OFFEROR’S CHECK LIST (for Offeror’s use only.) This is the only document does not have to be returned.

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM006328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Offeror’s Check List

DOCUMENT SUBMITTED*

If you have been notified that an amendment has been issued, you must re-open your offer in APP, make any required modifications, if any, and re-submit your offer. If you do not do this you have not submitted an offer in the Arizona Procurement Portal and your offer will be considered as non-responsive.

☐ YES ☐ NO

☐ NA

Offer and Acceptance (Complete the top half of page 3, sign and upload into your offer in Arizona Procurement Portal.)

“Designation of Confidential, Trade Secret & Proprietary Information” form (Page 4). Information considered to be confidential, trade secret or proprietary should be attached as a separate document checked “confidential” in the Attachments tab of your offer Arizona Procurement Portal. Confidential documents must include a statement as to why the information is confidential.

☐ YES ☐ NO

Boycott of Israel Disclosure ☐ YES ☐ NO

Forced Labor of Ethnic Uyghurs Ban ☐ YES ☐ NO

AZ Baseline Infrastructure Security Controls ☐ YES ☐ NO

Pricing of $1.00 has been entered in Arizona Procurement Portal’s “items” tab. ☐ YES ☐ NO

Subcontractors ☐ YES ☐ NO

References ☐ YES ☐ NO

Pricing Matrix included in this document has been completed for the items you can provide ☐ YES ☐ NO

* Ensure Items above have been completed, scanned (preferably as one pdf file) and uploaded into your bid response in APP.

N/A

OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE

BPM006328

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM006328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Offer and Acceptance Form OFFER

TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA:

The Undersigned hereby offers and agrees to furnish the material, service or construction in compliance with all terms, conditions, specifications and amendments in the Solicitation and any written exceptions in the offer.

Company Name Signature of Person Authorized to Sign Offer

Address Printed Name

City State Zip Title

Phone:

Fax:

Contact Email Address

By signature in the Offer section above, the Offeror certifies:

1. The Offeror shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment in violation of Federal Executive Order 11246, State Executive Order 2009-9 or A.R.S. §§ 41−1461 through 1465.

2. The Offeror has not given, offered to give, nor intends to give at any time hereafter any economic opportunity, future employment, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, trip, favor, or service to a public servant in connection with the submitted offer. Failure to provide a valid signature affirming the stipulations required by this clause shall result in rejection of the offer. Signing the offer with a false statement shall void the offer, any resulting contract and may be subject to legal remedies provided by law.

3. The Offeror certifies compliance with A.R.S.§41-3532 when offering electronics or information technology products, services or maintenance.

4. The Offeror is not debarred from, or otherwise prohibited from participating in any contract awarded by any federal, state or local government.

ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER

The Offer is hereby accepted.

The Contractor is now bound to sell the materials or services listed by the attached contract and based upon the solicitation, including all terms, conditions, specifications, amendments, etc., and the Contractor’s Offer as accepted by the State.

This Contract shall henceforth be referred to as Contract No. ____________________________________________________.

The effective date of2 the Contract is ____________________________________________________.

The Contractor is cautioned not to commence any billable work or to provide any material or service under this contract until Contractor receives purchase order, contact release document or Procurement’s written notice to proceed.

State of Arizona Awarded this day of 20 24

Kristen Micurescu, CPPB, as Branch Chief and not personally

Markit! Forestry Management LLC

2424 Garden of the Gods Rd., Ste 290, 80919COColorado Springs alyssapriest@markitforestry.com

EVP & Chief Administrative Officer

(719) 828-2182

Alyssa J. Priest

N/A

Designation of Confidential, Trade Secret & Proprietary Information

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM006328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Designation of Confidential, Trade Secret & Proprietary Information All materials submitted as part of a response to a solicitation are subject to Arizona public records law a will be disclosed if there is an appropriate public records request at the time of or after the award of the contract. Recognizing there may be materials included in a solicitation response that is proprietary or a trade secret, a process is set out in A.A.C. R2-7-103 that will allow qualifying materials to be designated as confidential and excluded from disclosure. For purposes of this process the definition of “trade secret” will be the same as that set out in A.A.C. R2-7-101(50).

This form must be completed and returned with the response to the solicitation and any supporting information to assist the State in making its determination as to whether any of the materials submitted as part of the solicitation response should be designated confidential because the material is proprietary or a trade secret and therefore not subject to disclosure.

All offerors must select one of the following:

My response does not contain proprietary or trade secret information. I understand that my entire response will become public record in accordance with A.A.C. R2-7-C317.

My response does contain trade secret information because it contains information that:

1. Is a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process, AND

2. Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; AND

3. Is the subject of efforts by myself or my organization that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.

Please note that failure to attach an explanation may result in a determination that the information does not meet the statutory trade secret definition. All information that does not meet the definition of trade secret as defined by A.A.C.

R2-7-101(50) will become public in accordance with A.A.C. R2-7-C317. The State reserves the right to make its own determination of Proposer’s trade secret materials through a written determination in accordance with A.A.C. R2-7- 103.

If the State agrees with the proposer’s designation of trade secret or confidentiality and the determination is challenged, the undersigned hereby agrees to cooperate and support the defense of the determination with all interested parties, including legal counsel or other necessary assistance.

By submitting this response, proposer agrees that the entire offer, including confidential, trade secret and proprietary information may be shared with an evaluation committee and technical advisors during the evaluation process. Proposer agrees to indemnify and hold the State, its agents and employees, harmless from any claims or causes of action relating to the State’s withholding of information based upon reliance on the above representations, including the payment of all costs and attorney fees incurred by the State in defending such an action.

Company Name Signature of Person Authorized to Sign

Address Printed Name

City State Zip Title

Markit! Forestry Management LLC

Alyssa J. Priest2424 Garden of the Gods Rd., Ste 290, Colorado Springs CO 80919 EVP & Chief Administrative Officer

Designation of Confidential, Trade Secret & Proprietary Information

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

R2-7-103. Confidential Information

A. If a person wants to assert that a person's offer, specification, or protest contains a trade secret or other proprietary information, a person shall include with the submission a statement supporting this assertion. A person shall clearly designate any trade secret and other proprietary information, using the term "confidential".

Contract terms and conditions, pricing, and information generally available to the public are not considered confidential information under this Section.

B. Until a final determination is made under subsection (C), an agency chief procurement officer shall not disclose information designated as confidential under subsection (A) except to those individuals deemed by an agency chief procurement officer to have a legitimate state interest.

C. Upon receipt of a submission, an agency chief procurement officer shall make one of the following written determinations:

1. The designated information is confidential and the agency chief procurement officer shall not disclose the information except to those individuals deemed by the agency chief procurement officer to have a legitimate state interest;

2. The designated information is not confidential; or

3. Additional information is required before a final confidentiality determination can be made.

D. If an agency chief procurement officer determines that information submitted is not confidential, a person who made the submission shall be notified in writing. The notice shall include a time period for requesting a review of the determination by the state procurement administrator.

E. An agency chief procurement officer may release information designated as confidential under subsection (A) if:

1. A request for review is not received by the state procurement administrator within the time period specified in the notice; or

2. The state procurement administrator, after review, makes a written determination that the designated information is not confidential

If Boycott Of Israel

Participation in Boycott of Israel Arizona Game and Fish Department

Purchasing Office 5000 West Carefree Highway

Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM006328 Required Forms updated 5-17-2024 SPO Form Boycott of Israel Disclosure Revision No. 1 | Revised 09-22

Boycott of Israel Disclosure Please note that if any of the following apply to this Solicitation, Contract, or Contractor, then the Offeror shall select the “Exempt Solicitation, Contract, or Contractor” option below:

● The Solicitation or Contract has an estimated value of less than $100,000;

● Contractor is a sole proprietorship;

● Contractor has fewer than ten (10) employees; and/or

● Contractor is a non-profit organization.

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 35-393.01, public entities are prohibited from entering into contracts “unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of the contract to not engage in, a boycott of goods or services from Israel.”

Under A.R.S. § 35-393:

1. "Boycott" means engaging in a refusal to deal, terminating business activities or performing other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with entities doing business in Israel or in territories controlled by Israel, if those actions are taken either:

(a) Based in part on the fact that the entity does business in Israel or in territories controlled by Israel.

(b) In a manner that discriminates on the basis of nationality, national origin or religion and that is not based on a valid business reason.

2. "Company" means an organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or other entity or business association, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate, that engages in for-profit activity and that has ten or more full-time employees.

5. "Public entity": (a) Means this State, a political subdivision of this State or an agency, board, commission or department of this State or a political subdivision of this State. (b) Includes the universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents and community college districts as defined in section 15-1401.

The certification below does not include boycotts prohibited by 50 United States Code Section 4842 or a regulation issued pursuant to that section. See A.R.S. § 35-393.03.

In compliance with A.R.S. § 35-393 et seq., all offerors must select one of the following:

☐ The Company submitting this Offer does not participate in, and agrees not to participate in during the term of the contract, a boycott of Israel in accordance with A.R.S. § 35-393 et seq. I understand that my entire response will become a public record in accordance with A.A.C. R2-7-C317.

☐ The Company submitting this Offer does participate in a boycott of Israel as described in A.R.S. § 35-393 et seq.

☐ Exempt Solicitation, Contract, or Contractor.

Indicate which of the following statements applies to this Contract:

● Solicitation or Contract has an estimated value of less than $100,000;

● Contractor is a sole proprietorship;

● Contractor has fewer than ten (10) employees; and/or

● Contractor is a non-profit organization.

Company name Signature of person authorized to sign

Address Printed name and title

City State Zip Email address Phone number

Markit! Forestry Management LLC

2424 Garden of the Gods Rd., Ste 290, Colorado Springs CO 80919

Alyssa J. Priest - EVP & Chief Administrative Officer

(719) 828-2182alyssapriest@markitforestry.com

Forced Labor of Ethnic Uyghurs Ban

Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM006328 Required Forms updated 5-17-2024 SPO For No. 205

Forced Labor of Ethnic Uyghurs Ban Please note that if any of the following apply to the Contractor, then the Offeror shall select the “Exempt Contractor” option below:

● Contractor is a sole proprietorship;

● Contractor has fewer than ten (10) employees; OR

● Contractor is a non-profit organization.

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 35-394, the State of Arizona prohibits a public entity from entering into or renewing a contract with a company unless the contract includes written certification that the company does not use the forced labor, or any goods or services produced by the forced labor, of ethnic Uyghurs in the People's Republic of China.

Under A.R.S. § 35-394:

1. "Company" means an organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or other entity or business association, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate, that engages in for-profit activity and that has ten or more full-time employees.

2. "Public entity" means this State, a political subdivision of this State or an agency, board, commission or department of this State or a political subdivision of this State.

In compliance with A.R.S. §§ 35-394 et seq., all offerors must select one of the following:

☐ The Company submitting this Offer does not use, and agrees not to use during the term of the contract, any of the following:

● Forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China;

● Any goods or services produced by the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China; or

● Any Contractors, Subcontractors, or suppliers that use the forced labor or any goods or services produced by the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China.

☐ The Company submitting this Offer does participate in use of Forced Uyghurs Labor as described in A.R.S. § 35-394.

☐ Exempt Contractor Indicate which of the following statements applies to the Contractor (may be more than one):

☐ Contractor is a sole proprietorship;

☐ Contractor has fewer than ten (10) employees; and/or ☐ Contractor is a non-profit organization.

Company Name Signature of person authorized to sign

Address Printed name and title

City, State, ZIP Contact email address Contact phone number

Markit! Forestry Management LLC

2424 Garden of the Gods Rd., Ste 290, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Alyssa J. Priest - EVP & Chief Administrative Officer alyssapriest@markitforestry.com (719) 828-2182

SUBCONTRACTORS

Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

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Subcontractors

SUBCONTRACTORS

Bidder shall identify all proposed subcontractors/material suppliers that will be utilized to perform any portion of the Specifications. Additional Subcontractor(s) not listed below or on a supplemental page must receive written approval from AZGFD before utilization.

Name of Subcontractor

City, State

Number of years in business

Type of business (LLC, Corporation, Sole Proprietor, etc.)

AZ Contractor’s license number

Service to be provided

Name of Subcontractor

City, State

Number of years in business

Type of business (LLC, Corporation, Sole Proprietor, etc.)

AZ Contractor’s license number

Service to be provided

Santa Fe, NM

Forrester and Associates

Herbicide, Mechanical and Handwork

3 years

Verde Earth Technologies

Williams, AZ

LLC

LLC

25 Years

Herbicide and Handwork

PUC 62807

UEI number - VJGWLNQGLCP9 H2B Authorization Number - FLC-I-SE-MS-26173371-0925

SUBCONTRACTORS

Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM00 6328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Subcontractors

SUBCONTRACTORS

Bidder shall identify all proposed subcontractors/material suppliers that will be utilized to perform any portion of the Specifications. Additional Subcontractor(s) not listed below or on a supplemental page must receive written approval from AZGFD before utilization.

Name of Subcontractor

City, State

Number of years in business

Type of business (LLC, Corporation, Sole Proprietor, etc.)

AZ Contractor’s license number

Service to be provided

Name of Subcontractor

City, State

Number of years in business

Type of business (LLC, Corporation, Sole Proprietor, etc.)

AZ Contractor’s license number

Service to be provided

Mechanical and Handwork

Unique Forestry

Albuquerque, NM

GBC6X4GXDDJ1

3 Years

LLC

REFERENCES

Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM00 6328

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References

REFERENCES

Three (3) professional references who have received services similar to the Specifications of this Solicitation shall be listed below. References from AZGFD are not to be included. References from the western United States are preferred. The contact person shill be someone who has responsibility for the operation of the material and/or service and shall be aware that they are being used as a reference.

Reference 1

1) Company: Contact Name:

Phone: Email:

Description of services provided:

Reference 2

2) Company: Contact Name:

Phone: Email:

Reference 3

3) Company: Contact Name:

Phone: Email:

US Forest Service Jacob Lopez

(928) 214-2434 francisco.lopez@usda.gov

The Flagstaff Watershed Protection Plan was designed to create forest restoration in key watersheds in the Coconino National Forest. A total of 1508 acres was treated with helicopter logging, handwork, and road maintenance.

Description of services provided:

(928) 301-5061

Andrew Nordquist andrew.nordquist@usda.gov

US Forest Service - Tonto NF

AZ Department of Forestry and Fire Management Rich VanDemark

(928) 460-9311 rvandemark@dffm.az.gov

Description of services provided:

Markit! rapidly completed mastication of juniper and brush species on 5,351 acres in many units spread over a broad geographic area requiring vigilant attention to logistics to support two crews with multiple machines

Markit! has completed multiple projects for the AZ DFFM including but not limited to the 588 ac. Roberts project, 535 ac. Jack Pine pine and currently implementing the 725 ac. Charcoal Gulch mastication project.

Description of services provided:

Description of services provided:

PRICING

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM00 6328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Pricing Enter $1.00 in the “Unit Price” field of the “Items” tab of APP. Your offer cannot be awarded if you fail to do this. Please provide pricing in this document for the Services you are able to provide. This will be a multiple award. You do not have to bid on every item listed.

Thinning Per Acre Bid Matrix

Mechanical Grubbing Method

Contractors to enter “Not to Exceed” pricing per Specification 3:

Grasslands slope of less than 10 degrees Woodland slope of less than 30 degrees and greater than 0 degrees.

PER ACRE BID MATRIX Pricing should reflect the high end, not to exceed $

Grassland- Low Category

Grassland-Med Category

Grassland Woodland Transition Category

Woodland-Low Category

Woodland-Med Category

Woodland-High Category

MECHANICAL

GRUBBING METHOD:

0 -75 trees/acre

76 - 150 trees/acre

150 - 220 trees/acre

220 - 250 trees/acre

250 - 299 trees/ac >300

Mesquite: Ave Height 1-7 feet $ $ $ $ $ $

Mesquite: Ave Height 7-15 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite:

Ave DRC 0-12 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite:

Ave DRC 12-24 inches $ $ $ $ $ $

449 607 765 923 1081 1240

561 759 957 1155 1353 1550

449 607 765 923 1081 1240

561 759 957 1155 1353 1550

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM00 6328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Thinning Per Acre Bid Matrix Hand Crew Lop and Scatter Method

Contractors to enter “Not to Exceed” pricing per Specification 3:

Grasslands slope of less than 10 degrees Woodland slope of less than 30 degrees and greater than 0 degrees.

PER ACRE BID MATRIX Pricing should reflect the high end, not to exceed $

Grassland- Low Category

Grassland-Med Category

Grassland Woodland Transition Category

Woodland-Low Category

Woodland-Med Category

Woodland-High Category

HAND CREW LOP AND SCATTER

METHOD:

0 -75 trees/acre

76 - 150 trees/acre 150 - 220 trees/acre

220 - 250 trees/acre

250 - 299 trees/ac >300

Juniper Species:

Ave Height 1-7 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave Height 7-15 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave DRC 0-12 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave DRC 12-24 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave Height 1-7 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave Height 7-15 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave DRC 0-12 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave DRC 12-24 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Miscellaneous Shrubs (Cliffrose, Algerita etc.) $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species include single & multi-stemmed species

395 435 460 485 505 520

435 460 485 505 535 565

465 500 525 565 595 620

700 735 765 800 820 835

395 435 460 485 505 520

435 460 485 505 535 565

465 500 525 565 595 620

700 735 765 800 820 835

465 500 525 565 595 620

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM00 6328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Thinning Per Acre Bid Matrix Mechanical Removal/Mastication Method

Contractors to enter “Not to Exceed” pricing per Specification 3:

Grasslands slope of less than 10 degrees Woodland slope of less than 30 degrees and greater than 0 degrees.

PER ACRE BID MATRIX Pricing should reflect the high end, not to exceed $

Grassland- Low Category

Grassland-Med Category

Grassland Woodland Transition Category

Woodland-Low Category

Woodland-Med Category

Woodland-High Category

MECHANICAL REMOVAL

METHOD:

0 -75 trees/acre

76 - 150 trees/acre 150 - 220 trees/acre

220 - 250 trees/acre

250 - 299 trees/ac >300

Juniper Species:

Ave Height 1-7 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave Height 7-15 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave DRC 0-12 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave DRC 12-24 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave Height 1-7 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave Height 7-15 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave DRC 0-12 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave DRC 12-24 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Miscellaneous Shrubs (Cliffrose, Algerita etc.) $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species include single & multi-stemmed species

431 562 693 824 955

539 703 867 1031 1194

431 562 693 824 955

539 703 867 1031 1194

431 562 693 824 955

539 703 867 1031 1194

431 562 693 824 955

539 703 867 1031 1194

431 562 693 824 955

Arizona Game and Fish Department Purchasing Office

5000 West Carefree Highway Phoenix, Arizona 85086

BPM00 6328

Required Forms Updated 5-17-2024

Thinning Per Acre Bid Matrix Herbicide Application By Hand Method

Contractors to enter “Not to Exceed” pricing per Specification 3:

Grasslands slope of less than 10 degrees Woodland slope of less than 30 degrees and greater than 0 degrees.

PER ACRE BID MATRIX Pricing should reflect the high end, not to exceed $

Grassland- Low Category

Grassland-Med Category

Grassland Woodland Transition Category

Woodland-Low Category

Woodland-Med Category

Woodland-High Category

HERBICIDE APPLICATION BY

HAND METHOD:

0 -75 trees/acre

76 - 150 trees/acre 150 - 220 trees/acre

220 - 250 trees/acre

250 - 299 trees/ac >300

Juniper Species:

Ave Height 1-7 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave Height 7-15 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave DRC 0-12 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species:

Ave DRC 12-24 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave Height 1-7 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave Height 7-15 feet $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave DRC 0-12 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Mesquite: Ave DRC 12-24 inches $ $ $ $ $ $ Miscellaneous Shrubs (Cliffrose, Algerita etc.) $ $ $ $ $ $ Juniper Species include single & multi-stemmed species

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000

400 665 1000 1335 1665 2000