CNF trail brushing
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1240BF26Q0057
- Agency
-
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Place of performance
- Alaska, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks trail brushing and vegetation management services at Chugach National Forest in Alaska, with proposals due September 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time. This is a 100% small business set-aside; only firms certified as small under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) may compete.
Place of performance spans the Seward Ranger District and Glacier Ranger District, Chugach National Forest, with closest communities at Moose Pass and Whittier. Work includes cutting, trimming, and disposing of live and dead brush, slash, logs, and debris across four required trail segments (Portage Pass, Devil's Creek in two halves, and Spencer Bench, totaling 15.4 miles) and three optional trails (Lower Russian, Carter Lake, and Byron Glacier, totaling 6 miles). Clearing limits are six feet on each side of centerline and ten feet vertical clearance for most trails; eight feet clearance for Lower Russian and Byron Glacier. The contract is Firm-Fixed Price, Stand-Alone, Non-Personal Services, with performance from date of award through November 30, 2027, plus an optional six-month extension at same labor rates.
Trail Maintenance Workers are compensated at $23.12 per hour (monetary wage plus fringe benefits) under Service Contract Act wage determination WD 2015-5687 R30, effective August 12, 2026. The contractor furnishes all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, and transportation. Pricing is submitted per mile for each trail segment. Evaluation prioritizes price as the primary award factor, followed by technical acceptability (service plan, work schedule, camping plan, equipment list, compliance) and past performance (quality, timeliness, business practices, customer satisfaction from the past three years). Questions were due September 8; answers posted September 10. Amendment 0001 (effective September 9) provides Q&A responses; offerors must acknowledge receipt. NAICS code is 115310; PSC is Z1PC. Contracting Officer is Veronica Lamboy Santana (907-586-8806).
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
CNF TRAIL BRUSHING
This is a non-personal services contract for trail brushing for the Forest Service Chugach National Forest (CNF), Alaska. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.
Purpose: The Forest Service is responsible for maintaining healthy, diverse, and productive National Forests. These responsibilities include maintaining trails and managing vegetation growth. The CNF manages over 500 miles of trails, and the trails identified in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) have been designated as current priorities for brushing services.
The purpose of this contract is to manage vegetation growth to ensure safe trail conditions and maintain visitor access to
National Forest System lands.
Description of Services: The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, and all other items and non-personal services necessary to provide brushing services to multiple trails located within the Chugach National Forest. Services shall include cutting, trimming, and disposing of live and dead brush/slash, logs and
debris. All services shall be performed in accordance with (IAW) this PWS, and all applicable local, state, and federal
standards, laws, and regulations.
Place of Performance: The trails covered under this contract are located within the Seward Ranger District (SRD) and Glacier Ranger District (GRD), Chugach National Forest, Alaska. The closest communities are Moose Pass and Whittier.
Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be from Date of Award until 30 November 2027.
Contract Type: The Government will award a Firm-Fixed Price, Stand-Alone, Non-Personal Services Contract.
Amendment 0001: The solicitation has been amended to provide responses to questions submitted by offerors. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
Update #1 ·
CNF TRAIL BRUSHING
This is a non-personal services contract for trail brushing for the Forest Service Chugach National Forest (CNF), Alaska. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.
Purpose: The Forest Service is responsible for maintaining healthy, diverse, and productive National Forests. These responsibilities include maintaining trails and managing vegetation growth. The CNF manages over 500 miles of trails, and the trails identified in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) have been designated as current priorities for brushing services.
The purpose of this contract is to manage vegetation growth to ensure safe trail conditions and maintain visitor access to
National Forest System lands.
Description of Services: The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, and all other items and non-personal services necessary to provide brushing services to multiple trails located within the Chugach National Forest. Services shall include cutting, trimming, and disposing of live and dead brush/slash, logs and
debris. All services shall be performed in accordance with (IAW) this PWS, and all applicable local, state, and federal
standards, laws, and regulations.
Place of Performance: The trails covered under this contract are located within the Seward Ranger District (SRD) and Glacier Ranger District (GRD), Chugach National Forest, Alaska. The closest communities are Moose Pass and Whittier.
Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be from Date of Award until 30 November 2027.
Contract Type: The Government will award a Firm-Fixed Price, Stand-Alone, Non-Personal Services Contract.
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