Ranch stew stewardship, IDIQ

This is a five-year, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ), stewardship project not to exceed $3 Million. The contractor shall provide a variety of services to maintain and enhance the forest ecosystem. Work includes forest thinning, brushing, fuel hazard reduction, meadow restoration, road decommissiong, fence removal, dump site cleanup, and commercial material removal including biomass.

The NAICS code is 115310. Project sites are located in the Butte Resource Area, Jackson County, Medford District, in the vicinity of Butte Falls, Oregon. This Commercial Item solicitation will be posted electronically at www.FedConnect.net (paper copies are no longer available). The estimated issue date is August 10, 2009. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. This solicitation is set aside for small business concerns.

This announcement has been amended, and is no longer RECOVERY procurement.

However, it is anticipated that there will be task orders placed against this contract that are wholly or in part funded by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 dollars.

All references to Commercial Item procedures are hereby removed. Commercial Item procedures will not be used for this solicitation.

The estimated issue/posting date of the full solicitation on www.FedConnect.net is changed to August 6, 2009.

RECOVERY -- This procurement is being funded via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Full or partial funding for requirements to be completed by resultant contract award(s) may utilize funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Inclusion of unique provisions required to implement the Act, including those for significant reporting and transparency requirements by the successful offeror(s), will be required in any resultant contract. The Awardee will be subject to Section 1512(c) of the Recovery Act which requires each contractor to report on its use of Recovery Act funds under the awarded contract. These reports will be made available to the public.

This is a five year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) stewardship project not to exceed $3 million. The contractor shall provide a variety of services to maintain and enhance the forest ecosystem. Work includes forest thinning, brushing, fuel hazard reduction, meadow restoration, road decommissiong, fence removal, dump site cleanup, and commercial material removal including biomass. Project sites are located in the Butte Resource Area, Jackson County, Medford District, in the vicinity of Butte Falls, Oregon. This Commercial Item solicitation will be posted electronically at www.fedconnect.net. Paper copies are no longer available. Estimated issue date of the solicitation is July 31, 2009. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. This solicitation is set aside for small business concerns.