Brent Creek HAND-CUTTING/PILING

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Region is soliciting quotes for hand cutting and piling of junipers on approximately 100 acres of BLM-administered lands in the Brent Creek area of Fremont County, Wyoming. The contractor must provide all necessary personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and incidental services to cut and pile junipers according to specific performance standards, including stumps no taller than 5 inches, removal of all live branches from stumps, exclusion of conifers 14 inches or greater in diameter at breast height, and construction of slash piles measuring 8 feet by 8 feet by 8 feet minimum. Award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable, and responsible offeror based on past performance, technical capability and experience, and pricing. The solicitation deadline has been extended to March 30, 2026, at 0900 Mountain Time following Amendment 0003. Technical questions were due by February 24, 2026, with responses provided by February 27, 2026, and all amendments must be acknowledged prior to proposal submission.

This procurement is a total small business set-aside with no incumbent contractor or recompete involved. The resulting purchase order will be a firm-fixed-price contract with pricing submitted on a per-acre basis for the 100 acres total, though no specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the solicitation documents. The work shall commence no earlier than August 1, 2026, and be completed no later than September 25, 2026, providing approximately 56 days for performance. Service Contract Labor Standards apply with wage rates ranging from $13.96 to $27.24 per hour depending on occupation, plus fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour. The work is located at Brent Creek in T43N R107W sections 28 and 33 in Fremont County, Wyoming, with delivery and administrative coordination through the BLM's Lander Field Office and the BLM FA-NTL Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, with Linda Neely serving as the Contracting Officer.