Little Jackson 1 Reoffer Stewardship IRSC- San Juan National Forest, Region 2 - COLORADO

DESCRIPTION

Background: The Little Jackson 1 Re-Offer Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority:

Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014—Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.

NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 20.5M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.

Project Location:

The project is located approximately 6 miles east of Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Legal description is:  Sections 15, 16, 21, and 22 of Township 36 North, Range 1 West; Sections 13, 22, 23 and 26 of Township 40 North, Range 16 West, NMPM Archuleta County, Colorado.

A site visit will be scheduled for August 4, 2022 at 10:00 am MT at the Pagosa Ranger District Office  to discuss the contract, work specifications and visit the contract area. (Official date, time and location will be posted with Solicitation issuance.)

Request for Quotes are due August 24, 2022 at 4:00 pm MT. The contract shall be awarded using a best value source selection method; the resulting contract shall be a firm fixed price commercial services contract.

Period of Performance: All work shall be completed by December 31, 2023.

Description of Work:

Mandatory work includes the cutting and removal of sawtimber-sized and non-sawtimber sized trees from contract area. 

Estimated Timber is as follows:

White Fir and Other Confierous Species (Sawtimber):  2,140 Tons

All Coniferous Species (Non-Sawtimber):  308 Tons

Aspen (Non-Sawtimber):  227 Tons

Biomass: 1,424 Tons

The Awardee shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions and clauses of the contract. Bid Bonds, Payment Bonds, and Performance Bonds are not required for this project.

All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will be found non-responsive. Registration in SAM is a free service – you do not need to pay to register in this system. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award.

The Contracting Officer for this project isChad Bullock with the National Stewardship Contracting Branch and is physically located in Idaho.