Falls Fire Hazard Tree Stewardship IRSC – Region 6, Malheur National Forest, Emigrant Creek Ranger District, Hines, Oregon
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12363N25Q4090
- 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
- Oregon 97738, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Forest Service is procuring hazardous tree removal services through an Integrated Resource Service Contract for the Falls Fire Hazard Tree Stewardship project in the Malheur National Forest's Emigrant Creek Ranger District. The primary objective is to eliminate safety hazards along road systems within the Falls Fire perimeter by cutting, skidding, processing, and decking all fire-damaged or killed trees 10 inches diameter breast height (DBH) and larger within 150 feet of road shoulders, while trees 7-9.9 inches DBH are to be felled and left in place. Contractors must maintain active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) and will be evaluated based on technical approach, past performance, benefit to the local community, and pricing considerations. The solicitation was posted on July 9, 2025, with a site visit conducted on July 15, 2025, and proposals due by July 31, 2025, at 4:00 PM Pacific Time. The contract period of performance extends from the date of award through December 30, 2027.
This opportunity is set aside for small businesses with a size standard of $34 million for Fuels Management Services, and the solicitation received eleven responses with two awards ultimately made to Iron Triangle LLC for $1,205,577.14 covering F37 project areas and Morris Forestry LLC for $652,830.00 covering F47 project areas. The project encompasses extensive areas across multiple townships and ranges in Grant and Harney Counties, Oregon, near the towns of Hines, Burns, Izee, Seneca, and John Day, covering portions of the Falls Fire perimeter that burned over 150,000 acres in 2024. Work must be performed within 150 feet of road shoulders across the specified contract areas, with contractors required to comply with comprehensive traffic control plans, environmental protection measures, and Service Contract Act wage determinations. The place of performance is centered in Hines, Oregon, with operations spanning across the broader Malheur National Forest region in eastern Oregon.
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Update #4 · Latest ·
Two awards were made to the Falls Fire Hazard tree IRSC, Request for Proposal 12363N25Q4090.
Iron Triangle LLC was awarded all work items in the F37 project areas for a total contract value of $1,205,577.14
Morris Forestry LLC was awarded all work items in the F47 project areas for a total contract value of $652,830.00
Both offerors presented the best value to the government to meet the desired end results after technical evaluations and tradeoffs were considered.
Eleven responses were received and evaluated using the criteria outlined in the Solicitation. The time and effort that respondents devoted is appreciated. Thank you for your continued interest in working with the Forest Service to accomplish Stewardship projects.
7/16/2025- Site visit attendees list and clarifying question and answers from site visit. Road number list for F37 optional item 4 was added as Attachment 1.
Project Location
In all or portions of: T18S R 29E, T18S R30E, T18S R31E, T19S R29E, T19S R30E, T19S R31E, T20S R28E, T20S R29E, T20S R30E, T20S R31E, T21S R29E, T18 S R 28E, T 19S R28E, T 20 S R28E, Grant and Harney Counties near towns of Hines, Burns, Izee, Seneca, John Day.
Description of Work
The objectives of this project are to reduce or eliminate safety hazards to the road systems within the Falls Fire perimeter. Providing public safety to the road system is the primary goal of this project.
- Fall fire damaged or killed trees within 150 feet of road shoulder.
- Cut, Skid, Process and Deck. Within 150 Feet of the road shoulder All fire killed or significantly fire damaged trees 10” DBH and up are to be cut, skid, processed and decked on the roadside.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
in a location approved by the COR.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
- Fall all fire damaged or killed trees 7” to 9.9” DBH within 150 feet of the shoulder of the road and leave in place.
- Operator created logging slash will be piled in whole tree operations and left in place in cut to length operations.
- Roadside areas inaccessible to mechanical operations due to terrain or ground conditions will be felled 7” dbh and larger. Trees that can be removed without resource damage may be directionally felled to the road and removed. All trees felled to be left on site will be contour felled in a manner to minimize or mitigate rollout to the road.
All Contractors must have an active registration in SAM (System for Award Management) at https://sam.gov/content/entity-information by the proposal due date to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will be found non-responsive. Registration in SAM is a free service – you do not need to pay to register in this system. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award. Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) offers resources that are available free of charge at www.aptac-us.org/find-a-ptac/ in order to assist with both SAM registration and in proposal submission.
Pre-bid Site Visit Date and Time:
The Forest will hold a pre-bid site visit 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, July 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at Emigrant Creek Ranger District – Parking Lot, 265 Hwy 20 South, Hines, OR, 97738.
Please email questions or to express interest to:
- Matthew Cawlfield, Timber Program Manager, at matthew.cawlfield@usda.gov
- Pete LaDuke, Acquisition Program Support Officer, at peter.laduke@usda.gov
*This is a Request for Proposals - all attachments are Final Solicitation documents. Request for Proposals are due July 31st, 2025, by 4:00 PM Pacific Time.
Follow this notice for future notifications.
The Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov with the National Stewardship Contracting Branch and is physically located in Oregon.
Update #3 ·
7/16/2025- Site visit attendees list and clarifying question and answers from site visit. Road number list for F37 optional item 4 was added as Attachment 1.
Project Location
In all or portions of: T18S R 29E, T18S R30E, T18S R31E, T19S R29E, T19S R30E, T19S R31E, T20S R28E, T20S R29E, T20S R30E, T20S R31E, T21S R29E, T18 S R 28E, T 19S R28E, T 20 S R28E, Grant and Harney Counties near towns of Hines, Burns, Izee, Seneca, John Day.
Description of Work
The objectives of this project are to reduce or eliminate safety hazards to the road systems within the Falls Fire perimeter. Providing public safety to the road system is the primary goal of this project.
- Fall fire damaged or killed trees within 150 feet of road shoulder.
- Cut, Skid, Process and Deck. Within 150 Feet of the road shoulder All fire killed or significantly fire damaged trees 10” DBH and up are to be cut, skid, processed and decked on the roadside.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
in a location approved by the COR.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
- Fall all fire damaged or killed trees 7” to 9.9” DBH within 150 feet of the shoulder of the road and leave in place.
- Operator created logging slash will be piled in whole tree operations and left in place in cut to length operations.
- Roadside areas inaccessible to mechanical operations due to terrain or ground conditions will be felled 7” dbh and larger. Trees that can be removed without resource damage may be directionally felled to the road and removed. All trees felled to be left on site will be contour felled in a manner to minimize or mitigate rollout to the road.
All Contractors must have an active registration in SAM (System for Award Management) at https://sam.gov/content/entity-information by the proposal due date to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will be found non-responsive. Registration in SAM is a free service – you do not need to pay to register in this system. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award. Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) offers resources that are available free of charge at www.aptac-us.org/find-a-ptac/ in order to assist with both SAM registration and in proposal submission.
Pre-bid Site Visit Date and Time:
The Forest will hold a pre-bid site visit 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, July 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at Emigrant Creek Ranger District – Parking Lot, 265 Hwy 20 South, Hines, OR, 97738.
Please email questions or to express interest to:
- Matthew Cawlfield, Timber Program Manager, at matthew.cawlfield@usda.gov
- Pete LaDuke, Acquisition Program Support Officer, at peter.laduke@usda.gov
*This is a Request for Proposals - all attachments are Final Solicitation documents. Request for Proposals are due July 31st, 2025, by 4:00 PM Pacific Time.
Follow this notice for future notifications.
The Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov with the National Stewardship Contracting Branch and is physically located in Oregon.
Update #2 ·
Project Location
In all or portions of: T18S R 29E, T18S R30E, T18S R31E, T19S R29E, T19S R30E, T19S R31E, T20S R28E, T20S R29E, T20S R30E, T20S R31E, T21S R29E, T18 S R 28E, T 19S R28E, T 20 S R28E, Grant and Harney Counties near towns of Hines, Burns, Izee, Seneca, John Day.
Description of Work
The objectives of this project are to reduce or eliminate safety hazards to the road systems within the Falls Fire perimeter. Providing public safety to the road system is the primary goal of this project.
- Fall fire damaged or killed trees within 150 feet of road shoulder.
- Cut, Skid, Process and Deck. Within 150 Feet of the road shoulder All fire killed or significantly fire damaged trees 10” DBH and up are to be cut, skid, processed and decked on the roadside.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
in a location approved by the COR.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
- Fall all fire damaged or killed trees 7” to 9.9” DBH within 150 feet of the shoulder of the road and leave in place.
- Operator created logging slash will be piled in whole tree operations and left in place in cut to length operations.
- Roadside areas inaccessible to mechanical operations due to terrain or ground conditions will be felled 7” dbh and larger. Trees that can be removed without resource damage may be directionally felled to the road and removed. All trees felled to be left on site will be contour felled in a manner to minimize or mitigate rollout to the road.
All Contractors must have an active registration in SAM (System for Award Management) at https://sam.gov/content/entity-information by the proposal due date to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will be found non-responsive. Registration in SAM is a free service – you do not need to pay to register in this system. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award. Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) offers resources that are available free of charge at www.aptac-us.org/find-a-ptac/ in order to assist with both SAM registration and in proposal submission.
Pre-bid Site Visit Date and Time:
The Forest will hold a pre-bid site visit 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, July 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at Emigrant Creek Ranger District – Parking Lot, 265 Hwy 20 South, Hines, OR, 97738.
Please email questions or to express interest to:
- Matthew Cawlfield, Timber Program Manager, at matthew.cawlfield@usda.gov
- Pete LaDuke, Acquisition Program Support Officer, at peter.laduke@usda.gov
*This is a Request for Proposals - all attachments are Final Solicitation documents. Request for Proposals are due July 31st, 2025, by 4:00 PM Pacific Time.
Follow this notice for future notifications.
The Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov with the National Stewardship Contracting Branch and is physically located in Oregon.
Update #1 ·
Project Location
In all or portions of: T18S R 29E, T18S R30E, T18S R31E, T19S R29E, T19S R30E, T19S R31E, T20S R28E, T20S R29E, T20S R30E, T20S R31E, T21S R29E, T18 S R 28E, T 19S R28E, T 20 S R28E, Grant and Harney Counties near towns of Hines, Burns, Izee, Seneca, John Day.
Description of Work
The objectives of this project are to reduce or eliminate safety hazards to the road systems within the Falls Fire perimeter. Providing public safety to the road system is the primary goal of this project.
- Fall fire damaged or killed trees within 150 feet of road shoulder.
- Cut, Skid, Process and Deck. Within 150 Feet of the road shoulder All fire killed or significantly fire damaged trees 10” DBH and up are to be cut, skid, processed and decked on the roadside.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
in a location approved by the COR.
- All trees meeting these specifications will be processed and decked in a safe manner
- Fall all fire damaged or killed trees 7” to 9.9” DBH within 150 feet of the shoulder of the road and leave in place.
- Operator created logging slash will be piled in whole tree operations and left in place in cut to length operations.
- Roadside areas inaccessible to mechanical operations due to terrain or ground conditions will be felled 7” dbh and larger. Trees that can be removed without resource damage may be directionally felled to the road and removed. All trees felled to be left on site will be contour felled in a manner to minimize or mitigate rollout to the road.
All Contractors must have an active registration in SAM (System for Award Management) at https://sam.gov/content/entity-information by the proposal due date to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will be found non-responsive. Registration in SAM is a free service – you do not need to pay to register in this system. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award. Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) offers resources that are available free of charge at www.aptac-us.org/find-a-ptac/ in order to assist with both SAM registration and in proposal submission.
Pre-bid Site Visit Date and Time:
The Forest will hold a pre-bid site visit 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, July 15, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. PDT with a meeting location at Emigrant Creek Ranger District – Parking Lot, 265 Hwy 20 South, Hines, OR, 97738.
Please email questions or to express interest to:
- Matthew Cawlfield, Timber Program Manager, at matthew.cawlfield@usda.gov
- Pete LaDuke, Acquisition Program Support Officer, at peter.laduke@usda.gov
*This is a Request for Proposals - all attachments are Final Solicitation documents. Request for Proposals are due July 31st, 2025, by 4:00 PM Pacific Time.
Follow this notice for future notifications.
The Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov with the National Stewardship Contracting Branch and is physically located in Oregon.
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