FY25 mahogany 3 cut, cover, and pile

The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region is soliciting quotes for the FY25 Mahogany 3 Cut, Cover, and Pile project, which involves vegetation management services to reduce juniper encroachment in sagebrush-steppe habitat located in Owyhee County, Idaho. The project requires contractors to cut and pile western juniper trees of 12 inches or less in diameter within a 120-acre treatment area, with work classified under NAICS code 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code F014 (Natural Resources/Conservation - Tree Thinning). Contractors must provide a detailed work plan demonstrating technical capability, prior experience, and past performance as part of their submission. The evaluation criteria weight technical capability at 40%, prior experience and past performance at 40%, and price at 20%, with technical factors being significantly more important than price. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for August 4, 2025, at 9:00 AM MDT in Boise, and quotes are due by August 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM MDT via email submission.

This opportunity is designated as a total small business set-aside with a size standard of $34.0 million in annual receipts, and no incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. The contract has been amended to specify a period of performance running 61 calendar days from September 30, 2025, to October 31, 2025, though the original solicitation indicated an August 25 start date. The project encompasses approximately 120 acres of treatment area within a 1-2 square mile project boundary, as detailed in the accompanying geospatial maps that show the vicinity around Alto Spring in the Owyhee Field Office region. The work location is in rural, mountainous terrain characterized by forested and rangeland areas, with the project site accessible via surrounding main roads indicated on the provided topographical and aerial imagery maps.