SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Devils Unit 106 Stewardship
- Notice Date
- 5/20/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Forest Service - R-10 Chugach National Forest
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-0120-S-14-0032
- Point of Contact
- Denise M. Murphy, Phone: 907-743-9531, Karen A Weidenbaugh, Phone: 907-743-9569
- E-Mail Address
-
denisemurphy@fs.fed.us, kweidenbaugh@fs.fed.us
(denisemurphy@fs.fed.us, kweidenbaugh@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The solicitation for the Devil's Unit 106 STEWARDSHIP PROJECT will be posted on or after 4 June 2014 with responses due on or after 8 July 2014. Further, it is expected that a pre-proposal conference will be held. Details regarding the conference will be included in the request for proposal package. Set Aside: The proposed procurement listed herein is unrestricted per Stewardship Authority. The solicitation and any resultant contract is a stewardship project in accordance with Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014. This grants the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management authority to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or public or private entities, by contract or by agreement, to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the authority granted to the Forest Service in section 347. This acquisition has been tailored to fit the Government's method of trading goods for services. Objectives for the project are to create early seral habitat to benefit wildlife and to create a shaded fuel break in the Wildland-Urban Interface. This project will benefit local communities through the commercial contract offering and associated economic activity that will be generated. The project also helps meet land management goals identified in the Chugach Forest Plan including: -Maintain a full range of natural ecological processes, including a variety of vegetation types, patterns and structural components; -Maintain habitat to produce viable and sustainable wildlife populations for subsistence, sport hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, and conservation; -Provide opportunities to utilize forest products for personal and commercial uses; -Maintain the scenic quality of the forest, consistent with scenic integrity objectives Work will take place on 99 acres and include the following activities to accomplish objectives: Commercial harvest of 1300 CCF of timber; Mechanical piling of activity fuels; Mechanical site preparation (scarification); Road reconstruction and road maintenance activities (reconstruction of an approach to the Seward Highway and road brushing) The magnitude of construction is less than $25,000. It is estimated that work will begin in July 2014 and be completed by July 2017. Actual start and end dates may be negotiated based upon actual award date, prospective work and weather conditions. AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION: By registering to receive notification on posted synopses, you will be automatically notified, via email, of any changes to the project. To register, select Register to Receive Notification and follow the steps. INTERESTED VENDORS LIST (IVL): To register as an interested vendor, select Register as an Interested Vendor and follow the steps. Use the Register as Interested Vendor option to add your company name to the IVL and then view or print the IVL by selecting View List of Interested Vendors for each project. In order to be eligible for contract award, vendors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to include certifications and representations. To register your firm in the SAM system, go to: http://www.sam.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/120/AG-0120-S-14-0032/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Milepost 39-42 off the west side of the Seward Highway, Moose Pass, Alaska, 99835, United States
- Zip Code: 99835
- Zip Code: 99835
- Record
- SN03371689-W 20140522/140520235420-92a6a3f98bebbe4bf4f9dd88d9d4a639 (fbodaily.com)
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