27 - Wildlife Contract Map - Hells Gate HMU (14 Nov 2019).pdf

This document describes a federal contract opportunity issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District. The solicitation seeks a contractor to provide wildlife habitat management services on approximately 18,000 acres of federal lands along the Snake, Clearwater, Palouse, and Tucannon Rivers in Washington and Idaho. Services include planting and irrigating wildlife food plots; establishing and maintaining shrub and tree plots; removing invasive species such as tree-of-heaven, Russian olive, Himalayan blackberry and false indigo; installing information kiosks; placing boulders; removing waterfowl blinds; fence repair and maintenance; cleaning vault toilets; removing litter; erecting and maintaining goose nesting tubs and brush pile structures; chemical and biological control of invasive weeds; using GIS to document weed control; and operating and maintaining irrigation systems. The solicitation identifies two categories of habitat management units - intensively managed units with irrigation systems and plantings, and maintained units. The contractor must provide all personnel, equipment, vehicles, and supplies to perform the work, which covers approximately 100 river miles and 18,000 acres, some only accessible by boat. The North American Industry Classification System code is 712190 and the small business size standard is $8,000,000.