Sunflower G-Z IRSC - RFI Letter.pdf
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Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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This document is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service for the Sunflower G-Z Stewardship IRSC project on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona. The intent of the project is to dramatically increase forest health and resiliency from insects, disease, and uncharacteristic wildfire. The RFI seeks information from interested contractors regarding their capability and interest in completing the contract work, which includes designing an implementation plan, road analysis plan, and logging plan; conducting heritage and botany surveys; writing silvicultural prescriptions; designating timber removal boundaries; cruising timber; and performing road reconstruction, noncommercial thinning, and harvesting/removal of included timber products. The desired completion dates are provided, with Items 1 and 2 to be completed by June 30, 2025, Items 3-5 by December 31, 2025, Items 6 and 7 by July 31, 2026, and all items by December 31, 2028. The USDA Forest Service is seeking responses to specific questions about the contractors' interest, capabilities, challenges, and advice for improving the project plan prior to the solicitation.
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| Sunflower G-Z Schedule of Items and Project Description.pdf | ||
| Sunflower G-Z IRSC Map.pdf |
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United States
Department of
Agriculture
Forest
Service
Procurement & Property Services, National Procurement Operations, Stewardship Contracting Branch
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250
File Code:
Date: April 2, 2024
Subject: Request for Information
To: All Interested Parties and/or Offerors
This letters intent is to issue a formal Request for Information (RFI) for the Sunflower G-Z
Stewardship IRSC on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona. The intent of the project is to dramatically increase forest health and resiliency from insects, disease, and uncharacteristic wildfire. The project will obtain forestry related services to implement a large-scale landscape level treatment. Contractor will design implementation plan, road analysis plan, preliminary contract area map, then design a detailed logging plan and final contract area map. Contractor will be responsible for the completion of heritage surveys, botany surveys and writing Silvicultural prescriptions, designating timber removal boundaries, and cruising of timber. Additional work to be completed by contractor will include road reconstruction, noncommercial thinning, and harvesting/removal of included timber products.
The intent of this RFI is to determine the following:
1. Is your company interested in completing this work and submitting a proposal?
2. Is your company capable of completing this contract with current staffing and equipment? Or do you intend to increase your staff and operational capabilities, use sub-contractors, and/or a combination there of if you are the successful awardee?
3. What do you see as challenges that your company will struggle to overcome?
4. Is there any advice or direction you can provide to improve the plan prior to solicitation?
5. Are the desired completion dates described in the RFI feasible? Desired dates below:
• Items 1 and 2 are desired to be completed by June 30, 2025.
• Items 3-5 are expected to be completed by December 31, 2025.
• Items 6 and 7 are expected to be completed by July 31, 2026.
• It is anticipated All Items should be completed by December 31, 2028.
6. Any other pertinent information you can provide to us that you see as a benefit to the project plan?
If you have any questions regarding the Schedule of Items or the project in general that can assist you to better answer the above questions, please contact me at curtis.yocum@usda.gov (541) 219-
0637 or Joshua Bahling at Joshua.bahling@usda.gov (928) 968-3022. Interested contractors are highly encouraged to respond to this RFI in writing submitted to me via email. Thank you!
Sincerely, Curtis Yocum
Acquisitions Program Support Officer PPS NPO
Stewardship and Disaster Recovery Branch
Caring for the Land and Serving People Printed on Recycled Paper mailto:curtis.yocum@usda.gov mailto:Joshua.bahling@usda.gov
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