Barking Dog Tree and Harvest Unit Boundary Marking - Phase 2

The State of Montana's Forestry Division/GNA Bureau is seeking a contractor for the Barking Dog Timber Harvest: Tree Marking - Phase 2 project located on the Helena-Lewis & Clark National Forest in Park County. The limited solicitation requires a qualified contractor to mark leave trees across 239 total acres in 16 separate harvest units, with work to be completed by October 20th, 2023. The project involves four specific silvicultural prescription types: 2-Aged Seedtree (71 acres), 2-Aged Shelterwood (85 acres), Improvement Harvest (50 acres), and Improvement Harvest (Old Growth) (33 acres). Contractor personnel must demonstrate expertise in identifying tree species, measuring forest stand density, recognizing forest insect and disease problems, and using Forest Service tracer paint for marking. The solicitation was opened on 8/15/2023 at 8:00 AM MDT and will close on 8/31/2023 at 3:00 PM MDT, with an optional pre-bid telephone conference scheduled for 8/21/2023 at 8:30 AM Mountain Time. Bidders must contact Procurement Officer Gwen Ungerman by 8/17/2023 to receive conference details.

The contract will be awarded on an all-or-none basis with fixed pricing and requires contractors to provide their own tools, including paint guns and forest stand density measuring equipment. The project involves federal funding, necessitating additional documentation such as AD1048 and NDAA-889 forms. Contractors must submit detailed information including federal tax ID, contact person details, authorized signatory information, and a unique entity ID. Payment terms are set at Net 30, with compensation made upon satisfactory completion of individual harvest units as approved by the Contract Supervisor. While no specific set-aside designations were mentioned, the contract falls under commodity code 2111 for Forest Related Services - Timber Marking/Cruising. The contract was ultimately awarded to Forestoration, Inc. (Forestoration LLC), though the specific contract value was not explicitly stated in the provided documentation. The project will adhere to Montana's 2023 Prevailing Wage Rates for Nonconstruction Services, which requires a mandatory 3% wage increase every 12 months for contracts exceeding $25,000.