Laro - FY25 contract thin

The National Park Service, through the Department of the Interior's Midwest Region, is soliciting quotes for forest thinning services at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington State. The contract requires a contractor to hand sever trees, lop slash, pile slash, and cover slash piles across 35.5-36 acres of primarily ponderosa pine and Douglas fir forest along the access road to the Kettle River Campground. Contractors must use gas-powered or electric chainsaws to cut trees less than 8 inches in diameter, creating 16-foot spacing between trees and piling slash less than 6 inches in diameter while covering piles with craft paper. The contract will be evaluated based on price, technical capabilities, and prior experience, with quotes originally due August 11, 2025, but extended to August 19, 2025 at 1700 PDT. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and submit a complete quote package including project narrative, three prior experience references, resumes, and pricing information.

This procurement is designated as a 100% total small business set-aside under NAICS code 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) with a $34 million size standard. No specific incumbent or current contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. While no exact contract value is provided, the solicitation includes applicable wage determination rates ranging from $18.85 per hour for Brush/Precommercial Thinner to $32.18 per hour for Faller/Bucker positions, plus health and welfare benefits at $5.36 per hour. The period of performance has been updated from the original August 15 - December 20, 2025 timeframe to August 22 - December 31, 2025. Work will be performed at the Kettle River Campground area within Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Kettle Falls, Washington, with the project aimed at reducing wildfire risk by thinning overstocked forest areas.