Reed Valley Stewardship

Added: Jul 17, 2013 12:45 pm This proposed procurement is unrestricted pursuant to Stewardship Authority. This solicitation and any resultant contract is a stewardship project and is subject to the Availability of Funds Clause (FAR ).

The Reed Valley Stewardship Project is located on the Cedar City Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest encompassing the area indicated on the Project Area Map (which includes Contract Area Maps) Objectives for the project area are summarized as follows:

• Improve Management Indicator Species (MIS) and sensitive wildlife species habitat by increasing tree structure diversity and by promoting aspen regeneration, and improving existing aspen stands.
• Sanitation and salvage of dead and dying trees prior to deterioration to provide for wood products and improved forest health.
• Timber Stand Improvement (TSI).

To accomplish these objectives, the contract includes the following components:

• Aspen regeneration treatment (125 acres, 2,000 ccf)
• Aspen improvement treatment (23 acres)
• Salvage/sanitation harvest (766 acres, 6,000 ccf)
• Timber stand Improvement (766 acres)

Project Location - The Reed Valley Vegetation Management Project Area is located within the Cedar City Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest in Iron County, Utah. The legal description is T36S, R8W, Sections 35, 36 and T37S, R8W, Sections 1, 2, 10-16, SLB&M.

Site Visit shall be held August 19, 2013 at 10 a.m. (local Cedar City time). Parties are to meet at the Dixie National Forest Supervisor's Office, located at 1789 North Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, UT 84721 and from there proceed to the site.

The magnitude of the road reconstruction portion is estimated to be between $25,000 and $100,000.

Solicitation to be posted at this site on or about August 5, 2013.

All questions regarding the solicitation, both during the pre-solicitation period and after the posting of the solicitation must be in writing to Contracting Officer, Brian Wharton (bwharton@fs.fed.us) and reference the solicitation number and title "Reed Valley Stewardship". The Contracting Officer will route the question to the appropriate subject matter expert for clarification or answer. If the answer to a question comes from a source other than the solicitation itself, and if the clarification or answer is something which needs to be known by all offerors, then the Contracting Officer will collect the answers for publication in a solicitation amendment.