McKenzie River Ranger District Wildlife Tree and Down Wood Creation
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1240Bk25Q0073
- Agency
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Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Place of performance
- McKenzie Bridge, Oregon 97413, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region is procuring wildlife tree and down wood creation services for the McKenzie River Ranger District through solicitation number 1240BK25Q0073. The contractor will create structures suitable for cavity nesting wildlife by performing tree treatments including chainsaw topping, high girdling, base girdling, and tree felling across 460 acres in four treatment units within the Golden Timber Sale area. The work requires selecting and treating trees that are 14-24 inches in diameter and at least 50 feet tall, with specific documentation requirements including GPS coordinates and tree registers. Offers will be evaluated based on price, past performance, and technical capability, with separate attachments required for each evaluation criterion. Questions must be submitted by August 22, 2025, with answers posted by August 24, 2025, and offers are due August 29, 2025 at 17:00 PM PT.
This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 115310 with a size standard of $11 million, restricting participation to qualified small businesses only. The contract structure includes four primary line items: 13 chainsaw topping operations, 13 high girdling operations, 15 base girdling operations, and 2 climb without treatment operations due to existing nest structures. The period of performance runs from September 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026, providing contractors with six months to complete the wildlife habitat enhancement work. Services will be performed in the McKenzie Bridge, Oregon area near the West Cascades Scenic Byway, with access restrictions during the Cascade Elk Rifle Season from November 7-15, 2025. The contract operates under a firm-fixed-price structure with specific wage rate requirements outlined in the Department of Labor's wage determination for forestry services in Oregon.
Notice text
Solicitation Notice
McKenzie River Ranger District Wildlife Tree and Down Wood Creation
Solicitation number is 1240BK25Q0073 and is issue as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to establish a Firm-Fixed-Price contract.
This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. In accordance with FAR Clause 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected.
The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement 115310 Support Activities for Forestry The small business size standard is $11 million.
Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) Structure: Refer to Schedule of Items and Price Sheet (RFQ 1240BK25Q0073 pdf).
Description of Requirement: Services will include the creation of structures suitable for cavity nesting wildlife. The Government shall neither supervise Contractor employees nor control the method by which the Contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual Contractor employees as described in the RFQ 1240BK25Q0073 pdf.
Period of Performance: 09/01/2025 to 02/28/2026
A site visit has not been scheduled for this requirement. Offerors are however encouraged to conduct their own research into the area, this research is at the offerors own expense and is not reimbursable by the government.
Questions concerning this solicitation shall be submitted electronically via email to
Jared.Machgant@usda.gov no later than Friday, August 22, 2025 at 17:00 PM PT Time
Answers to offerors questions will be posted in SAM.gov no later than Friday, August 24, 2025 at 17:00 PM PT Time
All amendments to the solicitation will be posted in SAM.gov.
Offers shall be submitted electronically via email to Jared.Machgan@usda.gov and no later than, Friday, August 29, at 17:00 PM PT Time. Offerors shall ensure offers are delivered into this inbox by the due date and time. Emails should contain 3 separate attachments: Technical Capability (in Microsoft Word or PDF format), Past Performance (in PDF format), and Price (in Microsoft Excel format). Be aware that large attachments may increase the time required to deliver an email. It is the offerors responsibility to confirm receipt of the offer.
System for Award Management – Notice to Offerors #1:
System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Agencies will not consider or use these representations. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.
System for Award Management – Notice to Offerors #2:
System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.
POC
Primary Contracting Officer
Jared Machgan Jared.Machgan@usda.gov
Attachments:
RFQ 1240BK25Q0073 McKenzie River Ranger District For Ranger District Wildlife Tree and Down Wood Creation
Exhibit 5 Tree Treatment, Illustration for Chainsaw Topping
Exhibit 6 Tree Illustrations (Illustration for Girdling)
Exhibit 9 Sample Tree Registers, McKenzie River Ranger District
Detailed Order Specifications Sheet (DOSS)
Detailed Unit information Sheet (DUIS)
Unit Maps
Wage Rates
Files
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| McKenzie River Ranger District Wildlife Tree and Down Wood Creation | Pre-Solicitation |
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