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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

Amendment 2 8/30/2011

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION SERVICE TEAM -

DURANGO OFFICE

15 BURNETT COURT

DURANGO, CO 81301

SAME AS BLOCK 6

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State, and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

X

AG-82X9-S-11-9009

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

8/9/2011

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

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 Items 8 and 15, and returning _1_ copies 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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 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 MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

(X) A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN

THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. 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 __ copies to the issuing office.

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

See page 2 for questions asked and answers given, changes and clarifications to the solicitation.

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 (Type or print)

JOE MILBURN

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

8/30/2011 (Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

WR IDIQ Stewardship – 12 Task Orders Questions, Answers, Amendments, Editorial Changes and Clarifications

A list of show me trip attendees is attached.

Q. Will the HT7 task order and schedule of items reflect the noted minimum acceptable price change from $3.00/CCF to $5.00/CCF for ES&O Sawtimber prior to bidding?

A. Yes, HT7 Hardscrabble task order and section B.2 of the schedule of items will be amended to reflect this change and available to contractors prior to the bid date.

Q. What are the contract performance periods for HT6 Peaks Gold Hill, HT10 Martin Creek, HT12 Aqueduct task orders?

A. All task order performance periods are: Complete all work by 12/31/2012.

Q. The Peak7 South task order indicates that there is not sufficient funding available, explain?

A. At this time, this task order is not funded. The FS will make an award for this task order if there are savings accumulated through the bids submitted on the other 11 task orders. If funding is not available this year (2011), this project will be funded and awarded in 2012.

Q. HT13 Brush Creek task order – Units 3 and 4 are deleted. Will the task order and schedule of items reflect the changes made by dropping units 3 and 4 prior to bidding?

A. Yes, HT13 task order and schedule of items will be amended to reflect this change and available to contractors prior to the bid date. Contract Area Maps will also be amended.

Q. HT13 Brush Creek task order – How many trees were tallied in units 1 and 2?

A. See tree talley table later in this document.

Q. HT13 Brush Creek task order – Can felled trees be decked along road so that they can be removed from the pending Brush Creek Forest Health project planned next year? Decking the timber would reduce the deterioration rate.

A. Decking timber along the road is not required in the task order. Contractor can make that request to the Contracting Officer Representative for approval at the time of operations. The Forest Service will determine at that time whether to approve the request. If it is in the best interest of the Forest Service, the request will be approved.

Q. HT6 Peaks GoldHill task order – There has been hazard tree cutting in unit 2 along the trail. Was this taken into account in the contract?

A. After further discussion and review with the Dillon Ranger District staff, it was discovered that there was a lot more work completed by a hotshot crew (2010) in Unit 2 than originally documented. It was noted that all hazard tree work in Unit 2 has been completed and a portion of Unit 3 also completed. Tree Tallies for Unit 3 will be adjusted and documented later in this document. Also, the task order will be amended to delete unit 2 (miles, acres, estimated # trees) from the task order.

Q. HT4 Maryland Creek task order ‐ Who is the contact for the road use agreements?

A. Contact is Joanna Hopkins, 970‐471‐4945. Email: jhopkins@marylandcreekranch.com

Q. General Roads and Trails – Are contractors responsible to treat pre‐existing slash along roads and trails above the 18” slash height requirement?

A. No, contractor is only responsible for the slash associated with the hazard tree clearing treatments specified in the contract.

Q. General Roads and Trails – Are contractors responsible to treat pre‐existing slash along roads and trails above the 18” slash height requirement?

A. No, contractor is only responsible for the slash associated with the hazard tree clearing treatments specified in the contract.

Q. General Roads and Trails – Can contractors cut green, non‐hazard trees if hazard trees identified for removal mistakenly get hung up during felling operations?

A. In order to safely put the hazard tree on the ground, green trees can be cut. Contractor must notify the Contracting Officer Representative of each instance when this occurs.

Q. General – Does the existing windthrow and down wood in East Harrigan, Maryland Creek and Peak7 South count towards the fuel loading objective?

A. Yes, for these treatments all biomass counts towards the fuel loading maximum tons per acre.

Q. HT9 Lost Lake task order – Is the recently completed pre‐haul maintenance completed by the Forest Service road crew on FSR 786 the same standard that is required within the task order? (FYUI ‐ The road had a small berm of rocks and fine soils on the outside edge of the road which will make drainage difficult as well as a logging truck)

A. The Forest Service is responsible for the pre‐haul maintenance on FSR 786. The maintenance was of low quality and the expectation for contractors would be to have the berm and rocks on the outside edge of the road bladed out for during haul and post‐haul maintenance trips. Forest Service engineering staff has been contacted to review Forest Service road crew work and make necessary changes for a higher level of performance during pre‐haul maintenance.

Q. HT9 Lost Lake task order – Can contractors remove forest products in Unit 4, even though the treatment does not specify removal of forest products?

A. Contractor can request to remove the forest products in Unit 4. This request would be allowed through a contract modification.

Q. HT7 Hardscrabble, HT8 Nolan Creek, HT9 Lost Lake task order’s – Can the Forest Service give the contractors the option to either remove the 6.0” DIB to 3.0” DIB topwood Sawtimber products or deck the topwood along the road for fuelwood gathering?

A. The Forest Service has amended HT7 Hardscrabble, HT8 Nolan Creek, HT9 Lost Lake task order’s to include an option for contractors to deck the 6.0” DIB to 3.0” DIB topwood Sawtimber products along the road. See 5. Performance Standards and Unit Data Sheets in task orders.

Q. Can the Forest Service provide tree talley counts by cutting unit for roads and trails task orders?

A. See table below.

Task Order Cutting Unit Est. # Trees

HT5 Miners Creek 1 2676

HT5 Miners Creek 2 2994

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Peaks) 1 991

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Peaks) 3 1090

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Peaks) 4 1786

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Peaks) 5 992

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Peaks) 6 1086

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Peaks) 7 952

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Peaks) 8 433

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Gold Hill) 1 518

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Gold Hill) 2 1616

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Gold Hill) 3 1392

HT6 Peaks Goldhill (Gold Hill) 4 1167

HT7 Hardscrabble 5 195

HT7 Hardscrabble 6 470

HT7 Hardscrabble 7 466

HT7 Hardscrabble 8 468

HT7 Hardscrabble 9 358

HT7 Hardscrabble 10 567

HT7 Hardscrabble 11 649

HT8 Nolan Creek 2 1048

HT8 Nolan Creek 3 703

HT9 Lost Lake 1 127

HT9 Lost Lake 2 116

HT9 Lost Lake 3 420

HT9 Lost Lake 4 490

HT9 Lost Lake 5 232

HT9 Lost Lake 6 492

HT9 Lost Lake 7 232

HT9 Lost Lake 8 730

HT10 Martin Creek 1 100

HT10 Martin Creek 2 406

HT11 PennSum (Summit Gulch) 1 268

HT11 PennSum 1 481

HT11 PennSum 2 49

HT12 Aqueduct 1 2472

HT12 Aqueduct 2 1331

HT12 Aqueduct 3 656

HT13 Brush Creek 1 796

HT13 Brush Creek 2 2751

Editorial Changes HT13 Brush Creek – removed units 3 and 4, revised acreage, mileage, tree counts and legal location in task order.

HT13 Brush Creek – revised contract area maps (sheets 1 and 2) to note changes above.

HT13 Brush Creek – Unit Data sheet, Item 9. Changed unit 1 to unit 2 in table.

HT13 Brush Creek – Removed CR 944 from 38. Use of Roads by Contractor Table.

Changes to the Solicitation

Brush Creek – delete the original Task Order and replace with the attached ‐ 19 pages.

Brush Creek – delete the original 3 pages of maps and replace with the attached 3 pages of maps.

Peaks Gold Hill – delete the original Task Order and replace with the attached – 17 pages.

Peak 7 South – delete the original Task Order and replace with the attached – 23 pages.

Hardscrabble – delete the original Task Order and replace with the attached – 24 pages.

Nolan Creek – delete the original Task Order and replace with the attached – 23 pages.

Lost Lake – delete the original Task Order and replace with the attached – 27 pages.

Clarifications to the Solicitation

Pricing for the 12 Task Orders included in the solicitation shall be the same as the pricing shown in the Schedule of Items, Section B.1 – pages 4‐16 of the “Return with Your Quote” package, (or the replacement pages included with this amendment 2).

In the case of a discrepancy between the pricing for service work shown in the Schedule of

Items (pages 4‐16 of the Return package, or the replacement pages included with this

Amendment 2) and the pricing on one of the 12 included Task Orders, the Schedule of Items

(pages 4‐16 of the Return package or the replacement pages included with this Amendment 2) will be used.

Amendment 2 – Revised Schedules of Items

HT13 BRUSH CREEK TASK ORDER – Revised 8/25/2011

B.1 PRICING FOR SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

ITEM N0. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

3.

Hazard trees along FSR 1695 road will be felled and limbed in the contract units, associated slash work completed.

1.92

MILES

B.2 TIMBER REMOVAL PRICE SCHEDULE: Brush Creek – no timber removal

HT6 PEAKS GOLD HILL TRAIL TASK ORDER – Revised 8/25/2011

B.1 PRICING FOR SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

ITEM N0. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

5a

Hazard trees along FDT 45 Peaks Trail will be felled and limbed in the contract units, associated slash work completed.

7.5

5b

Hazard trees along FDT 79 Gold Hill Trail will be felled and limbed in the contract units, associated slash work completed.

3.0

B.2 TIMBER REMOVAL PRICE SCHEDULE: Peaks Gold Hill – no timber removal

B.2 TIMBER REMOVAL PRICE SCHEDULE: Hardscrabble

Values of timber products removed to be applied at Flat Rates HT7 Hardscrabble Task Order

SPECIES PRODUCT QUANTITY UNIT OF

MEASURE

MINIMUM

ACCEPTABLE

OFFER

OFFER

(FLAT)

TOTAL

OFFER

Lodgepole Pine Live / Dead

SAWLOG 105 CCF $1.00

Engelmann Spruce and Other Live/Dead

SAWLOG 49 CCF $5.00

Aspen Live/Dead

SAWLOG 22 CCF $1.00

Lodgepole pine & Other Live/Dead

POL 112 CCF $1.00

Lodgepole pine & Other Live/Dead

BIOMASS 146 CCF $0.25

See Timber Removal Project Terms and Specifications in Appendix A.