUR NATIONAL FOREST

Item Unit Name Number (Acres) Tons per acre to be left Prescr-iption

Estimated Total Tons Spacing Feet

(</= 9” DBH)

B-Bole C-Crown

Average Basal Area

(>9 DBH)

Slope % Aspect Current Species Composition Max Cut Tree DBH Min Cut Tree Hgt.

Additional Information See footnotes # 1.1 Silvies West #1 (72) A

C-6’

N/A

NW

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.1 #3 (8) A

C-6’

N/A

NW

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.1 #4 (15)

A

C-6’

N/A

NW

PP, DF, WF

1’

2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.1 #5 (14)

A

C-6’

N/A

NE

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10

1.2 Silvies Sage #6 (91) A

C-8’

N/A S

PP, DF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #7 (30) A

C-8’

N/A S

PP, DF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #8 (42)

A

C-8’

N/A

NE

PP, DF

1’

2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #11 (60)

A

C-8’

N/A

NE

PP, DF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #12 (60)

A

C-6’

N/A

NW

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #13 (39)

A

C-8’

N/A

SE

PP, DF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #14 (46)

A

C-6’

N/A

NW

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #20 (113)

A

C-6’

N/A

NW

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #21 (32)

A

C-6’

N/A

NE

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.2 #22 (61)

A

C-6’

N/A

NW

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10

1.3 Silvies Park #11 (19) A

C-6’

N/A N

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.3 #12 (33) A

C-6’

N/A W

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.3 #31 (14)

A

C-6’

N/A

NE

PP, DF, WF

1’

2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.3 #32 (9)

A

C-6’

N/A

NE

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1.3 #33 (40)

A

C-6’

N/A

NE

PP, DF, WF

1’ 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 1 The species preference listed here supersedes what is listed under standard species preference in leave tree section of contract WP=Western White Pine, WL=Western Larch, PP=Ponderosa Pine, DF=Douglas-fir, LP=Lodgepole Pine, WF=White Fir 2 Spacing variability is different than stated in parent contract. Spacing may be varied up to 25% to leave the most desirable tree.

3 Cutting time will be restricted to between July 15 and December 15.

4 Cut all Western Juniper up to 16” DBH.

5 Unit is located within a Cooperative Travel Management Area.

6 Cut all trees up to 9” DBH that are located in the road prisms.

7 Reduce spacing by half (1/2) of the prescribe CWN within 50’ of RHCA, no equipment allowed within 50’ of RHCA..

8 Cutting time will be restricted to between September 1 and December 31.

9 Cut all trees up to 9” DBH from Aspen trees and/or Aspen Sprouts for 60 feet.

10 Leave one (1) clump of 60’ X 60’ per every 1 acre un-thinned, do not treat these clumps.