2026 Gunnison Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks to procure crawler tractor site preparation work on the Gunnison Ranger District in Colorado through a Request for Quotation (RFQ), with quotations due September 1, 2026 and questions due by August 27, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time. The acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 115112, with a small business size standard of $9.5 million.

Place of performance is Gunnison, Colorado 81230, spanning four project areas: Corduroy Timber Sale and Lujan Creek Landing Rehab (81 ash pits), Park Cone and Park Ridge Timber Sales (134 ash pits and 2 acres of scarification), Tincup Project Area (24 ash pits, 1,700 feet of road ripping, and 6 acres of slash repiling), and Last Tree Salvage (95 ash pits and one-third acre of scarification). An optional fifth line item allows up to 10 hours of additional equipment work as directed.

All work shall be completed within 45 consecutive days from award through November 2, 2026, subject to weather and snow cover conditions. The contractor must furnish D-4 to D-6 class crawler tractors equipped with Forest Service-approved spark arrestors, rollover protective structures, brush rakes or clearing blades with 12–18 inch tooth spacing, and rear-mounted hydraulic rippers. Contractor must provide all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals.

The Government will make one firm-fixed price award based on lowest price technically acceptable criteria. Evaluation considers price fairness and reasonableness, technical acceptability, and past performance from the preceding three years. Quoters must submit pricing for all items, a technical proposal with past performance documentation and completed Experience Questionnaire, and a price proposal with completed Schedule of Items. Service Contract Act labor standards apply; the forestry equipment operator wage is $24.88 per hour plus $5.09 in fringe benefits. Quoters must maintain active SAM registration and hold prices firm for 60 calendar days from the quotation receipt date.