Bailey BR Ladder Fuels Reduction, Tonasket Ranger District

Bailey BR Ladder Fuels Reduction 16 with Slash Treatments: The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest requests services including sanitation, release and whip felling, with slash treatments of created and existing slash on the Tonasket Ranger District. Location of the work is in Okanogan County, Washington State, in the northeast portion of Washington State.

This project requires the furnishing of all tools, equipment, materials, supplies, labor, supervision, workman's compensation, unemployment insurance, transportation, and incidentals to perform all work necessary to accomplish the ladder fuels reduction. Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act registration and a Washington State Farm/Forest Labor License are mandatory and are required at time of quoting.

The period of this contract is award date through September 30, 2016. All work must completed, accepted and invoiced by September 30, 2016. This is a time sensitive project, and no extension of contract time will be granted. A limited operational period is imposed in unit 125. Treatments are only allowed to commence after August 1, 2016 for this item.

Estimated start work date is 3 calendar days from the issuance of a written "Notice to Proceed". Based on an estimated start work date of May 9, 2016, a performance production completion rate of 9 acres per day or 144 calendar days total is required. All production rates are inclusive of ladder fuels reduction, any required slash treatments, and reflects lost time due to seasonal weather closures or IFPL shutdown periods.

The contract will have two line items. Item 1 is approximately 642 acres of ladder fuels reduction with slash treatment. Item 2 is approximately 642 acres of hand piling of created slash treatments including hand piling of slash. Total treatment acres equate to 1,284 acres.

This project will be advertised as a written quotation and will be solicited under the Simplified Acquisition Procurement (SAP) and Commercial Item rules. FAR 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items does apply. Issue date of the solicitation is on or about March 22, 2016. The actual quote due date will be listed in the solicitation.

All responsible sources may submit a quote which will be considered. An electronic copy of the solicitation will be posted at this site on the issue date.