Oregon Butte Lookout Services Contract

Added: Mar 27, 2017 2:52 pm THERE IS A TOTAL OF 3 LOOKOUTS THAT WILL BE AWARDED.  THE DESCRIPTION OF WORK FOR ALL 3 LOOKOUTS ARE THE SAME. 

Johnson Rock Lookout is located on the La Grande Ranger District, T5S R35E Section 14 (Willamette Meridian), approximately 5700 feet elevation.

Access:
To reach the lookout, proceed from the City of La Grande Northwest 8 miles on Interstate Highway 84. Hence westerly 12 miles on two lane State Highway 244; hence southerly 8.13 miles on two lane surfaced Forest Service road 51; hence easterly three miles on single lane graveled Forest Service road 5115: hence southerly 4.49 miles on single lane graveled Forest Service road 51155120. Note: Four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended for the last 1 mile on Forest Service road 51155120.

Johnson Rock is a 90 foot tower structure with living quarters and observation tower together. The living quarters has solar/battery power with converter, propane/LED lighting, cook stove, refrigerator and a wood heating stove.

PT. Prominence Lookout is located on the La Grande Ranger District, T2S R42E Section 21 (Willamette Meridian), at approximately 6400 feet elevation.

Access:
To reach the lookout; proceed from the City of La Grande northeast 6.5 miles on Oregon State Highway 82. Hence easterly 5.5 miles on two lane all surface Lower Cove Road; hence northerly 1 mile on gravel Foot Hill Road; hence easterly on Mt. Harris Road; hence easterly 8.5 miles on graveled Forest Service road 62; hence southerly 1.5 miles on graveled Forest Service road 6220 to lookout parking area. Note: Four-wheeled drive vehicle is recommended for the last 1.5 miles on road 6220.

Pt Prominence is a 90 foot tower structure with living quarters and observation tower together. The living quarters has solar/battery power with converter, propane/LED lighting, cook stove, refrigerator and a wood heating stove.

Added: Mar 23, 2017 1:37 pm THE SOLICITATION FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE POSTED ON OR ABOUT
APRIL 6, 2017

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
Detect and report smokes or fires within and adjacent to the Umatilla National Forest and/or Wallowa Whitman National Forest. The lookout shall be required to maintain a daily log of events and provide a written summary of events at the end of each contract year. Work shall include monitoring radio traffic; relaying radio messages, plotting fire start locations, providing fire behavior reports, report state of the weather and take weather readings when requested.
Minor facilities maintenance shall be performed by the contractor at the request option of the Government using Government-furnished supplies and equipment. Minor facilities maintenance may include but is not limited to painting and puttying windows.

HOURS AND DAYS OF OPERATION:
Services shall be required 7 days per week, from 0900 to 1800 (duty day) hours, with overtime work when requested, approximately 40 hours per year. The Government may require services outside of the normal daily duty hours, which may be up to all hours of the day which will be reimbursed at overtime rate. There may be opportunities to schedule days off during the scheduled period of performance, but those days must be agreed to by the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) in advance. The COR may cancel scheduled days off at the last minute, should circumstances arise requiring lookout services.

LOCATION:
Oregon Butte Lookout (Umatilla National Forest) is located on the Pomeroy Ranger District, Pomeroy Washington, at Township 7 North, Range 41 East, Section 4 (Willamette Meridian), at approximately 6000 feet in elevation.