Raspberry Crags Stewarship IRSC
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12363N26Q4146
- Agency
- Forest Service Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Place of performance
- Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, United States
- Points of contact
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- Chad Bullock chad.bullock@usda.gov (385) 368-5300
- Kyle Melton kyle.melton@usda.gov (970) 765-1763
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks stewardship contracting services for forest health, watershed health, and fire risk reduction at Raspberry Crags in Pike and San Isabel National Forests near Divide, Colorado, with quotations due July 8, 2026. The procurement is a total small business set-aside issued as a BPA call order restricted to companies already approved as eligible under the R2 Rocky Mountain Restoration Project BPA; only eligible vendors will receive feedback on submissions.
Place of performance is Colorado Springs, Colorado, with work extending from award through July 1, 2029 across approximately 790 total acres in Teller County. Mandatory work includes mechanical piling on 513 acres; optional work includes hand thinning and piling on 75 acres, hand thinning and chipping on 31 acres, cut and removal of included timber on 71 acres, and non-system trail closure on 1.07 miles. The contract requires timber removal pricing at minimum $0.25 per CCF for sawtimber and non-sawtimber products and $0.01 per green ton for biomass, with contractors pricing all mandatory items to be considered responsive. Service contract labor standards apply with prevailing wage rates specified under Wage Determination 2015-5417. The contract incorporates FAR 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 commercial services terms and includes anti-discrimination, DEI compliance, and workforce certification requirements where applicable.
Evaluation weighs technical approach (most significant), relevant past performance, local workforce utilization and community benefit, and price as approximately equal in combined weight to technical factors. Contractors must assign key personnel including an overall project manager, logging supervisor, fuels treatment supervisor, and sub-managers, with no substitutions permitted during the first 90 days except for illness, death, or termination. A site visit and pre-proposal conference is scheduled for June 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM at Crags Campground, Divide, Colorado, with attendance notification required by June 19 to ryan.harlow@usda.gov. NAICS code is 115310, Support Activities for Forestry.
Notice text
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
Solicitation number 12363N26Q4146 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the Raspberry Crags IRSC. This procurement is restricted to the approved companies eligible for call orders under the R2 Rocky Mountain Restoration Project BPA for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests in the state of Colorado. This requirement may be awarded to one vendor as a BPA Call Order against BPA's previously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE). The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice that are not eligible for awards under the R2 Rocky Mountain Restoration Project BPA.
The objectives of the Raspberry Crags IRSC project include increasing forest health and vigor, increasing watershed health, reduction of high severity fire potential, and increasing landscape heterogeneity. These objectives will be accomplished through the following:
a. A reduction of mid-closed structural stages to encourage the development of more mid-open,
late-open conditions.
b. Create a mosaic of forest conditions and structures that allow for wildfires to burn and other
insect and disease and disturbance agents to occur at intensities and severities and scales
within the natural range of variability for specific ecological systems.
c. Cut and mechanically pile described timber and fuels.
d. Hand cut and pile biomass and non-sawtimber.
e. Hand cut and chip biomass and non-sawtimber to clear campsites.
f. Cut and remove included timber.
g. User created road/trail decommissioning to protect wildlife and roadless areas.
Timber removal is subject to agreement
This BPA call will be issued against the Rocky Mountain Restoration Project BPA when ordered by warranted contracting personnel. The resultant contract will be a commercial services contract with potential requirements for timber removal. The period of performance of this contract is from date of award through July 1, 2029.
This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 115310. The small business size standard is $34 Million This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside.
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
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| Raspberry Crags Stewarship IRSC | Award Notice | |
| Raspberry Crags Stewarship IRSC | Solicitation |
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