Billingsly Creek Stewardship-Cedar City UT Ranger District

Presolicitation Notice

Billlingsly Creek Stewardship

Project Description

Description of Work is to (1) Improve habitat for Northern Goshawk and its prey to support a viable population of goshawks in Utah by promoting a more desirable distribution of Vegetation Structural Stages (VSS) across the project area, (2) create and maintain stand conditions that minimize growth loss and mortality from insects and disease by lowering insect hazard rating across the project area, (3) Reduce hazardous fuels by lowering potential for stand-replacing crown fire and (4) improve silvicultural condition of timber stands over current conditions.

To accomplish these objectives, the contract includes the following components: timber removal and roads.

Resulting Contract – Any resultant contract will be a commercial services contract with requirements for timber removal and road maintenance.

Project Location – The project area is within the Cedar City Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest in Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah, it is approximately 28 miles east of Cedar City, Utah and located within T38S, R6W,  Sections 7, 18, 19, T38S, R7W, Sections 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26 of the Salt Lake Base Meridian. 

The complete solicitation package will be attached and made available only through beta.sam, https://beta.sam.gov/  on or within 15 days of this notice.  Anyone wishing to participate in this proposed procurement must obtain their copy from beta.sam.  Copies will not be mailed from the Contracting Office.  All amendments will be posted on bet.sam.  Contractors will be solely responsible for obtaining amendments from this site to update files.

This requirement is being solicited as a Full and Open competition, in accordance with Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2409.19, Chapter 60 at 63.13, and Agricultural Act of 2014, with the intent to award a Firm-Fixed Price contract.  A single award will be made from the solicitation.

All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http:www.sam/gov/ before award of contract; failure to register in the SAM database may cause your firm to be ineligible for the award and removed from consideration.

 NAICS:  113310, 500 employees