Recovery- big butte density management, siskiyou national forest, or

THIS NOTICE IS EXTENDED UNTIL 2 MARCH 2010, DUE TO APPROVAL OF ACQUSITION STRATEGY FROM OUR WASHINGTON OFFICE. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR OFFER OR THIS CONTRACT, BUT IS DUE TO INTERNAL PROCESSES.

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED AN OFFER WE WILL HOLD IT UNTIL THAT DATE.

THIS IS AN AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 (ARRA) PROCUREMENT

RECOVERY- BIG BUTTE DENSITY MANAGEMENT, SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, OR



The U.S. Forest Service, EROC-NW, servicing Region 6 has a requirement to have the contractor furnish all labor, equipment, fuel, oil, transportation and supplies to perform fuel reduction on the ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON, JACKSON COUNTY. The work consists of precommercial thinning, pruning, brush cutting and handpiling of slash for 2018 acres.



**THIS IS A COMBINED SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS--PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED**



Project Location and Description

Project maps showing work sites and work data, will be provided by the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) at the post award conference

Location - The location of the worksites are shown within the ATTACHED MAPS included within this solicitation. Directions can be obtained by calling the COR-jAMES FIORELLI at 541-560-3464.

Description - The Project Maps show some of the physical and topographical features of the units, as well as delineating areas within the units which require special work. The information contained in these Maps is intended to be complementary to the Specifications; however, any conflict between documents shall be resolved as determined by the order of precedence.



**NOTES**

--Additional work details are outlined in the attached solicitation.

--There will not be a Pre-bid meeting offered by the Government for site inspection. Please refer to the attached unit maps in the solicitation for a general outline of the site.

The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Contractor whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.



The following evaluation factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Technical Capability, Past Performance and Price. All non-price evaluation factors, when combined are approximately equal in important to price. Award will be made on a best value basis.



This acquisition is a 100% SMALL BUSINESS set-aside. The North American Classification System Code (NAICS) is 115310. The size standard is $17.5 million.



Contractors are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). The solicitation with specifications and Service Contract Act wage rates will be posted to the FedBizOps website www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the solicitation and applicable amendments will be mailed or issued. To receive the solicitation and any applicable amendments, offerors must download them from www.fbo.gov.