Silver Creek IRSC

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks commercial logging and forest stewardship services for the Silver Creek Integrated Restoration and Stewardship Contract (IRSC) on the San Isabel National Forest, with proposals due September 11, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time. The procurement is restricted to small businesses eligible for call orders under the R2 Rocky Mountain Restoration Project (RMRP) Stewardship BPA and may be awarded to one vendor as a BPA Call Order; eligible vendors are those previously approved under the underlying BPA. Amendment 002 (issued September 8) extended the deadline and revised specifications for hand thinning work; vendors may submit revised proposals or confirm no changes are needed.

Place of performance is the Salida Ranger District, San Isabel National Forest, near Salida, Colorado (Chaffee and Saguache Counties), encompassing approximately 1,277 acres across multiple treatment units. NAICS code is 113310 (Logging) with a 500-employee small business size standard.

Mandatory work comprises five line items: cut and remove 618 CCF of included sawtimber (Douglas-fir and other conifer sawtimber at minimum $0.25/CCF for 541 CCF; Ponderosa Pine sawtimber at minimum $11.13/CCF for 77 CCF); steep slope logging, cut and forward, and non-commercial thinning on 17 acres; non-commercial thinning and decking on 144 acres; hand thinning non-included material on 296 acres (with revised specifications per Amendment 002 clarifying manual cutting, lopping, and slash scattering); and road maintenance on NFSR 201C for 0.8 miles. Performance runs from award through September 30, 2028. All mandatory line items must receive pricing for award consideration.

Payment will be made in Stewardship Credits and Appropriated Funds through the Invoice Processing Platform. Quality thresholds require minimum 90 percent Acceptable Quality Level for items 2-4 and 100 percent for road maintenance, assessed through Government verification plots.

Evaluation criteria in descending order are Technical Approach (significantly more important), Relevant Past Performance (significantly more important), and Utilization of Local Work Forces/Benefit to Local Community, with technical factors collectively approximately equal to cost/price. A site visit occurred August 18, 2026. Service Contract Act prevailing wage determinations apply (rates ranging from $14.02 to $26.38 per hour depending on classification). Proposals must be submitted electronically as separate technical and price proposals to Keith Brugger and Matt Daigle.