Deep creek and dry ridge layout mark and cruise

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Region is soliciting forestry consulting services for the Deep Creek and Dry Ridge Layout Mark and Cruise project under Request for Quotation 140L2626Q0029. The contractor must provide three primary services: identifying and marking trees to be retained through painting (yellow paint for Deep Creek Range, orange paint for Dry Ridge), conducting timber stand cruise surveys using hand-held computers with Eco Survey software across approximately 75 plots, and supplying all required labor, equipment, tools, supervision, and materials. Key contract requirements include maintaining qualified supervisory and crew personnel with specified forestry experience, developing quality assurance and safety plans, managing work camp sanitation, and complying with environmental and cultural resource regulations and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. Evaluation will be based on technical capability and past performance weighted significantly more heavily than price. The quotation deadline is April 24, 2026, by 11:00 a.m. MDT, with submission required via email to Thomas_parsons@ios.doi.gov, and the contract is anticipated to begin June 1, 2026, and conclude by December 15, 2026.

This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) with a size standard of $34.0 million in annual receipts, and no incumbent contractor is identified. The project encompasses two distinct geographic locations: the Pocatello Field Office's Deep Creek Range (approximately 317 acres) and the Upper Snake Field Office's Dry Ridge area (approximately 299 acres), totaling approximately 616 acres of marking work and 75 survey plots. The bid schedule requires separate pricing for three line items: Deep Creek Range marking, Dry Ridge marking, and Deep Creek Range cruise surveys, with payment made based on inspected and accepted work quality with a minimum acceptable quality level of 90 percent. The contract is on an "all or none" basis with a 197-calendar-day performance period, and prevailing wage rates established by Department of Labor Wage Determination No. 2015-5517 (Revision 27, effective December 3, 2025) apply to eleven Idaho counties including those where the work will be performed.