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This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2025-04

June 11, 2025.

The NAICS 115310, Support Activities for

Forestry, is appropriate for this requirement.

The size standard is $11.5 million.

The description of requirements can be found in the attached performance work statement (PWS).

The Period of performance is September 29, 2025 to June 1, 2027.

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Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

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Items apply to this requirement. See Section M of the attached Terms and Conditions for the evaluation criteria.

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Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and

Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

There is a site visit scheduled for September 10, 2025 at 10:00 am MT. See section B.1 of the attached Terms and Conditions or more information regarding the site tour.

All questions shall be directed to the

Contracting Officer, Brittney Linford at blinford@blm.gov and shall be due no later than

3:00 pm MDT September 12, 2025.

All questions shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer, Brittney Linford at blinford@blm.gov.

Quotes are due to the Contracting Officer no later than September 18, 2025 at 2:00 pm MDT to blinford@blm.gov.

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Product/Service Code: F014

Product/Service Description: NATURAL

RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- TREE THINNING

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Solicitation No. 140L0625Q0049

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT: The Bureau of Land Management intends to enter into this Constitution

Salvage contracting project to perform services to achieve land management goals for public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

This is for a Firm Fixed Price Commercial Items Stewardship Services Contract for salvage logging 32 miles NE of Gillette, WY.

The services and commercial product removal are shown in two (2) price schedules. Schedule A identifies the services the Contractor shall perform and the unit price of payment. Schedule B identifies the forest product volume for removal by the contractor that reflect the unit price that will be credited to the Government for ownership and commercial use of the product by the Contractor.

THIS REQUIREMENT IS SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

FOREST IMPROVEMENT SERVICE WORK FOR BID:

SCHEDULE A: LINE ITEM 001-003C Forest Health Improvement

SERVICES/SUPPLIES

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Item

SERVICES Quantity Unit of

Measure

Unit

Price

Amount

Mobilization 1 Quantity

001 Road Work 8 Hours

002 Ground based logging 201 Acres

SCHEDULE B – COMMERCIAL VOLUME REMOVAL

LINE ITEM 004 - Forest Health Improvement PRODUCTS

NET TOTAL (Schedule A minus Schedule B) $

(ALL OR NONE)

Period of Performance: See Section F.

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Minimum

Acceptable

Offer

Contractor’s

Offer

Commercial Thinning (CT)

003 Sawlogs 1500 Tons

004 Biomass 1500 Tons

B.1 SITE VISIT DATE AND PRE-PROPOSAL INFORMATION

A site visit has been scheduled for: September 10th at 10:00 pm (Mountain time)

Participants are to meet on Weston Hills Recreation Area near the project area. Directions from

Gillette, WY are to head North from town on HWY 14 for 7 miles, turn right on HWY 59 and travel 24.7 miles until you reach the parking lot on your left. Participants should arrive in a 4x4 pickup and expect graveled mountain roads with several switchbacks on the way to the project.

Participants should expect to walk up to 1 mile to see all aspects of the project.

Potential bidders are to provide their own transportation at no cost to the Government. The

Government assumes no liability on behalf of bidders attending the site visit. Bidders planning to attend the site visit tour shall contact Jordan Friedrich at (307) 285 - 8880 or via email at jfriedrich@blm.gov at least 48 hours before the scheduled site visit and advise him of the firms’ name and number of persons that will attend.

B.2 Explanation of potential outcomes depending on bid prices for the service work and forest products under stewardship contracting. In order to address all possible scenarios that could be involved in this Stewardship Contracting Action The following explanation is provided:

In stewardship contracts, the contractor has the additional option of utilizing earned conservation credits in lieu of an advance payment or a payment bond.

The scenarios described below are separated into three main categories, based on the specific stewardship contract situation. They are:

1. Stewardship Contracts where the Service Cost is greater than Product Value

2. Stewardship Contracts where the Product Value is greater than the Service Cost

3. Stewardship Contracts where Product Value and Service Cost are equal

B.2.1 Stewardship Contracts where the Service Cost is greater than Product Value

The end result of this stewardship contracting category is a payment by the BLM to the contractor that should total the difference of the Service Cost minus the Product Value.

Stewardship contracting provisions allow for the harvesting of the forest product (the

Product Value portion of the contract) prior to the performance of the service work. BLM regulations require that prior to the cutting and removal of forest products, a contractor who has not yet earned conservation credits must either pay the BLM the value of this wood or provide some form of payment bond.

a. Contractor harvests products prior to performing service work

The contractor submits a cash payment(s) for the value of the forest products to the BLM prior to the cutting/removal of the forest product.

Once the contractor performs service work that exceeds the value of the product removed, the payments deposited earlier should be refunded back to the contractor via CBS.

The contractor has the option of utilizing a payment bond in lieu of a cash payment prior to the cutting or removal of any forest products. The contractor has the option of providing a cash payment bond.

Conservation credits, once earned, could also be used to satisfy any remaining payment bond balance. Once cash payment bonds are no longer needed, they can be refunded to the contractor.

b. Contractor performs service work prior to harvesting products

The contractor will earn conservation credits at the rate and value specified in the contract.

The contractor is permitted to cut/remove forest products up to the value of the earned conservation credits without any advance payment or form of security.

B.2.2 Stewardship Contracts where the Product Value is greater than Service Cost

The end result of this stewardship contracting category is a payment by the contractor to the BLM that should total the difference of the Product Value minus the Service Cost.

a. Contractor harvests products prior to performing service work

If the contractor continues to harvest products above the threshold and prior to performing the service work in the contract, payments similar to the discussion in (2.1, a) above, must be provided by the contractor.

As the contractor performs service work and earns conservation credits, the value of those credits earned can be used to offset any product value payments until all service work is completed. Once this service work is completed and accepted by the BLM, refunds of this overpayment (the amount over the threshold) can be processed.

The contractor has the option of utilizing a payment bond in lieu of a cash payment prior to the cutting or removal of any forest products.

Conservation credits, once earned, could also be used to satisfy any remaining payment bond balance. Once cash payment bonds are no longer needed, they can be refunded to the contractor.

b. Contractor performs service work prior to harvesting products

The contractor will earn conservation credits at the rate and value specified in the contract.

The contractor is permitted to cut/remove forest products up to the value of the earned conservation credits. No payments to the BLM will be necessary until the value of the forest products cut/removed exceeds the earned conservation credits.

B.2.3 Stewardship Contracts where there is equal Product Value and Service Cost

While the end result of this stewardship contracting category is no final payments by the contractor or the BLM, as the contract progresses there may be some Finance entries.

a. Contractor harvests products prior to performing service work

The discussion in section 2.1, a, is applicable here.

The contractor has the option of utilizing a payment bond in lieu of a cash payment prior to the cutting or removal of any forest products.

Conservation credits, once earned, could also be used to satisfy any remaining payment bond balance. Once cash payment bonds are no longer needed, they can be refunded to the contractor.

b. Contractor performs service work prior to harvesting products

The contractor will earn conservation credits at the rate and value specified in the contract.

The contractor is permitted to cut/remove forest products up to the value of the earned conservation credits. No payments to the BLM will be necessary until the value of the forest products cut/removed exceeds the earned conservation credits.

The discussion in section 2.1, a, is applicable here.

(End of Section B)

SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

C.1 GENERAL

C.1.1 Constitution Salvage Stewardship project is designed to utilize burned wood from the

Constitution Fire before it rots and becomes a liability. The wood currently has value that we are looking to capitalize on to help offset some of the costs to mitigate the hazards associated with recreational users and hazardous fuels/wildfire risk. Contract work will be performed over the course of 12 months.

C.1.2 Location/Access - The project areas are located within the Buffalo Field Office administrative boundaries of BLM, Wyoming State Office. Attached vicinity maps and project maps (See Section J) show specific locations. Project area(s) are normally accessible by a standard pickup on two track roads April - December. January – March expect snow accumulation and difficult access.

C.1.3 Technical Proposal and Quality Control Plan – The Contractor shall develop and submit a

Treatment Plan and Schedule to accomplish the project objectives and organize and direct all the equipment and personnel needed to fully accomplish the work. The contractor shall furnish all technical expertise, labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to complete the work required. The Treatment Plan and

Schedule will be agreed upon by both parties and incorporated into the contract. All changes to the Treatment Plan will be agreed to prior to the changes taking effect. These plans are not intended to evaluate the contractor’s technical writing skills but are to inform the selection committee of the contractor’s resources to complete the required work.

C.1.3.1 The contractor shall be required to:

i Provide a treatment plan and schedule (Technical Proposal) that includes:

a. Product Removal – felling, skidding, processing and decking of forest products, hauling operations, and equipment involved.

b. Procurement plan and list of destinations to accommodate the purchase of material.

c. Temporary Road construction/rehabilitation – blading and brush clearing specifications, location, and equipment involved.

d. Workforce - The workforce that will complete the required work including the project supervisor.

e. Schedule for completion of objectives.

f. Safety Plan to include traffic control and identification of hazards.

ii Provide a Quality Control plan that includes the contractors inspection procedures to ensure project objectives are being met

C.1.4 Security of materials – The Contractor may leave their equipment at the work site. However, the Contractor shall be responsible for the equipment if it should be lost, stolen, or damaged.

C.1.5 Boundaries -. Harvest Unit Boundaries (Exhibit A – Unit Map) are designated ORANGE paint and “BOUNDARY OF TIMBER RESERVE” posters facing into the harvest unit.

C.1.6 Fire Precautions - See Section H.2.0

C.1.7 Unique Features of Project Area - See Section J.

C.2 DEFINITIONS

C.2.1 Bearing Tree – a tree used as a reference monument to locate a property corner.

C.2.2 Brush - vegetation consisting of shrub species with single or multi-stems originating at or near ground level.

C.2.3 DBH – diameter of the tree at breast height, measured at a point 4 ½ feet above the ground from the uphill side of the tree.

C.2.4 Hazardous trees - standing live or dead trees, with evidence of insect infestation, deterioration, or physical damage to the root system, trunk, or stem. The degree and direction of lean is also an important factor when determining if a tree is a hazard.

C.2.5 Large woody debris - dead and down pieces of wood.

C.2.6 Leave Tree or Reserve Tree – trees specified to be left in accordance with Section C.

Additional leave trees may be specified on project maps.

C.2.7 Merchantable Material: All woody debris greater than or equal to 4 inches small end diameter and at least 10 feet long

C.2.8 Slash – any non-merchantable material which has been cut by the Contractor and will not be hauled to a utilization center, as well as all broken tops, limbs, damaged reproduction, saplings, poles which were caused as a result of felling and yarding operations.

C.2.9 Timber - standing trees which are capable of being measured in board feet and cubic feet.

C.2.10 Yarding – the conveyance of logs or trees or portions thereof, by ground based, cable, balloon, or helicopter yarding systems from the area of falling or cutting to the landing or loading point for removal.

C.2.11 Timber/vegetative sales contract and/or notice - the agency-specific authorized contract instrument for the sale, barter, exchange, billing or other compensation for the payment, removal, and/or transportation of woody biomass material.

C.2.12 Contracting Officer - the Bureau of Land Management official who would have authority to execute this contract and delegate authority to take action in connection with this contract.

C.2.13 Contracting Officer Representative (COR) – the Bureau of Land Management official that will ensure the contractors meet the commitment of their contract. Questions and approvals will be directed to the designated COR handling this contract.

C.3 CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, labor, supervision, equipment with qualified operators, transportation, supplies (other than Government furnished property), and incidentals required to finish the project.

C.3.1 Crew Requirements

State Safety regulations require that crew members shall not work alone and that accessibility to emergency transportation is to be provided by the Contractor at all times.

i. Also see Fire Danger Season H.2.0 for more crew requirements

C.3.2 Supervisor Requirements

The project supervisor(s) shall be named in writing at the pre-work conference. Designate one

English- speaking supervisor for each crew. This person shall be capable of speaking and reading English well enough to ensure good communications with the Project Inspector. Any group of people without such an individual will not be considered a crew. One supervisor shall supervise no more than a maximum of 12 crew members at any one time. Any changes in supervisory designations must be submitted in writing to the COR at least 24 hours prior to the change taking effect.

C.3.3 Equipment and Materials

The Contractor shall provide traffic control signs to provide for the safety of the public along existing roadways in the project area. (See Section H.16 Safety)

The Contractor shall provide any labor and materials to meet or exceed Wyoming Best

Management Practices (BMP’s).

The Contractor shall provide native grass seed for use in erosion control. See Section C.5.3.3

Prior to the termination of this contract, the contractor shall submit to the COR a “Log Scale and Disposition of Timber Removed Report” (Form 5460-15) which shall be executed by the

Contractor. In addition, the Contractor is required under the terms of this contract to retain for a three-year period from the date of termination of the contract the records of all sales or transfer of logs involving wood products from the sale for inspection and use of the

Government.

C.3.4 Equipment

Equipment will be described in the Technical Proposal and will be approved by the COR.

C.4 GOVERNMENT – FURNISHED PROPERTY

C.4.1 Project maps showing features; i.e. boundaries, reserve areas, unique features, and unit payment acreage based on horizontal distance.

C.5 SPECIFIC TASKS

C.5.1 Schedule A, Service Work

C.5.1.1 001 – Road Maintenance

i. See Exhibit A – Road Maintenance maps

ii. Road Repair and Maintenance (Exhibit A Road Maintenance map)

a. Contractor must only haul on roads that are dry or frozen

b. Contractor is responsible for maintaining the road to pre-haul or better condition

c. Contractor shall grade the road once hauling is complete

iii. If the Contractor chooses to winter log, all plowing and snow removal will be the responsibility of the contractor

iv. All roads must remain open to traffic year-round.

v. Contractor must follow all county restrictions enroute to any destination during thaw/breakup. Any damage to county roads is the sole responsibility of contractor.

vi. USFS, WYSF, State or county permits for hauling logs or heavy equipment is the sole responsibility of contractor. The Contractor is responsible for any delays in contract performance due to access into the contract area.

C.5.1.2 Item 002 – Ground based logging

i. Unit 1

a. Cut all dead trees greater than 6” diameter at breast height (DBH)

b. Up to 3 trees greater than 6” DBH can be left per acre

ii. Unit 2: South Ridge Fire

a. Thin from above to a 30 basal area

b. All cut trees shall be 8” DBH or greater

iii. Unit 3

a. Cut all dead trees greater than 8” DBH

b. Up to 3 trees greater than 8” DBH can be left per acre

iv. Slash Guidelines for all units

a. All slash generated from processing will be redistributed onto skid trails and steep slopes

b. Redistributed slash depth shall not exceed 18”

c. No slash will be placed on existing roads or ATV trails

d. No slash piles shall be generated

C.5.2 Schedule B Commercial Product Removal – Item 002A Sawlogs/Products Other than

Logs (POL)

C.5.2.1 Item 003 and 004: Sawlogs & Biomass

i. Utilization Standards

a. All trees designated for cutting will be cut, processed, and hauled off site by the end of the period of performance

b. All limbs will be removed and redistributed per slash guidelines above

C.5.2.2 Unit Prescriptions for merchantable material

i. Specifications required for all units:

a. All trees designated for cutting shall be cut so that the resulting stump height does not exceed 12” measured on the uphill side.

b. All stumps shall be severed and left in the ground

c. Trees painted in orange or flagged shall not be cut

C.5.3 Technical Requirements

C.5.3.1 Cutting and Yarding Requirements

i. Operations will only be allowed when ground is dry or frozen

ii. All operations shall be conducted in such a way as to avoid damaging reserved merchantable trees. Reserved merchantable trees with 144 square inches of damage will be cut and yarded by the contractor

iii. Yarding within all harvest units shall be done with tractors, rubber-tired skidders, or other logging system approved by the COR

C.5.3.2 Temporary Roads

i. Contractor must provide a detailed Technical Proposal, including temporary road plans, and get approval and signature from COR before work begins.

ii. Temporary roads that go through existing fence shall have gates installed and these gates must only be opened to drive through and then immediately closed again.

iii. Temporary roads will be reclaimed following Wyoming BMP’s before completion of contract.

C.5.3.3 Log Landing and Skid Trails

i. Landing shall have no slash piles and slash left from processing shall not exceed 18” depth

ii. Any temporary skidder trails or jump spurs constructed on BLM surface must be to

WY State Forestry BMP’s, fully abandoned to WY State Forestry BMP’s.

iii. Minimum spacing of skid trails is 100 feet, unless a reduced spacing is approved by the COR.

iv. Priority shall be given to existing skid trails.

v. The Contractor shall scarify or rip and furnish and apply grass seed to all landing areas where soil disturbance occurs, and as directed by the COR. Grass seed shall be applied upon completion and approval of final inspection. The Contractor shall apply the seed uniformly on the designated areas at a rate of 15 pounds per acre. Seed which has become wet or moldy or otherwise damaged will not be accepted.

vi. All seed used shall meet all requirements of the Federal Seed Act (7 U.S.C., Section

551- 1610) and the seed laws and noxious weed laws of Wyoming. Evidence of the seed certification shall be furnished at the request of the COR.

C.5.4 Hauling of Merchantable Material

C.5.4.1 This is a lump sum sale where material does not need to be weighed by a state certified scale. However, prior to the termination of this contract, the contractor shall submit to the COR a “Log Scale and Disposition of Timber Removed Report” (Form 5460-15) which shall be executed by the Contractor. In addition, the Contractor is required under the terms of this contract to retain for a three-year period from the date of termination of the contract the records of all sales or transfer of logs involving wood products from the sale for inspection and use of the Government.

C.5.4.2 Each truck load of merchantable material shall have the last three digits of the contract number and “BLM” painted conspicuously on the rear of the loaded logs, so in such manner as can be viewed from another vehicle at highway speed. No load may leave

BLM administered lands without being painted as described above.

C.5.4.3 Contractor vehicles shall stop when requested by the Government to verify products in

Species Pounds per Acre Thickspike Wheatgrass

Bluebunch wheatgrass

4.6

Blue grama

Or Needleandthread

1.0

Prairie coneflower

0.8

White or purple prairie clover

Rocky Mountain beeplant

Total 15 transit.

C.5.5 Camping and Worksite Conditions

C.5.5.1 The contractor or their employees, upon documented permission from the COR, may establish temporary work camps on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land

Management. Camps shall be kept tidy and free of refuse. These camps may consist of mobile trailers, pickup campers, tent trailers, or tents. If camping in other than self-contained trailers and or campers, the camp must also have a regularly serviced “porta-pottie” on site for each 3 employees camping. All food needs to be stored in bear proof containers to avoid conflicts that could arise with improper food storage. The contractor shall be required to rehabilitate the camping area to the satisfaction of the COR. Camps are subject to all fire restrictions placed by state, county or federal authorities.

C.5.6 Log Export Restriction

C.5.6.1 All commercial product to be removed by the Contractor under the terms of this contract is restricted from export from the United States in the form of unprocessed commercial product and is prohibited from being used as a substitute for exported private commercial product. For the purpose of this contract, unprocessed commercial product is defined as

(1) any logs except those of utility grade or below, such as sawlogs, peeler logs, and pulp logs; (2) cants or squares to be subsequently remanufactured exceeding eight and three-quarters (8-3/4) inches in thickness; (3) split or round bolts or other roundwood not processed to standards and specifications suitable for end-product uses; or (4) western redcedar lumber which does not meet lumber of American Lumber Standards Grades of

Number 3 dimension or better, or Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau R-List Grades of

Number 3 Common or better. Thus, commercial product manufactured into the following will be considered processed: (1) lumber and construction commercial volume, regardless of size, manufactured to standards and specifications suitable for end product uses; (2) chips, pulp and pulp products; (3) green or dry veneer and plywood; (4) poles and piling cut or treated for use as such; (5) cants, squares, and lumber cut for remanufacturing of eight and three-quarters (8-3/4) inches in thickness or less; (6) shakes and shingles. The Contractor shall maintain and upon request to furnish the following information:

a. Date of last export sale.

b. Volume of commercial product contained in last export sale

c. Volume of commercial product exported in the past twelve (12) months from the date of last export sale.

d. Volume of Federal commercial product purchased and/or removed in the past twelve

(12) months from date of last export sale.

e. Volume of commercial product exported in the succeeding twelve (12) months from date of last export sale.

f. Volume of Federal commercial product commercial product purchased and/or removed in the succeeding twelve (12) months from date of last export sale.

C.5.6.2 In the event the Contractor elects to sell any or all of the commercial volume to be removed under this contract in the form of unprocessed commercial product, the

Contractor shall require each party buying, exchanging, or receiving such commercial volume to execute a "Certificate as to Nonsubstitution and Domestic Processing of

Timber." The original of such certification shall be filed with the COR. Additionally, when the other party is an affiliate of the Contractor, the Contractor will be required to update information under item (2) of Form 5450-17 (Export Determination) and file the form with the COR.

C.5.6.3 In the event an affiliate of the Contractor has exported private commercial volume within twelve (12) months prior to purchasing or otherwise acquiring Federal commercial volume to be removed under this contract, the Contractor shall, upon request, obtain from the affiliate information in the form specified by the COR and furnish the information to the COR.

C.5.6.4 Prior to the closing of this contract, the Contractor shall submit to the COR a completed

Form 5460-15 (Log Scale and Disposition of Timber Removed Report). In addition, the

Contractor shall retain for a three-year period from the date of closing of the contract the records of all sales or transfer of logs involving commercial volume removed from the contract area for inspection and use of the Bureau of Land Management.

PASSAGE OF TITLE AND RISK OF LOSS

Inspection of Commercial Volume and Disclaimer of Warranty

a. The Contractor warrants that this contract is accepted and executed on the basis of its examination and inspection of the commercial volume material to be removed under this contract and its opinion of the value thereof.

b. Government expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness of the commercial volume for any purpose; all commercial volume to be removed hereunder is accepted as is without any warranty of merchantability by Government. Any warranty as to the quantity or quality of the commercial volume be removed hereunder is expressly disclaimed by the

Government. Refund to or recovery by the Contractor for failure of passage of title to any commercial volume to be removed hereunder shall not exceed the value of such commercial volume computed at prices per unit for species involved as set forth in

Schedule B.

Passage of Title and Risk of Loss

Title to commercial volume to be removed under this contract shall remain in

Government and shall not pass to the Contractor until such commercial volume has an equal value earned in the form of Stewardship Credits and removed from the contract area. Unless cut commercial volume is to be removed under this contract risk of loss shall be borne by the Contractor after the commercial volume is cut; Provided, however, that if loss results from a fire which was not caused by the Contractor, its subcontractors, or the employees of any of them, the risk of loss shall be borne by the party holding title.

If cut commercial volume is to be removed under this contract, risk of loss shall be borne by the party holding title. Risk of loss to Government shall not exceed the value of such commercial volume computed at the prices per unit for the species involved as set forth in Schedule B. Nothing herein shall be construed to relieve either party from liability for any breach of contract or any wrongful or negligent act. As used in this section, the term cut commercial volume refers only to commercial volume which has been felled, bucked, or otherwise severed by direct human activity prior to the date this contract was entered into.

C.5.7 Resource Protection

C.5.7.1 The Contractor shall, prior to initial move-in to the contract area, pressure wash all equipment used in the contract area or on BLM property under this contract. This wash requirement excludes contractor pickups and transport vehicles, low boy trucks delivering equipment, dump trucks and others delivering rock or materials to the contract area. This wash shall remove all soil material that may contain weed seeds from the equipment.

Contractor shall notify the COR three (3) days prior to inspection, which will then inspect said equipment prior to entering sale area. If equipment is being used on adjacent private ground, it can be inspected by the BLM before going to the private sale and can be moved onto BLM ground without being removed and re power washed.

C.5.7.2 Any equipment which develops leaks of lubricants or fuels shall be removed immediately from the work area. Fuel equipment 150 feet from any stream channel, or as far away as is practically possible as determined by the Contracting Officer.

C.6.0 CONSTRAINTS

Listed below are constraints associated with this stewardship project. These items can be reviewed at the BLM Buffalo Field Office or on the web at http://beta.sam.gov

BLM Buffalo Field Office 1425 Fort St.

Buffalo, WY 82834

Telephone : 307 – 684 - 1100

Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time

Environmental Assessment: Billy Creek Timber Sales DOI-BLM-WY-P070-2020-0096-EA

C.7.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

See Section F.

(End of Section C)

SECTION D – PACKAGING AND MARKING

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SECTION E – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1.0 INSPECTION

E.1.1 The Contractor shall provide quality control to assure that work complies with requirements of contract specifications.

E.1.2 Contract Administrator or BLM staff will conduct audits of meeting prescription throughout timber sale contract, poor performance or not meeting prescription could result in contract cancellation and/or retention of performance bond.

E.2.0 PAYMENT – The value of the commercial fiber will offset some or all of the value of the service work to be performed. If payment is to be made to the contractor for work performed, the payment will be made in accordance with FAR clause 52.212-4.

E.3.0 STEWARDSHIP CREDITS

Stewardship Credits (SC) are credits that are earned for Schedule A tasks that have been performed and accepted but not paid to the Contractor. The credits are applied to Schedule B forest products volume value as product is removed

E.4.0 ESTABLISHMENT OF STEWARDSHIP CREDITS

SC will be established for the number of units of each activity that have been completed and accepted. Acceptance may be for all, or a reasonable portion of, any specific activity. SC will not be established for work that is in progress that has not been accepted by the Government.

http://beta.sam.gov/

E.5.0 PERFORMANCE BOND

A performance bond shall be filed by contractor on or before the date this contract is signed by the Contracting Officer in the amount of $5,000.

Performance bond may be (1) bond of a corporate surety shown on approval list issued by the

United States Treasury Department and executed on an approved standard form, (2) personal surety bond executed on an approved standard form if Government determines principals and bondsman are capable of carrying out the terms of the contract, (3) cash bonds, (4) negotiable securities of the United States, or (5) any guaranteed remittance approved by the Contracting

Officer.

The performance bond shall be forfeited to the amount of damages, as determined by the

Contracting Officer, if all contract provisions are not faithfully and fully performed by

Contractor. If the amount of damages exceeds the amount of the bond, Contractor hereby agrees to pay the excess. Upon satisfactory performance of all provisions of this contract, the bond shall be cancelled or, if cash or negotiable securities are furnished in lieu of a performance bond, such cash or negotiable securities shall be returned to Contractor. In event of litigation, any determination by the Contracting Officer as to the amount of damages will be subject to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.

E.6.0 EXCESS COMMERCIAL VALUE

After award, if the Contractor obtains approval from the Contracting Officer or their designated representative to perform the forest products Removal (Section B, Schedule B) in advance of the Service Work (Section B, Schedule A), a one hundred percent (100%) payment of the forest products Volume value (Section B, Schedule B) intended to be removed shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer or their designated representative prior to commencing removal. The Contractor must have payment coverage for all product removal in advance of the service work. The removal work shall not exceed the payment value submitted. The payment may be in the form of (1) a bond of a corporate surety shown on the approved list issued by the United States Treasury Department and executed on an approved standard form; (2) personal surety bond, executed on an approved standard for if the COR determines the principals and bondsmen are capable of carrying out the terms of the contract; (3) cash payment for future refund; (4) negotiable securities of the United States; or

(5) any guaranteed remittance approved by the COR. The payment will be retained until service work equal to the value of the products removed has been completed and accepted.

If at completion of the contract, the value of the included commercial volume (Section B, Schedule B) exceeds the total value of the service work (Section B, Schedule A) for which the contractor has completed services and no payment is available for the net revenue, the contractor shall be assessed a contract debt and make payment for the excess commercial volume value. A modification will be issued to reflect the net payment due to the Government and instruct the Contractor on how to make payment to the BLM Collections and Billing

System (CBS).

E.7.0 INVOICING

The Contractor shall provide a certified invoice to the Government for each portion of work for which credit/payment will be given. In addition to the contract number, contractor name, address, invoice number and invoice date, each invoice shall clearly identify the specific work being invoiced, the line item under which the work was required and performed, amount invoiced under each line item, and certification of the invoice. Invoices shall be processed and paid in accordance with FAR clause 52.212-4.

(End of Section E)

SECTION F – DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

September 29, 2025 to June 1, 2027.

The following clause is incorporated by reference:

Clause Title Date

52.242-15 Stop Work Order Aug 1989

(End of Section F)

SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1.0 The BLM is required to return the name, address, and tax identification number of each person/contractor that the agency enters into a contract with during the calendar year, to include any other information the Secretary of the Treasury may require. Contractor will receive an IRS Form 1099-MISC entitled “Miscellaneous Income” for each tax (calendar) year. All forms of income to the Contractor under a stewardship contract is anticipated to be taxable, including consideration received from forest products.

G.1.1 BLM CONTACTS:

Brittney Linford – Contracting Officer

E-Mail: blinford@blm.gov

The Contracting Officer’s Representative shall be designated at time of award.

G.1.2 FEDERAL HOLIDAYS

Holidays observed by the contractor shall include all legal holidays observed by the

Government. These holidays are:

New Year's Day Martin Luther King Day Columbus Day President's Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Veterans' Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Juneteenth

G.1.3 DOI-AAAP-0028 ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS –

INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP) (APRIL 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the

Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov .

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: as determined at the task order level.

The vendor shall upon invoicing through the internet payment platform, attach a copy of their mailto:blinford@blm.gov http://www.ipp.gov/ regular vendor invoice by utilizing the attachments feature on the lower right hand corner of the invoicing screen to substantiate requests for payment. The vendor invoice shall be readable in Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or Microsoft Word.

1. Name & address of the Contractor.

2. Invoice date & number.

3. Contract number, contract line item number and, if applicable, the order number.

4. Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price and extended price of the services delivered.

5. Name, title, and phone number of person to notify in event of defective invoice.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in

CCR) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(FRBB) within 3-5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting

Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(End of Section G)

SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1.0 PRODUCT VALUE REAPPRAISAL

The rates in Section B, Schedule B may be reappraised at the request of the contractor when a market fluctuation of ≥ 20 % occurs. An index such as the Chicago Mecantile Exchange softwood lumber futures contract or a state or regional index/publication commonly used for timber sale appraisals shall be identified and documented before contract solicitation to establish a basis for triggering a reappraisal. A baseline will be established upon award of the contract from the most current price of the selected index. (Note the source of the prices used for the appraisal does not have to be the same source used for the baseline. In some cases, appraisals are obtained by calling mills for a current pond value. It may not be feasible to directly monitor mill prices to determine precise and objective market fluctuations.) Product price shall be adjusted by obtaining the current price from the appraisal data source and calculating the difference between that and the price used for the original appraisal. The difference will be applied to the contract through a modification and a new baseline will be established from the current price at that time. In some cases the Schedule B price will be a value less than the value of the adjustment and will require a modification to add a service bid item to account for the market impact. At no time will the product value be less than $0.01. In instances where product removal has already begun and a proportion of the volume from

Schedule B has been transported off the project, the COR shall determine what proportion has been removed. The reappraised price will not be applied to the volume that has already been transported. Any further failure to agree on the pricing will be handled under the clause entitled “Disputes.”

H.2.0 FIRE DANGER SEASON

H.2.1 The following equipment will be provided and maintained by the Contractor on the mailto:ippgroup@bos.frb.org contract area year-round:

a. Firefighting tools maintained in serviceable condition shall be kept at each active landing or in each piece of equipment. Fire tools must include shovels and other scraping tools.

b. Each unit of mobile or stationary equipment, including trucks of 23,000 GVW or greater, engaged in commercial activities operating on the contract area or over roads leading to the contract area must be equipped with one operable fire extinguisher or a dry chemical type of not less than 2-1/2 pounds (1.125 kilogram) capacity with 4 BC or higher rating.

c. Power saw operators shall maintain in their immediate possession a fully charged operable fire extinguisher and a serviceable round pointed #0 shovel or larger. The extinguisher shall be a liquid chemical type of at least 8 ounces (224 grams) capacity or a dry chemical type of at least 1 pound (0.454 kilogram capacity). Fueling of a saw shall be done in an area which has been cleared of all flammable organic material.

Saws shall be moved at least 10 feet from the place of fueling before engine is started.

d. Power saws must be equipped with a muffler and screen type spark arrestor in accordance with the standards set forth in the U.S. Forest Service Spark Arrestor

Guide. Power saws used in commercial activities and purchased after December 31, 1980, must also be equipped with a muffler system conforming to the Society of

Automotive Engineers Standard J-335b, as set forth in the U.S. Forest Service Spark

Arrestor Guide.

e. Exhaust driven turbochargers qualify as efficient spark arresters provided all exhaust gases pass through the turbine impeller. The turbine impeller must always be turning and there may be no exhaust bypass. A straight-mechanical-driven supercharger does not qualify.

i. All internal combustion engines operated on forested lands must be equipped with an approved and effective spark arresting device.

ii. Motorbikes, trail cycles, scooters, and other mobile vehicles of this type and all stationary internal combustion engine-driven equipment used on the contract area or over roads leading to the contract area, must be equipped with spark arresting devices listed as approved in the U.S. Forest Service Spark Arrestor Guide. Spark arresting devices must be plainly marked with the manufacturer's name and model number and must be properly installed and maintained in accordance with the guide. Heavy trucks may have a vertical stack exhaust system and muffler, provided the exhaust stack extends above the cab of the vehicle.

H.2.2 Fire watch

a. From June 1st to October 15th a one-hour fire watch is required to be on duty for 1 hour after the last shutdown of power-driven equipment for the day, or during times when NFDR as displayed by Casper Interagency dispatch by zone in which work is conducted is moderate or above.

b. Fire watch must be physically capable and experienced in operating any firefighting tools, or equipment on-site.

c. Furnished with adequate transportation and communications to report a fire.

d. Must be able to visually inspect area work was done during the day.

H.2.3 The Contractor shall attempt, to the best of its ability and training, to extinguish all fires started by Contractor, its agents, or employees.

H.2.4 The Contractor shall promptly report any fires to Casper Interagency Dispatch 1-800-

295-9952 or call 911

H.2.5 The Contractor is responsible for complying with all State, Local, county, and/or Federal fire restrictions, or emergency closures given by COR in the interest of public safety.

H.2.6 The COR and his/her contract administrators or designated BLM employee shall regularly inspect all precautionary fire equipment and required fire protection practices contained within this fire protection section.