Lake cascade fuel reduction

This pre-solicitation notice seeks fuel reduction services on approximately 80 acres of Bureau of Reclamation lands near Lake Cascade in Idaho. Under the subsequent contract, manual and mechanical treatments will reduce hazardous fuels and wildfire risk across two fire management units from September 2024 through August 2027. Contractors must submit capabilities statements and questions on the draft 18-page performance work statement by January 4, 2024. The evaluation will consider the contractor's ability to cut, limb, stack, chip, masticate, or scatter materials from dead and downed fuels to specifications across the designated treatment areas while following environmental protection and fire prevention requirements and providing quarterly progress reports.

No set-asides are designated for this opportunity. The primary NAICS code is 115310 for timber tract operations with a size standard of $34 million. The work involves reducing hazard trees and fuel loads manually up to 8 inches DBH and mechanically chipping, masticating, and lopping and scattering materials across approximately 33 acres in two units from September 2024 through August 2027. Responses are requested by January 4, 2024 to be considered for the subsequent contract award.