d.Washington_wage determination.pdf

This solicitation is seeking mechanical and hand thinning treatment services to accomplish fuels reduction or forest health improvement work within the Wallowa Whitman and Umatilla National Forests. The services requested include mechanical thinning, mastication, slash busting, grapple piling of slash and debris, plantation thinning, pullback, pre- and non-commercial thinning, roadside brushing, pruning, hand piling, grapple piling, burning of slash piles, and other associated activities. The purpose is to alter ground and ladder fuels through understory tree densities and debris removal. The time period is anticipated to be up to 5 years at locations throughout the two national forests. Call orders will be issued against the contract as needed using schedule prices, though future calls will be competed unless an exemption applies. The contractor must provide all required labor, supervision, equipment, materials, transportation, supplies, and quality control to complete the specified work in compliance with contract terms and specifications. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region is the contracting agency.