SouthTongueStewardship_BighornNF

This project work is issued in compliance with USDAs Strategic Goals for exercising wise stewardship of national forest and lands and the Forest Service Strategic Goals for fostering productive and sustainable use of our National Forest System lands through the utilization of Stewardship Authority of Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014 - grants the Forest Service permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.

This acquisition has been tailored to fit the Government's method of trading goods for services or construction.

The South Tongue Stewardship Project is located on the Tongue Ranger District of the Bighorn National Forest encompassing the area indicated on the Project Area Map (which includes Contract Area Maps) within the Tongue Canyon River drainage. Restoration objectives for the project area are summarized as follows: Improve Forest Health - Provide growing space for healthy trees and reduce fuel loadings; Reduce Fuel Loading - Provide mechanical fuel treatments and preparatory work to manage the effects of the return of fire as a disturbance mechanism; Utilize Timber or other products - Provide wood resource to forest product industry; Maintain roads commensurate with use.

Neither a Payment nor Performance Bond is required for this service/construction component. The Construction portion of this requirement is less than $30,000.00.

To accomplish these desired objectives, the contract covers approximately 475 Acres having the offeror perform fuels treatment on 85 acres, road reconstruction on approximately 1.45 miles of native surface roads including clearing and grubbing of tops, limbs, logs, and stumps and installing a rolling dip for drainage. Product removal of Lodepole Pine and other conifer consists of 532 CCF sawtimber, 58 CCF non-Saw timber and unspecified amount of timber subject to agreement. Anticipated that work will be completed by September 30, 2019.

Project is located in Township 56 North, Range 88 West, Section 32; Township 55 North, Range 88 West, Sections 4, 5, and 9.

The Solicitation is anticipated to be posted by March 23, 2018.

The use of biobaed products is anticipated in the performance of this work.

There is no incumbent for this work. Awards for similar type of work can be located by searching on Federal Business Opportunities website for stewardship.

Neither a pre-proposal meeting nor site visit is anticipated for this project. Offerors are highly encouraged to perform their own site visit. It is the contractor's responsibility to familiarize themselves with the normal terrain. You may Google: Bighorn National Forest for information on roads terrain, and other pertinent information.
All questions must be submitted in writing to: Brenda Anderson, USDA Forest Service, R2 AQM, Black Hills National Forest, 1019 N Fifth St, Custer SD 57730-8214, fax to (605) 673-9350, or via email to bjanderson@fs.fed.us. Questions must be received by noon on April 4, 2018 in order to be considered, any questions received after this date may not be addressed.