Tree Planting & Restoration Services - EWP Floodplain Easement

Added: Jan 08, 2010 4:40 pm Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), New Jersey is requesting services under a Firm-Fixed Price contract for wetland restoration consisting of planting bare root tree seedlings and invasive tree and shrub control on an Emergency Watershed Protection Floodplain Easement site in Somerset County, NJ. The site will be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The successful contractor will be required to submit quarterly reports at www.federalreporting.gov. The contractor will be required to purchase and plant bare root seedlings, and control woody invasive exotic vegetation according to NRCS contract specifications. The contract calls for the purchase of approximately 16,600 seedlings that will be planted on approximately 28 acres. No site preparation will be required of the contractor on the planting site. The contract also calls for select vegetation removal across a 30 acre site which requires cutting and chipping of select woody vegetation identified by NRCS. This solicitation is not restricted for small business concerns, however small business concerns are encouraged to respond and will be considered. The solicitation, specifications and maps will be issued electronically at the Federal Business Opportunities website: www.fbo.gov on January 22, 2010. The price range for this solicitation is estimated between $100,000 and $250,000. A Site Showing will be held on February 2, 2010, at the site beginning at 10:00 am.