Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Coeur d'Alene Nursery, Bare Root Lift and Pack

The services to be performed in this contract include;(1) eliminate bird predation of newly sown seedbeds, (2) remove unwanted vegetation, defined as grass, weeds and trees of wrong species from seedbeds, seedbed ends, pipelines and pathways;(3-5) to perform all work necessary for lifting and loading bare root seedlings for customer orders;(6-8) to perform all work necessary for sorting, grading, pruning and boxing lifted bare root seedlings for customer orders;(9) transplant size 240, 160, 112, 91 or 98 container seedlings into designated bare root beds.The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, quality control and incidentals other than the items specified as Government-furnished, to perform all work necessary in Items 1-9.Item 1 is typically performed between the months of May and June.Item 2 is typically performed between the months of May and October.Items 3-8 are typically performed in the month of November.Item 9 is typically performed between the months of May and July.

QUOTE SUBMISSION METHODS:
**Email: charlesrtapia@fs.fed.us
Mail: USDA Forest Service
ATTN: Charles Tapia/AQM
3815 Schreiber Way
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
Fax: 208-765-7229 (confirm receipt)

**Email (PDF documents) is the preferred method for submission of quotes.

SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING AS YOUR QUOTE:
The following documents shall be submitted by the quoter for evaluation to be considered responsive:

1. Contractor/Quoter information, Signed SF-1449 (pages 1-2)
2. Schedule of Items with complete pricing (pages 3-6)
3. Key Personnel (page 18)
4. Employment of Eligible Workers (page 28)
5. Experience Questionnaire Form (attached)(may use separate and or additional forms which addresses all items on the Experience Questionnaire).