Tamarack Chimney Stewardship IRSC, Plumas National Forest, R5 CA
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12363N22Q4033
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Place of performance
- Oroville, California 95965, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This solicitation seeks a contractor to perform forest health restoration and hazardous fuels reduction services on 365 acres of National Forest lands near Little Grass Valley Reservoir in Plumas County, California. The USDA Forest Service seeks to award an integrated resource service contract to complete mandatory roadside fuels treatment on 250 acres and optional meadow and stream buffer treatments on 115 additional acres. Work must be completed by October 31, 2023 for mandatory roadside units and by October 31, 2024 for optional meadow units if awarded. Interested vendors must attend a mandatory site visit on July 5, 2022 to review the requirements, with proposals due by July 20, 2022. Evaluation criteria will consider technical approach, past performance, and price.
There is no set-aside designation. The primary NAICS code is 115310 and PSC code D304. The incumbent is the USDA Forest Service and work will be performed in Oroville, California. The solicitation involves mechanical treatment of 250 acres, manual treatment of 25 acres, and an optional item for timber removal of unknown quantity. Total award value will depend on optional items selected by the contractor in their proposal.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Background: The Tamarack Chimney Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority. Stewardship Authority: 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 U.S. Forest Service (Government) 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 (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105- 277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.
Project Location: The project area is located near Little Grass Valley Reservoir off the 22N94 and 22N27 roads. The project area lies entirely on National Forest System lands within the administrative boundaries of the Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest in California. Tamarack Flat area is located 55 miles from Oroville, CA via Lumpkin Road.
Legal land description: T. 22N, R 8E., Sections 15,22-26 and T 22N, R 9E, Sections 19 and 30, Plumas County, CA.
Description: The Tamarack Chimney Stewardship IRSC aims to restore forest health, treat hazardous fuels adjacent to roads and neighboring landscapes, reduce the future risk of high severity wildfire, and perform meadow enhancement. Goals will be accomplished through a series of silvicultural and fuels management activities designed to reduce the hazardous fuel on the landscape.
Timber product removal is included as an Optional Item only with the quantity of product removal to be proposed by the quoter. Providing a quantity and price for removal is not required to be eligible for contract award but is encouraged by the Government. Specified road maintenance shall only be required if Optional Removal of Timber Subject to Agreement is awarded; optional removal should be priced accordingly.
The following work activity is the only mandatory work item:
Item 1: Roadside fuels treatment. Mechanically cut and pile trees in Units 1-6 that can reach roadsides. (250 acres)
Optional work items include:
Item 2: Mechanically cut and pile all dead conifers and hardwoods (8.0 inch dbh and above) in meadow Units 7-10. (90 acres)
Item 3: Handcut/handpile all dead conifers and hardwoods (8.0 dbh to 24.0 dbh) in stream buffers in meadow Units 7-10. (25 acres)
Item 4: Remove Timber Subject to Agreement.
Mandatory Item 1 shall be completed by October 31, 2023 and Optional items 2 and 3 by October 31, 2024 if awarded. If Optional Item 4 is awarded, the deadline for the product removal shall be the same as the deadline for Unit treatment (e.g. if awarded, the product removal from Unit 2, within Item 1 must be completed by 10/31/2023).
A site visit shall was held on July 5, 2022 at 10 am PT to review the requirement and facilitate dialogue with interested vendors. Amendment 1 was issued on 7/6/22 to add the site visit notes to the solicitation as Attachment 7.
Update #1 ·
Background: The Tamarack Chimney Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority. Stewardship Authority: 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 U.S. Forest Service (Government) 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 (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105- 277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.
Project Location: The project area is located near Little Grass Valley Reservoir off the 22N94 and 22N27 roads. The project area lies entirely on National Forest System lands within the administrative boundaries of the Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest in California. Tamarack Flat area is located 55 miles from Oroville, CA via Lumpkin Road.
Legal land description: T. 22N, R 8E., Sections 15,22-26 and T 22N, R 9E, Sections 19 and 30, Plumas County, CA.
Description: The Tamarack Chimney Stewardship IRSC aims to restore forest health, treat hazardous fuels adjacent to roads and neighboring landscapes, reduce the future risk of high severity wildfire, and perform meadow enhancement. Goals will be accomplished through a series of silvicultural and fuels management activities designed to reduce the hazardous fuel on the landscape.
Timber product removal is included as an Optional Item only with the quantity of product removal to be proposed by the quoter. Providing a quantity and price for removal is not required to be eligible for contract award but is encouraged by the Government. Specified road maintenance shall only be required if Optional Removal of Timber Subject to Agreement is awarded; optional removal should be priced accordingly.
The following work activity is the only mandatory work item:
Item 1: Roadside fuels treatment. Mechanically cut and pile trees in Units 1-6 that can reach roadsides. (250 acres)
Optional work items include:
Item 2: Mechanically cut and pile all dead conifers and hardwoods (8.0 inch dbh and above) in meadow Units 7-10. (90 acres)
Item 3: Handcut/handpile all dead conifers and hardwoods (8.0 dbh to 24.0 dbh) in stream buffers in meadow Units 7-10. (25 acres)
Item 4: Remove Timber Subject to Agreement.
Mandatory Item 1 shall be completed by October 31, 2023 and Optional items 2 and 3 by October 31, 2024 if awarded. If Optional Item 4 is awarded, the deadline for the product removal shall be the same as the deadline for Unit treatment (e.g. if awarded, the product removal from Unit 2, within Item 1 must be completed by 10/31/2023).
A site visit shall be held on July 5, 2022 at 10 am PT to review the requirement and facilitate dialogue with interested vendors. See details in Provision 52 on page 52.
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Tamarack Chimney Stewardship IRSC, Plumas National Forest, R5 CA | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Tamarack Chimney Stewardship IRSC, Plumas National Forest, R5 CA | Pre-Solicitation |
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