SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- RFP FOR CURRENT BLM FUELS REDUCTION IDIQ CONTRACT HOLDERS - Mechanical Thinning of Woodlands and Forests at Bandelier National Monument
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, National Park Service, NPS - All Offices, IMSF - ACG - Contracting, Cooperative Agreements & General Services P.O. Box 728 Santa Fe NM 87504
- ZIP Code
- 87504
- Solicitation Number
- N7120090006
- Response Due
- 8/28/2009
- Archive Date
- 8/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Tammy K. Gallegos Contracting Officer 5059886085 tammy_gallegos@nps.gov;<br />
- E-Mail Address
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- Description
- This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) N7120090006 for current contract holders of the BLM national IDIQ contract for Fuels Reduction. The specifications, terms and conditions applicable to the parent contract as well as those included in this RFP apply to this task order. Task 1 and 2 associated with this project includes the following : Bandelier National Monument plans to implement mechanical restorations treatments in selected portions of the park, specifically in mesa top settings within the pion-juniper woodland zone. Basic treatments will consist of an overstory thinning of live juniper and dead pion, and subsequent lop and scatter of the cut trees into bare soil intercanopy locations as a slash mulch. A total of approximately 2400 acres would be treated during this phase of this project (see map). Timeframe for substantial completion of this work under the current contract extends from September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011. Bandelier is located in Los Alamos, Sandoval, and Santa Fe Counties in northern New Mexico and the pion-juniper woodland zone generally includes mesa top areas between 6000-7000 feet elevation. Terrain within the project area includes relatively flat mesas, gentle to moderate slopes, and primary drainage swales. Current vegetation is a pion-juniper woodland mosaic with recent widespread pion mortality, scattered Ponderosa Pine savanna stringers in the swales, and occasional patches of grass and shrub vegetation types interspersed throughout. Research suggests the woodland mosaic has expanded and thickened historically, reducing the extent of pine savanna, grass, and shrub types, and initiating accelerated soil erosion which is impacting natural and cultural resources. The proposed work will attempt to reverse these historical trends by thinning woodland vegetation from sites which have the potential to support more robust understory vegetation, recreating a mosaic of woodland, savanna, and grass-shrub-land types, and stabilizing soils and cultural resources. Mechanical treatments will be implemented by a crew of sawyers using chainsaws as the primary tool for cutting, lopping, and scattering live juniper and dead pion; sufficient crew (e.g. 20) and cutting rates (e.g. 0.5acres/day/person) are essential to meet specified timelines for current contract and allowable number of camp helicopter resupply efforts. Individual treatment polygons were delineated within mesa top settings on basis of favorable soil criteria and using recent ortho-photography to distinguish woodland types. Primary emphasis for treatment was placed on more productive upland sites with deeper soils and remnant herbaceous cover and/or dominated by smaller diameter or younger trees. Shallow, rocky, or otherwise low productivity (for herbaceous cover) sites within the delineated polygons generally receive little to no thinning. The amount of untreatable acreage within delineated polygons will generally average 5% (ranging from 0 to 15%) of total and total acres have been adjusted accordingly. Tree density reduction and corresponding labor required to treat any particular acre varies from no cutting to nearly complete tree removal, being largely an outcome of existing vegetation structure relative to topo-edaphic setting and the thinning prescription. Task 3 of this projects includes the following:The Bandelier National Monument (BAND) fire management program wants to contract the manual and mechanical treatment of approximately 235 acres of Project Areas UF 14 and 27 to reduce hazardous fuel levels. This project is intended to reduce fuel loading to a manageable level in order to protect Bandelier National Monument and lands owned by other federal agencies and/or private citizens in the event of a wild land fire originating on monument lands. This project is also intended to reduce tree density and subsequently, fuel loading to contain and keep fire at a manageable level. Project Area UF 14's total acreage is approximately 1186 acres and project area 27 is approximately 132 acres. The 235 acres to be treated will be outside of the wilderness boundary and closest to State Road 4. The project area contains meadows which will not be treated and are not included in this project. The project is located in Los Alamos County in northern New Mexico. The project's east boundary extends from State Road 4 then south along the Ponderosa Campground fire road approximately miles then back towards State Road 4 along the wilderness boundary. The wilderness boundary then turns into the south boundary and extends from this point westerly to the Los Alamos Sandoval county line. The west boundary then extends north along the county line to State Road 4. The north boundary then follows state road 4 easterly to the starting point. A map of the project area is attached. The terrain ranges from relatively level areas to the steeper slopes bordering the drainage down slope from Apache Springs. Vegetation associations are mostly Ponderosa Pine forests with some Mixed Conifer and mid elevation meadows. The main over story species is Ponderosa pine. There is Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, White fir, Gamble Oak and Aspen scattered throughout the project area. Dead and dying over story trees are adding to the snag component of the stands. This area was thinned piled and burned 300' from State Road 4 in 2003 and the area also contains burn scars from fires throughout the area. Temperatures range from below zero in the winter to the upper nineties in the summer. The mechanical/manual treatment will not be a "clear cut" fuel break, but rather a thinning of aerial fuels in order to keep fire behavior to a more manageable level. No work will take place in designated wilderness areas of the monument. Road access is continuous along the work area but some foot travel will be necessary. Off road access will be limited and restricted due to the fragile nature of the soils in the treatment area and the steep slopes. Project access is along State Road 4. A Request for Proposal and all relevent information will be provided as an attachment to this announcement and will include the full scope of work as well as the technical evaluation factors to be used for contractor selection. All offerors must respond to Section M of the solicitation. All offerors must be current BLM IDIQ fuels reduction contract holders to qualify to submit proposals; be registered in the Central contractor's Registry (CCR) and must have completed the the On-Line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) in order to be considered for award. All questions concerning this solicitation must to provided in writing to the contracting officer at tammy_gallegos@nps.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bandelier National Monument; 13 Miles from Los Alamos, New Mexico<br />
- Zip Code: 87504<br />
- Zip Code: 87504<br />
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