MODIFICATION
F -- 2020 Swauk Pine Machine Mastication, Pre-Commercial Thinning, and Handpiling
- Notice Date
- 4/20/2020 4:37:12 PM
- Notice Type
- Solicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST WENATCHEE WA 98801 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98801
- Solicitation Number
- 1205M620Q0029
- Response Due
- 5/29/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/30/2020
- Point of Contact
- Brian A. Johnson, Contracting Officer, Phone: (425) 783-6056, Judi Sandretto-Reed, Forestry Technician, Phone: (509) 852-1023
- E-Mail Address
-
brian.johnson3@usda.gov, judi.sandrettoreed@usda.gov
(brian.johnson3@usda.gov, judi.sandrettoreed@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- PROJECT LOCATIONS Note: Refer to attached ""Project Maps"" in this BetaSAM posting�The project locations are on the Cle Elum Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Due to closures of temporary roads or other blocked access, distance, and geographic location of units walk-in access may be required. It is up to the contractor to know the contract areas and�bid accordingly to available access. UNIT BOUNDARIES AND FLAGGING Unit boundaries are definable by orange boundary tags labeled with the�unit name and number and flagged with pink/black striped flagging.�Riparian areas will be flagged along with no treatment zones in advance�with black/yellow striped flagging. Forest Service will monitor soil moisture�and advise the contractor when soils are dry enough for work. SCOPE OF CONTRACT The purpose of this contract is to secure services for mechanical slash�treatment, pre commercial thinning and handpiling on the Cle Elum Ranger�District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Item 001 includes sapling�thinning and handpiling and items 002 and 003 includes machine�mastication. Treatments will require both hand felling and machine�mastication; Work shall commence a?er seasonal restrictions.� SERVICES TO PERFORM Work shall include sapling thinning, handpiling, mechanical mastication�and associated treatments in compliance with the terms, specifications, and�provisions of this contract. This includes furnishing labor, equipment,�supervision, transportation, operating supplies and incidentals except those�items, if any, listed as government furnished property (GFP). MACHINE MASTICATION Mastication will be done with a single pass of low ground pressure maneuverable�tracked equipment, rating of 8 psi or less and with an articulating arm capable of reaching at least 20 feet.�Machinery shall use designated skid trails. Passes off designated skid trails shall be limited. The slash material�would be shredded and scattered for natural incorporation into the soil. The desired outcome is to prevent detrimental soil conditions and prevent harvest/fuel treatment units from�exceeding 20% detrimental soil conditions per �Soil Quality Standards.�� Slash treatment operations shall not�begin until soil moisture levels are sufficiently low to prevent soil rutting, displacement and soil compaction�from equipment operations. Slash treatment shall be suspended if soil moisture levels subsequently exceed�standards and guides due to adverse or unusual weather conditions. PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING AND HANDPILING Objectives are to support crown expansion and accelerate growth of residual trees, and shift�species composition to Douglas-fir and western larch. Trees up to 10� DBH will be non-commercially�thinned, tree topping for wildlife snags may also occur in the 8�-10� class. Approximately 50-70�trees per acre would be retained, including some clumps of 2-6 trees. PERIOD�OF PERFORMANCE The period of performance is thirty-three (33) calendar days from date of Notice to Proceed (NTP)�for all line items. �This performance time does not include the seasonal restrictions listed below.�Performance time will cease�during the seasonal restriciton and commence after those timeframes. SEASONAL RESTRICTIONS Unless a special waiver is granted (based on spotted owl surveys) all activities are prohibited�between March 1 and August 31. Activities are prohibited between March 1 through July 15 for mule�deer and elk calving restrictions. ROAD ACCESS Contractor is encouraged to look at the sites to determine road access, and conditions of the road.�The Forest Service assumes no obligations to plow snow or perform special maintenance on roads.�Contractor is responsible for removal of wind falls. To minimize soil erosion and damage to�National Forest land and roads, all roads are subject to closure during spring and fall, or�whenever soil or weather conditions require it. Inaccessibility due to slides or washouts of roads�or other unexpected conditions may or may not�be corrected at the option of the Government. �If road access has been�significantly altered from that which has been described above, or on the contract unit maps, the�Government may provide an alternate route or delete the inaccessible unit(s). ESTIMATED ACRES An estimate of 30 acres of east side pre-commercial thinning and handpiling and an estimate of 90�acres of machine mastication. OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACTOR At all times during performance of this contract and until the work is completed and accepted, the�contractor shall directly superintend the work or assign and have on the project site a foreman who�is conversant in the English language, who is satisfactory to the Contracting Officer and who has�authority to act for the contractor. CONTRACT TYPE This will be a stand-alone, firm-fixed-price (FFP), commercial service�contract.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Wenatchee, WA 98801, USA
- Zip Code: 98801
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 98801
- Record
- SN05625942-F 20200422/200420230140 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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