Magnolia Bench Mastication, Phase II, 761 acres

Magnolia Bench Mastication, Phase II, 761 acres

This amendment is issued to answer a question received. All RFQ dates (site visit, quotes due) remain unchanged.

Q. Could we get some more clarity on the vertical shaft mulching equipment requirement, such as, are you looking for something like a disk mulcher attachment? If so, do you have any insights as to who makes them for front end loader types of machines? We currently run drum mulchers on our Barko and Kershaw, which I believe are classified as horizontal shaft mulchers, so we've been trying to find the vertical/disk style mulching attachments or machines already equipped with them, and have so far been unable to. We have found skid steer and excavator disk/vertical shaft attachments but nothing for the front end loader style machines, besides a very old hydro-axe.

A.Due to the amount of brush in this treatment, we are looking for an attachment that is vertical shaft (basically a large lawn mower) so that we don't leave as many sharp edges once the treatment is done. In our experience locally, the drum style mulchers leave a large amount of sharp pungie sticks that deter wildlife and livestock. As far as where to find them, we do not have any suggestions.

Magnolia Bench Mastication, Phase II, 761 acres

The Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, has a requirement for mastication of standing dead and live pinyon and juniper trees and mixed-mountain Shrub (Serviceberry and oakbrush) with a Contractor furnished machine at Magnolia Bench in Colorado.

Description of Work: Cut and pile pinyon and juniper trees with Contractor furnished crews and chainsaws. Mastication specifications require rubber tired mulching machines in good running condition that are equipped with a VERTICAL SHAFT hydro-axe style cutting heads capable of working on slopes up to 30 percent and mulching trees or logs up to 18 inches in diameter at breast height (DBH).

The location is approximately 17 miles southwest of Meeker, CO.

Details are included in the Statement of Work with maps and a Wage Determination attached to this RFQ. Additional location files are also available but the formats are not compatible with SAM.gov, you can request the files by emailing the Contract Specialist Laura StJohn at lstjohn@blm.gov.

A site visit will be held (if requested) on Thursday March 9, 2023 at 10:00 at the intersection of Rio Blanco County Roads 3 and 3A. (Lat: 39°53'36.11"N, Long: 108°10'47.98"W). If no requests are received no site visit will be held. To register for the site visit send an email to lwsmith@blm.gov. This email address is for site visit registration ONLY. Do not send technical or other questions about the RFQ to it -- all questions must be sent to the contract specialist at lstjohn@blm.gov.

This solicitation is being issued as a total small business set-aside. The NAICS associated with this solicitation is 115310 Support Activities for Forestry, Fuels Management Services, which has a small business size standard of $30M.

Award will be made on a Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable basis. See provision 52.212-2 `Evaluation' for details of what must be included with your quote.

Quotes shall be submitted via email to lstjohn@blm.gov by no later than Friday March 17, 2023, at 4:00 pm MT. All quotes received will be acknowledged by a return email. Please include the RFQ number (140L3723Q0011) in the subject line of the email to ensure your quote is properly identified.

Due to system limitations submissions through sam.gov or FBMS/PRISM will not be accepted. Offerors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (sam.gov) as of the closing date and time of this solicitation. Please include your SAM UEI (Unique Entity ID) number with your quote so that we can verify your registration.