Vendor Experience Documentation Forms FY25 NAAF.docx

This is a Vendor Experience Documentation Form for a fire assistance project administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The form requires vendors and their primary field contact personnel to demonstrate requisite experience through documentation of reference projects. At least one reference project must be from a time period that establishes the vendor's years of experience as specified in the project job specifications. All reference projects must be located at sites with natural communities containing endangered and threatened species, natural areas listed on the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory for high floristic quality, dedicated Nature Preserves, or registered Land and Water Reserves. The form accommodates up to four burn unit site references, with each reference requiring documentation of the site name, contact information, natural community class designation, land use type, approximate acreage, type of work completed, and completion date.

The form further requires documentation of the vendor's onsite staff experience, with provisions for staff substitutions at the time of work provided that all working personnel meet the experience requirements outlined in the project job specifications. Vendors must list their name, the onsite staff member's name, and the staff member's start date. This documentation is mandatory for vendors bidding on the DNR fire assistance project in Illinois and serves as a qualification threshold for contract award consideration.