Blue Mile G-Z IRSC - RFI Letter.pdf
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This Request for Information from the U.S. Forest Service seeks industry feedback on a proposed Stewardship Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for fuels management services on the Blue Mile G-Z project area in Oregon. Contractors would design an implementation plan, layout treatment units, cruise timber, and perform harvesting, removal, and other fuels treatment services to dramatically increase the pace and scale of forest restoration and mitigate wildfire risk across the landscape. Respondents are asked to provide input on their capability and capacity to undertake the work, perceived challenges, recommendations to improve the plan, proposed timelines for treatment area preparation and completion, interest in transporting excess products by rail, and any other information to benefit the project. Answers may be submitted to the listed contact by September 23, 2022.
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Logo Department Name Agency Organization Organization Address Information
United States
Department of
Agriculture
Forest
Service
Procurement & Property Services, National Procurement Operations, Stewardship Contracting Branch
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250
File Code: 6320
Date: September 3, 2022
Subject: Request for Information
To: All Interested Parties and/or Offerors
This letter’s intent is to issue a formal Request for Information (RFI) for the Blue Mile G-Z
Stewardship IRSC. The intent of the project is to dramatically increase the pace and scale of forest restoration treatment to mitigate risk of catastrophic wildfire. The project will obtain forestry related services to implement a large-scale landscape level treatment. Contractor will design a detailed implementation plan, logging plan, treatment unit layout, cruising of timber, and perform the fuels treatment services including harvesting/removal of included timber products.
The intent of this RFI is to determine the following:
1. Is your company interested in completing this work and submitting a proposal?
2. Is your company capable of completing this contract with current staffing and equipment? Or do you intend to increase your staff and operational capabilities, use sub-contractors, and/or a combination there of if you are the successful awardee?
3. What do you see as challenges that your company will struggle to overcome?
4. Is there any advice or direction you can provide to improve the plan prior to solicitation?
5. How many Treatment Areas would you propose to complete all phases of preparation within 4 years and full completion of all requirements (except for burning) within 6 years? Is 6 years feasible?
6. Are the desired completion dates described in the RFI feasible? I.e., Item 1 completion by
Oct 31, 2023, and Treatment Area 1 prep by July 31, 2024.
7. Is your company interested in transporting of surplus/excess products via rail?
8. Any other pertinent information you can provide to us that you see as a benefit to the project plan?
If you have any questions regarding the Schedule of Items or the project in general that can assist you to better answer the above questions, please contact me at curtis.yocum@usda.gov or (541)
219-0637. Interested contractors are highly encouraged to respond to this RFI in writing submitted to me via email or by phone. Thank you!
Sincerely, Curtis Yocum
Forester and Acquisitions Program Support Officer
PPS NPO Stewardship and Disaster Recover Branch mailto:curtis.yocum@usda.gov
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| CURTIS YOCUM |
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