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00010 IDIQ MEDFORD FUELS

Base Year 09/01/2022 to 08/31/2023

Product/Service Code: F014

Product/Service Description: NATURAL

RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- TREE THINNING

Period of Performance: 09/01/2022 to 08/31/2023

00020 IDIQ MEDFORD FUELS

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Period of Performance: 09/01/2026 to 08/31/2027

This project is set-aside for Total Small

Businesses.

The NAICS code for this project is 115310. The small business size standard is $20.5 Million in average annual receipts. Only offers from firms that are certified to meet both Small Business status and the size standard will be considered.

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140L3722R0017 award one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ), Firm Fixed Price Services contract for

Fuels Management Services. Coverage area primarily in Southern Oregon within a radius of 3 hours from the city limits of Medford and Grants

Pass, Oregon, within the Medford District.

The types of work will include all activities to maintain a healthy forest environment activity involved, but not limited to, treatments such as slashing, brushing, thinning, pullback, lopping and scatter, pruning, chipping, piling, covering piles, fuel break construction and burning activities are contemplated under this contract.

The Maximum allowed to be ordered against all contracts $35,000,000.00, the expected IDIQ term is 5 years.

LOCATION: Coverage area primarily in Southern

Oregon within a radius of 3 hours from the city limits of Medford and Grants Pass, Oregon, within the Medford District.

Solicitation Release Date:

Set-Aside: This project 100% set aside for Small

Business.

Response Location: Offers will be accepted through email only. Please hold any technical questions until after review of the solicitation.

The technical contact information will be listed in the solicitation. The purpose of this notice is to meet the FAR 5.201. It is the contractor¿s responsibility to monitor the SAM.gov website for solicitation and amendments.

NSN 7540-01-152-8067 OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)

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140L3722R0017 Medford District IDIQ

SECTION A – SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

Please see the attached solicitation 140L3722R0017

This is for one (1), Multiple Year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm Fixed Price Services Contract for Fuels Management Services. Coverage area primarily in Southern Oregon within a radius of 3 hours from the city limits of Medford and Grants Pass, Oregon, within the Medford District.

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1 PRICING SCHEDULE

Please see Attachment 2 – Schedule B Schedule B includes Section 1-Pricing Schedule, service descriptions and levels of service

B.2 SERVICES – DESCRIPTIONS AND LEVEL

Please see Attachment 2 – Schedule B Schedule B includes Section 1-Pricing Schedule, service descriptions and levels of service

B.3 CONTRACT TYPE

This is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract; with provions to issue Firm Fixed-Priced (FFP) task orders.

B.4 MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNTS-INDEFINITE QUANTITY

Pursunt to FAR 52.216-2 “Indefinite Quantity”, the minimum for this indefinite quantity contract shall be any quantity or combination of supples and services equial to the amount(s) set forth below.

The guaranteed minimum this IDIQ contract is $50,000.00 for the five-year period of performance.

The maximum contract amount for this IDIQ contract, for the five year period of performance, shall be any quantity or combination of supplies and services equal to $35,000,000.00.

B.5 ORDERING

The quantities listed are the representative proportion of each difficulty level anticipated throughout the contract, for evaluation purposes only. Offerors shall enter a unit price for each subitem then multiply the unit price by the estimated quantity to obtain the total amount. These prices will be used to determine the price for each task order. Section C, Description/Specification/Work Statement.

In accordance with Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 2001, Public Law 106-291, Contracting Officers from the BLM NIFC are hereby authorized to issue task orders against this contract. Section G addresses ordering authority and procedures for issuance and administration of task orders.

The contractor is responsible for being in compliance with all State of Oregon laws and regulations throughout the duration of this contract.

RFQ’s may require a work plan submission. The work plan is the Contractor’s overall estimate for the competion of the work and shall include the estimated date of commencement of work and any necessary revision to the Government’s requested schedule of performance.

To the maximum extent possible, site visits shall be held prior to the Task Order pricing submission. However, in no event shall failure of the offeror to visit the site prior to submitting pricing result in any change in pricing due to site conditions.

Following the evaluations of submitted quotes, the Contracting Officer shall issue a written Task Order for services to the awardee on an OF 347 Order for Supplies or Services or other authorized form. All Task Orders shall be issued in writing by an authorized warranted Contracting officer identified herein, to the Contractor, designating the required work to be completed, delivery dates, and any required deliverables. More than one TO may be issued concurrently. TOs issued under the IDIQ shall be firm-fixed price. The task orders shall be sent via e-mail to the offeror.

The Contractor shall incur costs under this contract only in the performance of Task Orders and modifications to Task Orders issued in accordance with this ordering procedure. No other costs are authorized without the express prior written of the Contractoring Officer.

The Government reserves the right to issue Task Orders on a unilateral basis at the prices offered when it is considered in the best interest of the Government to do so and meets the requirements under the fair opportunity requirements found in FAR

16.5. Orders shall be placed in accordance with FAR 16.505.

When performance time is of the essence (emergency requirement), the Contractoring Officer may issue an oral Task Order for an immediate response requirement. The verbal order shall only be issued after confirmation of availability of appropriated funds. A confirmation e-mail shall be sent by the authorizing Contracing Officer to the Contractor verifying the specifics of the verbal order. A written task order shall be issued as soon as possible by the Contracting Officer ans sent to the Contractor. The Contractor shall submit the required work plan information (see Section 20.0) within 5 calendar days from the date of receipt of the verbal order.

Any and all task orders issued under any resultant contract shall be issued during the term of the contract. Each task order shall identify a firm completion date for the project.

All Contracting Officers ordering services under this agreement shall supply a full copy of the task order to the BLM responsible Contracting Officer located at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), Boise, Idaho.

B.6 IDIQ LIMITS

The minimum of this IDIQ is $50,000.00 The Maximum of this IDIQ is $35,000,000.00

B.7 EXTENT OF OBLIGATION

The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under this IDIQ. Requests for services will be made in writing only.

B.8 INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE UNDER THIS IDIQ

The BLM, Contracting Officers located in the NIFC Office are the only individuals authorized to place task orders under this

IDIQ.

B.9 TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Contractor shall perfom the work identified in Section C in accordance with the terms and conditions of this solicitation and resultant IDIQ contract. However, an individual Performance Work Statement (PWS) shall be issued at the task order level, and the PWS will be specifically tailered to meet the unique needs of each task order project. Individual task order PWS’s will be created directly from the PWS enclosed under Section C of this solicitation.

The contractor shall furnish all personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, supplies, and services (except as may be expressly set forth in individual task orders furnished by the government), and otherwise complete all work necessary for, or incident to, the satisfactory performance of he resultant IDIQ contract. Under the resultant IDIQ contract, the contractor shall provide the items of work required to fulfull the requirements of the Performance Work Statement and as called for under Task Order issued hereunder.

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SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

FUELS MANAGEMENT OREGON

1.0 General

1.1 INTRODUCTION:

This PWS identifies the types of related technical services and activities that may be requested and are to be furnished in support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mission pertaining to Fuels Management on BLM managed land. This IDIQ contract shall have requirements by BLM Offices located in Oregon. Provided in Section 4.0, Scope, are the types of fuels management services that may be perfomed or worked on under this Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

1.2 Background - Project areas are reforestation areas, natural and managed stands of timber woodlands, shrubfields, or grass areas of all ages, size, and species. Fuels will consist of harvest activity slash and natural fuels, live fuels, piled fuels and slashed shrubs and trees. Fuel loadings range from less than ½ ton per acre to as high as 100 tons or more per acre. Treatments such as brushing, piling, fuel hazard modification, and prescribed fire have been shown to reduce the risk of wildland fire and the severity of fires that do occur. It is the objective of this contract to treat fuels present on identified units to reduce fuel loading and optimize the treatment of those fuels to the most effective burning period.

1.3 Scope - The services in this contract are designed to provide for wildfire hazard reduction, prescribed burning and mop-up, and related services. This contract requires vegetation manipulation, burn unit preparation, prescribed burning and mop-up in compliance with its terms, specifications and provisions. This includes the Contractor formulating and preparing written burn plans for submission and approval by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR); determining when specific burn units are within prescription parameters through field checks of fuel moisture percentages; providing all required crew members, supervision and making all prescribed burn operational decisions ranging from determining that site specific unit conditions are within approved burn plan parameters, through ignition and holding operations, mop-up and patrol until released by the COR. This includes furnishing labor, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform all work necessary to conduct slashing, lop and scatter, pruning, density management area construction, hand piling and cover, prescribed fire plan preparation, fireline construction and maintenance, fuels pullback, prescribed burning and mop-up, additional mop-up, snag felling, roadblock removal/restoration. Supervision for prescribed burning requires a qualified burn boss, firing boss, and holding boss for the complexity level of each burn. Standard classifications of positions on fire projects are defined in the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Wildland Fire Qualifications Subsystem Guide (PMS 310-1, NFES 1414) which is available under “Qualifications” at the following website: http://www.nwcg.gov.

1.4 Location of Project Areas -The work will be performed primarily in southern Oregon within a radius of 3 hours travel time from the city limits of Medford and Grants Pass.

1.5 Boundaries of Project Areas - The project areas are generally identifiable as logged units, by changes in vegetation, roads, or flagging. The boundaries can be adjacent timber stands, recent harvest units, property line boundaries, or other natural or manmade features that clearly define the boundary as noted on the project area maps.

1.6 Access to Project Areas

1.6.1 Access is by all-weather and seasonal roads. Seasonal roads may be impassable for several days after heavy rains, or snow-blocked during the winter months.

1.6.2 Contractors accessing project areas via private land shall obtain permission to travel over private lands unless the Government has already obtained access from the private land. Otherwise, the Contractor shall provide the http://www.nwcg.gov/

Government a written statement or written documentation of verbal approval given by a named person on a stated date and time that the contractor has been granted permission to travel over private lands.

1.6.3 Access to individual project areas may be through locked gates. Access behind locked gates shall be for the purpose of conducting work under this contract only. Locked gates shall remain locked at all times other than when the Contractor is passing through them unless other arrangements are approved by the COR.

1.6.4 A key for access to locked gates may be supplied to the Contractor at issuance of a task order. Supplying the Contractor a key for access is at the discretion of the COR. The key shall be returned to the COR in a usable condition before final payment is made. The Contractor will be charged $40.00 for each key lost or returned in an unusable condition.

1.6.5 When two or more locks are present on a gate, the Contractor shall secure the lock so that access is not restricted nor prevent the unlocking of other locks on the gate.

1.7 Unique Features of Project Areas - Standing timber, wildlife trees and snags may be present within the project sites.

Research plots or special protection buffers may be located within the project boundaries. These may have seasonal restrictions on operations, and can not be disturbed during project treatments.

1.8 Wildfire Guidelines and Procedure - If, in the judgment of the COR, a slopover that occurs during ignition or mop-up cannot be contained with the personnel and equipment identified in the Countermeasures for Slopover element of the Prescribed Fire Plan, the COR will declare a wildland fire (see definition of wildland fire). Under this condition, the Contractor shall take immediate action to control, suppress and mop up the escaped fire. The Contractor and crew(s) shall work under the direct supervision of the Government and continue working until released by the Government. The COR will notify the responsible dispatch center and procedures specified in the Escapement Plan shall be implemented.

1.9 Smoke Management Clearance for Burning and/or Mop-up

1.9.1 The Government will provide smoke management clearance according to each agency’s policy and procedures in accordance with the Oregon Smoke Management Plan. Clearance is dependent upon weather conditions.

Weather conditions and number of units receiving burn clearance vary from season to season. The Government may not provide clearance for all units requested due to these reasons. Government agencies in southwestern Oregon support the effort to reduce problems in smoke sensitive areas, and agencies will not authorize prescribed burning when local conditions will not allow adequate smoke dispersion. The COR will determine when local conditions will prohibit burning.

1.9.2 It will be at the Government's option which units are ignited on any day(s) due to existing suppression contingencies, priorities of individual units, and smoke management.

1.10 Contractor Liability - ORS Chapter 477 will apply to all Contractor operations except prescribed burning. For prescribed fire, the Contractor shall be liable for suppression cost and resource damages only as a result of failure to follow the approved Prescribed Fire Plan.

1.11 Sequence of Work - The sequence of work in each task order may be determined in whole or part by the Government at the time of task order issue or at pre-work conference, and may be subject to change. The Contractor shall keep the COR or project inspector (PI) informed of crew(s) location(s). The Contractor shall contact the COR or PI when units are completed and when new units are begun.

1.12 Special Requirements

1.12.1 In order to comply with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinions the following restrictions shall apply if the Government detects Murrelet or Spotted Owl activity or nesting within or adjacent to the project area.

a. Murrelets - For projects within the thirty-five mile Murrelet zone, work activities above ambient noise levels occurring within 0.25 mile of unsurveyed suitable Murrelet habitat or known occupied sites, shall be scheduled to occur no earlier than two hours after sunrise and no later than two hours before sunset between April 1 and September 15.

b. Spotted Owls - Chain saw activity within 0.25 mile radius of a nest site or activity center of known pairs and resident singles shall be prohibited from March 1 through June 15. If the Government determines that a site has become active, a suspend work order will be issued for the area of activity until after June 15.

1.12.2 Port-Orford Cedar

a. In project areas where Port-Orford Cedar is present as stated in each applicable task order, sequential treatment of the areas shall take place so that areas that are uninfected and free of the pathogen Phytophthora lateralis (Pl) shall be treated first, and infected areas treated last. Areas will be surveyed by the Government prior to treatment to determine presence or absence of Pl and determine sequence to follow for treatment.

b. Access and egress routes and parking locations will be determined by the COR for all Port-Orford Cedar projects areas (areas having Port-Orford Cedar) and Pl areas (areas having Port-Orford Cedar and Pl).

c. Operations in Port-Orford Cedar and Pl areas will be confined to dry season from June 15 to October 15 except during rain events when water forms puddles in the roads or is running in ditch lines, unless otherwise authorized by the COR.

d. When treatments must occur during the rainy season or during rain events defined as when water forms puddles on the road, and access by vehicular traffic is required, the following guidelines shall be followed to prevent introduction of the pathogen to non-infected areas. If the vehicle, by visual examination by either the Contractor or the Government, has clods of mud or organic material present, then the vehicle shall require washing and removal of the mud or organic material before entering a Port-Orford Cedar area.

Entry into the area will not be allowed until this measure is followed. Prior to departure from a Pl area, the vehicle shall be washed and free of dirt or organic material upon leaving the treatment area.

2.0 TASK ORDERS (TOs):

2.1 The specific requirements for the services to be provided will be described in detail in the Performance Work Statements (PWSs) of the individual Task Orders (TOs). TOs will be performance-base and Firm Fixed Price (FFP).

2.2 Individual TOs will include all of the following unless identified otherwise in th PWS: a description and identification of the work to be performed; the standards, codes, or guidelines to be followed by the contractor in the performance of ork; and a schedule date for completion of the work. The contract shall provide all qualified personnel, equipment, and transportation necessary to perform the services described by each TO’s PWS.

2.3 The contractor is responsible for performing the services in the individual TOs by the specified schedule. The contractor shall be responsive to the BLM criteria, information, guidance; and reviews of the work performed.

2.4 Contractor Internal Management: The contract shall provide internal management of its own personnel and resources to accomplish the scope of work within the price and schedule negotiated for the TO.

2.5 TO’s shall be submitted to the contractor by e-mail from the contract specialist and/or contracting officer.

2.6.0 DEFINITIONS

Accessible - Road access to a unit. Unit will be considered accessible when Government-provided road access is within 1/2 mile of the unit.

Allowable Area - An area identified by the Government in the Prescribed Fire Plan where a fire outside the planned project perimeter will not be declared a wildland fire until it exceeds specified criteria, exceeds a stated target size or threatens the boundary of the allowable area. In such cases an escape does not need to be declared until the criteria in the Prescribed Fire Plan have been exceeded.

BEHAVE - Electronic fire spread model to determine flame length, rate of spread, heat per unit area, and fire line intensity.

Berm - An outer border of the fire control line.

Brush (or shrub) - See definition for shrub.

Broadcast Burning - Prescribed burning done within defined boundaries for reduction of fuel hazard and to meet resource management objectives.

Burn out - Setting fire inside a control line to consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line.

Burn Plan - Commonly used term for the Prescribed Fire Plan.

Clump - Single tree and/or shrub with multiple stems originating from one bole or root collar.

Complexity of Prescribed Fire Projects - The Government will evaluate and rate prescribed burn complexity based on the Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide (Attachment 8). The Guide considers three fire complexity factors: risk, potential consequences, and technical difficulty. Fourteen elements are assigned a Low, Moderate, or High complexity rating for each factor and a summary complexity is determined.

Complexity and Level of Difficulty are not synonymous. Burn complexity is one of several factors that influence Levels of Difficulty. A highly complex burn may not be a highly rated Level of Difficulty. All prescribed fire projects rated as complex shall require a prescribed fire burn boss rated as RXB1 and a firing boss rated as (FIRB).

Contingency Plan - Identification of actions to be taken if the fire exceeds prescription parameters and/or escapes perimeter lines and cannot be returned to prescription or contained with the resources identified in the Prescribed Fire Plan.

Control Line (fireline) - An inclusive term for all constructed or natural barriers and treated fire edges used to control a fire.

Crew Member - The individual responsible for performing field work aspects of this contract for non-prescribed fire activities including fireline construction, slashing and hand piling which usually involves the use of hand tools.

Crew Supervisor - A crew member who provides direction and supervision to fellow crew members during burn unit preparation or wildfire hazard reduction treatments. Is responsible for work accomplishment and performance in accordance with the requirements of the contract.

Cultural, Special Status, Survey & Manage and/or Threatened and Endangered (T&E) Sites - Locations where special protection or measures are required to preserve and protect cultural values and species of plants or animals in designated categories.

Cup Trench - A trench constructed on the outer edge of the undercut line, deep enough to catch rolling embers and cones on steep slopes.

DBH - Diameter measured at breast height, 4.5 feet above ground on the uphill side if the tree.

Duff - Decaying organic material found on the forest floor (all materials down to mineral soil).

Engine - Self-propelled unit equipped with a suitable tank, pump, hose, nozzle, plus other accessories necessary to be a well-equipped independent unit, including minimum required hose and hand tools for fire protection.

FBPS Fuel Models - There are over 40 fuel models used for estimating fire behavior as described by Anderson H.E., Aids to Determining Fuel Models For Estimating Fire Behavior, GTR INT-122/NFES 1574, April 1982 and Scott J.H., Standard Fire Behavior Fuel Models: A Comprehensive Set for Use with Rothermel’s Surface Fire Spread Model, RMRS-GTR-153, June 2005.

Firefighter 2 - FFT2 and Crew Boss - CRWB - Standard classifications of positions on fire projects as defined in the Wildland Fire Qualifications Subsystem Guide published by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, Publication Numbers PMS 310-1 and NFES 1414. Available under “Qualifications” at the following website:

http://www.nwcg.gov.

Fireline - See control line.

Firing - The intentional setting of fires to fuels during the ignition phase of prescribed burning.

Firing Boss (FIRB) – Formerly known as Ignition Specialist. FIRB oversees all aspects of ignition and provides direction to lighting crew during ignition of the unit. Standard classification of position on fire projects as defined in the Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide published by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, Publication Number PMS 310-1.

Flank Lines - A fire control line constructed on the side of the unit (running across contours, i.e. up or down the slope).

Hardwood - A broad-leaved tree which usually has a single well-defined trunk and/or is capable of attaining a height greater than 20 feet. Certain sprouting hardwood species may be in the form of multi-stemmed clumps.

Both mature trees and young regeneration currently less 20 feet in height are considered hardwoods. Species includes, but is not limited to, canyon live oak, chinkapin, bigleaf maple, madrone, tanoak and oak species.

Hazard - The existence of a fuel complex that constitutes a threat of wildfire ignition, unacceptable fire behavior and severity, or suppression difficulty.

Hazard Reduction - The planned treatment or manipulation of naturally growing vegetation or any other flammable material for the purpose of reducing rate of spread and output of heat energy from any wildfire occurring in the area treated.

Head Fire - A fire front spreading or set to spread with the wind or upslope.

Holding - Actions required to contain the fire within the natural or constructed fireline and prevent escapes and slopovers.

Holding Specialist - Formerly known as Holding Boss. The individual who provides direction to those personnel responsible for holding the line during the ignition and cool down period(s). Required individual qualifications are identified in the Prescribed Fire Plan and are based on the complexity of the burn.

Ignition - Fire started by hand, aerial, or other means.

Infrared (IR) Scan - A procedure that locates hot areas through hand held devices (probeye, Palm IR) and/or IR photography.

Jackpot - Concentration of slash or natural fuels, heavier than the surrounding areas.

Jackpot Burn - Burning jackpot fuels at a time or conditions that won't allow the fire to spread from the target area.

Ladder Fuels - Fuels that provide vertical continuity between the ground and the tree crowns, thus creating a pathway for surface fire to move into the overstory tree crowns.

Lateral Lines - Hose lays that provide water delivery off of the trunk or main line.

Leave Group - Multiple trees and/or shrubs selected according to the Item and/or task order specifications not to be slashed or cut within a designated area. Group would be defined by written instructions in task order.

Leave Trees or Shrubs or Leave Vegetation - Vegetation selected according to the Item and/or task order specifications not to be slashed or cut. May include conifers, hardwoods, shrubs, or clumps.

Litter - Needles, duff, twigs, cones and leaves.

Mainline - A hose lay which provides transportation of water from the source to lateral lines.

Maximum Management Area - See Allowable Area.

Mobilization - The act of delivering all ordered personnel and equipment to the project area.

Mop-up - To locate and physically extinguish by the efficient use of water, dirt, chemical agents, or any combination thereof, all burning, smoldering, or burned material.

Mop-Up Boss - The individual who provides direction to those personnel responsible for extinguishing the fire after ignition and holding are completed and until the COR accepts the unit.

Percent Cover - Portion of the project area beneath the dripline of vegetation to be cut as seen from an aerial photo type of view. Does not include reserve vegetation.

Prescribed Fire - Controlled application of fire to wildland fuels in either their natural or modified state, under specified environmental conditions which allow the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and at the same time to produce the intensity of heat and rate of spread required to attain planned resource management objectives.

Prescribed Fire Burn Boss 1, 2, or 3 (RXB1, RXB2, or RXB3) - Is responsible for the organizing and management of all personnel and equipment on the burn project and for meeting prescribed burn objectives.

Standard classifications of positions on fire projects are defined in the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Wildland Fire Qualifications Subsystem Guide (PMS 310-1, NFES 1414). Available under “Qualifications” at the following website: http://www.nwcg.gov.

Prescribed Fire Crew Member (FFT2 - Firefighter) - The individual responsible for performing prescribed fire-related aspects of this contract such as ignition, holding and mop-up.

Prescribed Fire Plan - Also called the Burn Plan. This is a written plan which includes burn area description, resource and prescribed fire objectives, fuels description, weather and fuel parameters, acceptable fire behavior, smoke management and other considerations, ignition schedule, ignition and holding plan, safety considerations, workforce and equipment needs, unit maps, escape contingency plan, crew briefing and go/no go checklist, and the complexity rating of the burn project. The plan shall be reviewed and approved prior to implementation. The approved plan constitutes the authority to burn, subject to paragraphs 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, and 1.12.

Project Area - The area being treated as identified by the task order.

Reburn - Open flames that develop after the ignition phase in fuels that have previously ignited.

Reserved Vegetation or Reserved Areas - Species of vegetation, vegetation size limits, locations, or all within a project area that are reserved from treatment. Reserve vegetation, vegetation size limits or areas can be designated by the Government with marking (paint, flagging, or sign), by written task order instructions, or contract specifications. The COR may designate additional reserve vegetation, vegetation size limits, or reserve areas. Reserved vegetation, vegetation size limits, and areas shall not be damaged or cut, and shall not be considered in the spacing of leave trees or shrubs.

Riparian or Riparian Reserve Buffer – A no-treatment area along a stream channel edge or outer edge of a riparian vegetation zone, whichever is larger, dependent on the stream classification.

Shrub (or brush) - Any vegetation consisting of woody perennial plant usually having single or multiple stems originating at or near the ground level and less than 25 feet in height.

Slash - Any cut vegetation or existing natural (dead and down) woody debris.

Slopover - Fire that crosses an established control line but can be contained by personnel, equipment, and in a location identified in the Prescribed Fire Plan (Countermeasures for Slopover).

Snag - A standing tree or part of a tree that is dead or has 10 percent or less live crown.

Spot Fire - Any fire located outside of the burn unit caused by airborne fire brands or radiated heat emitted from the prescribed fire.

Stream Channel - That area influenced by high water at the time of the year with the highest flow.

Surplus Vegetation - Includes trees and shrubs designated by the Government to be cut per 5.4.6.

Tons/Acre - Unit of measurement of fuel. May include one or more of the following items: slash, live vegetation, and duff.

Top Line - Fireline constructed on the top of the unit (running parallel to the contours, i.e. across the slope).

Trench - Cut at a 45-degree angle across the fireline to deflect burning material back into the burn.

Understory burn (underburn) - Prescribed burning executed within defined boundaries on an area which has an overstory of trees or shrubs. Prescribed burning is done beneath tree or shrub canopies to interrupt “ladder fuels” extending into the canopy for reduction of fuel hazard and to meet resource management objects.

Burning is accomplished in such a manner as to minimize the mortality of designated overstory vegetation.

Undercut Line (Underslung) - Fireline constructed on the bottom of the unit (running parallel to the contour, i.e.

across the slope).

Water Bar - Trenches cut at a 45-degree angle across the fireline to deflect water and reduce erosion.

Water Tender - Self-propelled unit equipped with suitable tank, pump, pump power unit, values, hose, suction line, plus other accessories as required under Subitem N9.

Wildland Fire - An escaped prescribed fire is a wildland fire. The COR determines that an escape exists based on either, or both of two criteria: (1) When containment of a slopover requires personnel or equipment exceeding that specified in the Countermeasures for Slopover element of the Prescribed Fire Plan; (2) When environmental conditions and/or fire behavior exceeds that specified in the Prescribed Fire Plan and the COR determines that an escape has or is likely to occur. The declaration of a wildland fire can only be made by the COR or alt. COR.

Wildlife Trees - Standing dead or live trees left for nesting, feeding, perching and shelter for bids and mammals.

Trees may be marked with paint and/or designated with a tag stating it is a wildlife tree or as identified by the

COR.

3.0 BACKGROUND

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requires fuel reduction services to support the fuels management program.

Fuels management services and begetation treatments have been proven as a means to mitigate wildfire hazards, to lessen catastrophic fies, lessen the threat to the puble and firefighter safety, and reduce damage to property. The objective of fuels management is to modify wildland vegetative fel so that when a wilfire burns, it is less sever and be more easily suppressed.

Project areas are reforestation areas, natural and manged stands of timber/woodlands of all ages, size, and species, shrub fields, or grass areas. Fuels shall lconsist of activity slash, natural fuels, liver fuels, and slashed shrubs and trees. Historical fuel loadings range from less than ½ ton per acre to as high as 100 tons or more per acre. Treatments such as thinning, brushing, chipping, piling, fuels break construction, and herbicide treatments have been shown to reduce the risk of wildland fire and the severity of fires that occur. The objectives of the resultant IDIQ contracts and task orders is to treat fuels present on units identified in order to modify fuel to reduce the risk and severity of wildfire.

4.0 SCOPE OF WORK

The services in the IDIQ contracts are designed to provide for wildland fuels management, restoration and related services.

Task orders issued under the IDIQ contract may require vegetation manipulation, treatment, and prescribed fire treatment unit preparation in compliance with its terms, specifications and provisions. Services conducted under the task orders shall included furnishing all labor, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform all work necessary to conduct fuels management. The category of support included in this IDIQ contract is manual fuel management.

5.0 LOCATION OF PROJECTS

Work shall be performed on Bureau of Land Management administered lands within the state of Oregon. The specific location of individual projects shall be provided with each Task Order.

6.0 BOUNDARIES OF PROJECT AREAS

The project areas are generally identificable by changes in vegetation roads, paint, flaggin, or through geographical information systems (GIS) data. The boundaries can be adjacent timber stands, recent harvest units, or other natural or manmade features that clearly define the boundary as noted on the project area maps or units, or other natural or manmade features that clearly define the boundary as noted on the project area maps or PSW documents. Work may require the Contractor to have globl positioning system (GPS) capabilities in order to identify treatment areas and/or project boundaries.

The Government shall provide shape files or track logs electronically (via email or at the pre-work meeting) to the Contractor which shall identify treatment unit boundaries and treatment islands with the project area boundary. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to upload the shape files to the GPS equipment and provide any technical support for problems with the Contractor owned equipment.

7.0 ACCESS TO PROJECT AREAS

Access is by all-weather and seasonal roads. Task orders shall state access distance to the project area. Task order pricing submission shall include access distance to the individual project area. Contractor shall use the appropriate government rates as posted on GSA location at the following link https://www.gsa.gov/travel-resources. Seasonal roads maybe impassable for several days after heavy rains or snow-blocked during the winter months.

8.0 UNIQUE FEATURES OF PROJECT AREAS

Standing timber, wildlife trees and snags may be present within the project sites. Research plots, cultural sites, threatened and endangered species locations, and other similar areas of concern may be located iwhtin th project sites and cannot be distrubd during project activities. These areas shall be identified on task order maps and in the field by the Government.

9.0 FIRE PREVENTION AND LIABILITY

The Contractor may be held liable for all operator fire starts under the specific task order. State and local fire prevention laws may exist and must be followed by the Contractor, unless written direction is provided by the Contracting Officer. The Task Order may have additional site specific prevention stipulations. All contracts shall at a minimum require:

9.1 Operate all internal and external combustion engines on federally managed lands pursuant to 36 CFR

261.52 (Attachment 3), which requires all such engines to be equipped with a qualified spark arrester that is maintained and not modified.

9.2 Carry shovels, water, and fire extinguishers on all equipment and vehicles. Fire extinguishers shall be that are rated at a minimum as ABC – 10 pound on all equipment and vehicles.

9.3 Have means of ommunicatiosn with the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Project Inspector

(PI).

9.4 Initiate fire suppression actions in the work area to prevent fire spread to or on federally administered lands.

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9.5 Notify the appropriate dispatch center or 911 immediately of the location and status of any unplanned ignition.

9.6 Notify the COR and Contracting Officer immediately of the incident.

10.0 CONTRACTOR FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

10.1 Unless otherwise specified herein, the Contractor shall provide all labor, transportation, materials, and equipment necessary to perform the work as described herein.

10.2 The Contractor shall provide a means of communication whereby the Government can leave a message and receive a response within 8 hours. The Government will consider the Contractor notified to begin work when the message has been delivered. This system must be in operation 24 hours per day.

10.3 Work Camps - Camping on agency-administered lands will only be allowed in approved sites and with the prior written authorization of the responsible land manager. Should such a work camp be authorized, the Contractor shall maintain the camp in an orderly and sanitary manner. All fire regulations and permits shall be followed.

All garbage and refuse shall be removed from the camp site(s) by the Contractor and disposed of off site before final payment is made.

10.4 Operating Permit - State law requires inspection and permit to operate power-driven machinery including chain saws. The Contractor shall obtain a permit from the local Oregon Department of Forestry prior to the operation of power-driven machinery.

10.5 Tractor - Operations such as roadblock removal and restoration, crushing, or chipping of vegetation, fireline construction, mop-up of landings, and prescribed burn holding operations will require the use of a tractor with trailer. Tractor size of 24,000 pounds gross operating weight, and 95 horse power or less is required.

(Example: equivalent to Caterpillar D-4, John Deere 450, Komatsu D45A, Case 750, MF 300, or smaller sizes).

Other types of mechanized equipment capable of performing roadblock removal and restoration, crushing or chipping of vegetation may be used if capable of preforming the operation. Tractor operations including roadblock removal and restoration, crushing or chipping of vegetation, and mop-up of landings are included in Subitem N11. The Contractor may consider the use of a tractor for holding and slopover/escape fire contingency purposes when planning and implementing prescribed burning. The cost for utilizing a dozer shall be included within Subitems for prescribed burning. The use of a tractor for these purposes should be included in Prescribed Fire Plan, and will require prior approval by the COR.

10.6 Noxious Weeds - Insure that all equipment is cleaned off prior to operating on Government lands. Remove all dirt, grease, and plant parts that carry noxious weed seeds or vegetative parts. This may be accomplished with a pressure hose. In addition, if equipment is found operating in a noxious weed area, the equipment must be cleaned before moving to another area.

10.7 Security of Materials - The Contractor may leave its equipment and Government-furnished property at the work site. The Contractor shall be responsible for the Contractor's equipment and Government-furnished property if it should be lost, stolen or damaged, unless the Government orders the material to be left unattended by the Contractor, such as when the water deliver system is to be provided without crew support.

10.8 Furnish at least two radios per module ordered under Subitem N. Radios must be programmable and capable of communicating with narrow band federal and State frequencies.

10.9 A working, English-literate crew supervisor, who is knowledgeable and experienced in the required work and supervision, shall be provided for each crew and is required to stay with the crew while work is in progress.

10.10 Furnish personal protective equipment in addition to that offered in the technical proposal on a negotiated basis on each task order, to cover the depreciated value of the equipment.

10.11 Aerial Ignition – OnlyFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified aircraft and pilots shall be used should the Contractor choose to use aerial means to perform the work described herein. A copy of the appropriate FAA aircraft and pilot certificates documenting approval for the type of work being conducted shall be provided to the Contracting Officer (CO) in advance.

11.0 WORK CAMPS

Camping on agency-adminstrered lands shall only be allowed in approved sites and with the prior written authorization of the responsible land manager. Should such a work camp be authorized, the Contract shall maintain the camp in an orderly and sanitary manner. All fire regulations and permits shall be followed. All garbage and refuse shall be removed from the camp site(s) by the Contractor and disposed of off-site before final payment is made.

12.0 SECURITY OF MATERIALS

The Contractor may leave its equipment and Government -furnished property at the work site. The Contractor shall be responsible for the Contractor’s equipment and Government-furnished property if it should be lost, stolen or damaged.

13.0 NOXIOUS WEEDS

Ensure that all equipment is cleaned off prior to operating on Government lands. Remove all dirt, grease, and plant parts that carry noxious weed seeds or vegetative parts. This may be accomplished with a pressure hose. In addition, if equipment if found operating in a noxious wee area, the equipment must be cleaned before leaving project or moving to another area in location identified in the task order and by the COR.

14.0 SUPERVISOR

A working (English literate) supervisor, who is knowledgeable and experienced in the required work and supervision, shall be provided for each crew and is required to stay with the crew while work is in progress. If the crew is non-English speaking, the supervisor must be bi-lingual in English and the language of the crew members.

15.0 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

15.1 The Contractor shall furnish personal protective equipment (PPE to crew members respective of the type of work…