COFFEE STEWARDSHIP IRSC – Region 5, Sequoia National Forest, Western Divide Ranger District, California
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12363N22Q4093
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Place of performance
- Springville, California 93265, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This solicitation is for a Coffee Stewardship Integrated Resource Service Contract to address effects of the 2020 Castle Fire within the Tulare River Basin portion of the Sequoia National Forest in California. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks to award a firm-fixed price commercial services contract using best value procedures to cut fire-killed trees along roads and trails for public safety, remove an estimated 15,586 tons of softwood sawtimber, 446 tons of softwood cull logs, and 988 tons of softwood green biomass to reduce hazardous fuels, and rearrange slash piles. Prospective contractors may attend an optional pre-bid site visit on August 23, 2022. Proposals are due by September 19, 2022 and the period of performance is through December 31, 2023.
The NAICS code for this requirement is 115310. There is no set-aside designation. The estimated timber volumes include over 15,000 tons of sawtimber and hundreds of tons each of cull logs and biomass. All work must be completed within the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County, California by December 31, 2023. Prospective contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management to be eligible for award. The awardee will furnish all labor, materials, equipment, transportation and incidentals necessary to perform the specified work in accordance with contract specifications, provisions and clauses.
Notice text
4 versions
Update #4 · Latest ·
***Amendment 003 posted 9/12/2022 corrects error on page 44 of Solicitation #57. Certifications are on pages 49-51, not 50-56***
***Amendment 002 posted 8/30/2022 provides site visit attendees and notes, and corrects utilization standards for Combined Softwoods product code 01 in Appendix B***
***Amendment 001 posted 8/23/2022 corrects local comunities definition and adds utilization standards for Combined Softwoods product code 20 in Appendix B***
Background: The Coffee Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority:
Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014—Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.
NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 20.5M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.
Project Location:
The project is located along National Forest System Road 21S50 at the terminus of California State Highway 190 in Tulare County, California.
Legal description is T20N R32E, S5, 8, 17, 19, 20, 29, 30, &31; Mount Diablo Meridian.
Period of Performance: All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
Description of Work:
The objectives of this project are to address effects of the Castle Fire by mitigating the hazard to public and employee safety posed by the dead, damaged, and dying trees along contract area roads, restoring areas of high intensity fire-damaged ecosystems and recovering the value of the fire killed and damaged trees within a portion of the Castle Fire within the Tulare River Basin. This will be done by accomplishing the following:
- Cut fire killed trees adjacent to forest roads and trails to provide for public safety.
- Remove included sawtimber, cull logs, and activity-generated slash from the Contract Area to reduce hazardous fuel loading.
- Rearrange remaining slash to meet objectives for hazardous fuel loading
Estimated Timber Volume and Species composition is as follows:
Combined Softwood-Sawtimber – 15,586 tons
Combined Softwood-Cull Logs – 446 tons
Combined Softwood-Green Biomass- 988 tons
The contract shall be awarded using a best value source selection method; the resulting contract shall be a firm-fixed price commercial services contract. All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
A site visit is scheduled for prospective contractors to facilitate dialogue on contractual requirements that are anticipated in the contract and any operational limitations foreseen by attendees. The site visit will be held on Tuesday August 23, 2022, at 10 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at the intersection of California State Highway 190 and National Forest System Road 21S50.
Send questions or interest to John Gomez at john.gomez@usda.gov. Follow this notice on SAM for future notifications.
All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) https://SAM.govto be eligible for award under this solicitation. Registration in SAM is a free service. Failure to register may cause your firm to be non-responsive and removed from consideration for award.
The Awardee shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions and clauses of the contract.
The Stewardship Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov
Update #3 ·
***Amendment 002 posted 8/30/2022 provides site visit attendees and notes, and corrects utilization standards for Combined Softwoods product code 01 in Appendix B***
***Amendment 001 posted 8/23/2022 corrects local comunities definition and adds utilization standards for Combined Softwoods product code 20 in Appendix B***
Background: The Coffee Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority:
Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014—Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.
NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 20.5M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.
Project Location:
The project is located along National Forest System Road 21S50 at the terminus of California State Highway 190 in Tulare County, California.
Legal description is T20N R32E, S5, 8, 17, 19, 20, 29, 30, &31; Mount Diablo Meridian.
Period of Performance: All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
Description of Work:
The objectives of this project are to address effects of the Castle Fire by mitigating the hazard to public and employee safety posed by the dead, damaged, and dying trees along contract area roads, restoring areas of high intensity fire-damaged ecosystems and recovering the value of the fire killed and damaged trees within a portion of the Castle Fire within the Tulare River Basin. This will be done by accomplishing the following:
- Cut fire killed trees adjacent to forest roads and trails to provide for public safety.
- Remove included sawtimber, cull logs, and activity-generated slash from the Contract Area to reduce hazardous fuel loading.
- Rearrange remaining slash to meet objectives for hazardous fuel loading
Estimated Timber Volume and Species composition is as follows:
Combined Softwood-Sawtimber – 15,586 tons
Combined Softwood-Cull Logs – 446 tons
Combined Softwood-Green Biomass- 988 tons
The contract shall be awarded using a best value source selection method; the resulting contract shall be a firm-fixed price commercial services contract. All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
A site visit is scheduled for prospective contractors to facilitate dialogue on contractual requirements that are anticipated in the contract and any operational limitations foreseen by attendees. The site visit will be held on Tuesday August 23, 2022, at 10 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at the intersection of California State Highway 190 and National Forest System Road 21S50.
Send questions or interest to John Gomez at john.gomez@usda.gov. Follow this notice on SAM for future notifications.
All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) https://SAM.govto be eligible for award under this solicitation. Registration in SAM is a free service. Failure to register may cause your firm to be non-responsive and removed from consideration for award.
The Awardee shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions and clauses of the contract.
The Stewardship Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov
Update #2 ·
***Amendment 001 posted 8/23/2022 corrects local comunities definition and adds utilization standards for Combined Softwoods product code 20 in Appendix B***
Background: The Coffee Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority:
Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014—Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.
NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 20.5M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.
Project Location:
The project is located along National Forest System Road 21S50 at the terminus of California State Highway 190 in Tulare County, California.
Legal description is T20N R32E, S5, 8, 17, 19, 20, 29, 30, &31; Mount Diablo Meridian.
Period of Performance: All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
Description of Work:
The objectives of this project are to address effects of the Castle Fire by mitigating the hazard to public and employee safety posed by the dead, damaged, and dying trees along contract area roads, restoring areas of high intensity fire-damaged ecosystems and recovering the value of the fire killed and damaged trees within a portion of the Castle Fire within the Tulare River Basin. This will be done by accomplishing the following:
- Cut fire killed trees adjacent to forest roads and trails to provide for public safety.
- Remove included sawtimber, cull logs, and activity-generated slash from the Contract Area to reduce hazardous fuel loading.
- Rearrange remaining slash to meet objectives for hazardous fuel loading
Estimated Timber Volume and Species composition is as follows:
Combined Softwood-Sawtimber – 15,586 tons
Combined Softwood-Cull Logs – 446 tons
Combined Softwood-Green Biomass- 988 tons
The contract shall be awarded using a best value source selection method; the resulting contract shall be a firm-fixed price commercial services contract. All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
A site visit is scheduled for prospective contractors to facilitate dialogue on contractual requirements that are anticipated in the contract and any operational limitations foreseen by attendees. The site visit will be held on Tuesday August 23, 2022, at 10 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at the intersection of California State Highway 190 and National Forest System Road 21S50.
Send questions or interest to John Gomez at john.gomez@usda.gov. Follow this notice on SAM for future notifications.
All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) https://SAM.govto be eligible for award under this solicitation. Registration in SAM is a free service. Failure to register may cause your firm to be non-responsive and removed from consideration for award.
The Awardee shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions and clauses of the contract.
The Stewardship Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov
Update #1 ·
Background: The Coffee Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority:
Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014—Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.
NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 20.5M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.
Project Location:
The project is located along National Forest System Road 21S50 at the terminus of California State Highway 190 in Tulare County, California.
Legal description is T20N R32E, S5, 8, 17, 19, 20, 29, 30, &31; Mount Diablo Meridian.
Period of Performance: All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
Description of Work:
The objectives of this project are to address effects of the Castle Fire by mitigating the hazard to public and employee safety posed by the dead, damaged, and dying trees along contract area roads, restoring areas of high intensity fire-damaged ecosystems and recovering the value of the fire killed and damaged trees within a portion of the Castle Fire within the Tulare River Basin. This will be done by accomplishing the following:
- Cut fire killed trees adjacent to forest roads and trails to provide for public safety.
- Remove included sawtimber, cull logs, and activity-generated slash from the Contract Area to reduce hazardous fuel loading.
- Rearrange remaining slash to meet objectives for hazardous fuel loading
Estimated Timber Volume and Species composition is as follows:
Combined Softwood-Sawtimber – 15,586 tons
Combined Softwood-Cull Logs – 446 tons
Combined Softwood-Green Biomass- 988 tons
The contract shall be awarded using a best value source selection method; the resulting contract shall be a firm-fixed price commercial services contract. All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.
A site visit is scheduled for prospective contractors to facilitate dialogue on contractual requirements that are anticipated in the contract and any operational limitations foreseen by attendees. The site visit will be held on Tuesday August 23, 2022, at 10 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at the intersection of California State Highway 190 and National Forest System Road 21S50.
Send questions or interest to John Gomez at john.gomez@usda.gov. Follow this notice on SAM for future notifications.
All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) https://SAM.govto be eligible for award under this solicitation. Registration in SAM is a free service. Failure to register may cause your firm to be non-responsive and removed from consideration for award.
The Awardee shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions and clauses of the contract.
The Stewardship Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| COFFEE STEWARDSHIP IRSC – Region 5, Sequoia National Forest, Western Divide Ranger District, California | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| COFFEE STEWARDSHIP IRSC – Region 5, Sequoia National Forest, Western Divide Ranger District, California | Pre-Solicitation |
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