Case Mtn Pile Burning

This pre-solicitation notice seeks a contractor to conduct pile burning services on 507 acres within several giant sequoia groves located on Case Mountain near Three Rivers, California. The Bureau of Land Management seeks to ignite, patrol, and mop up handpiles and machine piles created from roadside hazard tree removal and understory thinning under the supervision of a federal burn boss from October 2023 to March 2024. Offerors should be able to accomplish as many acres of pile burning as feasible within prescription parameters and follow the requirements outlined in the attached performance work statement, burn plan, and daily shift plans. Responses are due by June 15, 2023 and should include the offeror's SAM UEI.

There is no set-aside designation for this opportunity. The attached wage determination specifies labor categories and required wage rates for over 100 occupation codes applicable to work performed in Tulare County, California. The environmental assessment evaluates potential impacts of implementing a proposed vegetation and forest health plan on Case Mountain to protect giant sequoia through fuels reduction and thinning treatments over 1,632 acres.