USDA Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, 2324 East McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85006

B -- SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION FOR FIRE HISTORY INVENTORIES. SOL R312-12-98 DUE 051598 POC Norma Howard, 602/225-5344 or Olivia Gomez, 602/225-5341 The Tonto National Forest intends to award a Sole-Source Contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. The procurement requires fire history research of fire frequency within the Pine Type on the Tonto National Forest using dendrochronology methods, otherwise known as Tree-ring Studies. The contract will be anb indefinite delivery contract for a three-year period. This notice of intent is not for competetive proposals. See Numbered Notes 22 and 26. (0090)

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