B11 21R0007 RFP QA Form.docx

This document contains a request for proposal for market index prices for use in forest management. The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service intends to award a single-award, firm-fixed-price contract to purchase market index price data to be used for transparent valuation and pricing measures for Forest Service stumpage. Specifically, the agency seeks to procure market price indices that accurately reflect changing market conditions in relevant sectors of the forest products industry. The Forest Service will use the market price index to adjust stumpage rates throughout the life of harvest contracts and calculate market rate adjustments. Additionally, the agency desires to reconfigure its current geographic area representation of indices to more specific market areas. The Forest Service aims to maintain its current abilities to perform these activities while also exploring the possibility of expanding its use of market indices to a broader geographic range and a more diverse set of forest products.