King Fire - Herbicide and Hand Release

Added: Apr 12, 2016 5:11 pm The US Forest Service Eldorado National Forest, Georgetown Ranger District has a requirement to secure services for herbicide release for vegetation control treatment in and around young mixed conifer plantations. The US Forest Service expects to award a firm fixed price contract with a base and one optional item. The specific treatments will be as follows:

Item #1: A 5'radius vegetation release around crop trees using hand tools in one year old mixed conifer plantations within the King Fire area on 4 stands totaling 13 acres.

Item #2: A foliar application of a herbicide mixtures from backpack sprayers to target vegetation to release crop trees in one year old mixed conifer plantations using a shielded directed spray technique on 12 stands totaling 265 acres.

Optional Item #3: A foliar application of a herbicide mixture from backpack sprayers to target Noxious Weeds (Scotch Broom) in 1 stand totaling 38 acres.

Project Location

Location: The project is located on the Eldorado National Forest, Georgetown Ranger District in both Placer and Eldorado Counties. General location is T.13N. R.13E. Section 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14. One Stand #17 is located in T.11N. R.12E. section 10. Specific maps of the treatment areas are included in the Contract Maps and Supplemental Specifications.

Set-Aside is total small business for NAICS 115310.

F006 - Land Treatment Practices

Projected date for solicitation posting is 4/13/2016.

Response will be due 4/27/2016 at 3:30pm.