RECOVERY-Angel Fire Hazardous Fuels Reduction

RECOVERY-This project is funded in whole by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

This project is located in Carson National Forest, Taos County in New Mexico.  The work consists of hazardous fuels reduction in the form of manually thinning approximately 174 acres of primarily white fir, Douglas-fir, Engelmann spruce, corkbark fir and pondersoa pine to silvicultural prescription utilizing hand piling thinning and scatter slash.  Contractor shall furnish labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and all incidentals.  Slopes are moderately steep to steep.  The number of cut trees during the treatment is estimated to range from 200 to 2000 trees per acre.  The anticipated performance period for this work will be 60 days after notice to proceed is issued.

The solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation and an electronic response will be due on or about 3 August 2010.  Specific details for quotation submittal will be included in the solicitation package when posted to this site.

This solicitation is being conducted as a Total Small Business Set-aside under FAR Part 19.5.

This is a Commercial Services acquisition and the SYNOPSIS AND BIDDING TIMES HAVE BEEN SHORTENED in accordance with FAR Part 5.203 (a)(1), 12.205 (c) and 13.5  Potential offerors should take note of the reduced bidding time and plan accordingly.  THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS.  No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.  The solicitation with specifications will be released and posted to the https://www.fbo.gov website on or about 19 Jul 2010.  No hard copies of the solicitation and applicable amendments will be mailed.  To receive the Request for Quotation package and any applicable amendments, offerors must download them from the https://www.fbo.gov website.

An organized pre-bid site visit WILL NOT be conducted.  Potential offerors are encouraged to visit the site on their own prior to submitting an offer.  Please contact Tim Fruits at 575-758-6312 or via email at tfruits@fs.fed.us for more information about visiting the site.