USDA Forest Service, Acquisition Management Staff, 630 Sansome Street, Room 536, San Francisco, CA 94111

F -- LOG SCALING SERVICES SOL RFP-R5-98-13 DUE 080498 POC Contact: Contracting Officer, Donald Bandur, 415-705-2878, additional contact, Cookie Washington, 415-705-2878 The USDA Forest Service, Region 5 has a requirement for Log Scaling Services. This solicitation is to obtain scaling services for National Forest commercial timber sales that require contract scaling. Scaling will take place at various scaling sites situated throughout Central and Northern California and Southern Oregon. Prospective offerors must be able to scale and process scale data using the Scribner Dec C log rule and the National Forest Cubic Scaling Handbook rule. The contractor will be required to demonstrate a certain level of expertise and capability. Interested firms should submit a written request for a copy of this solicitation prior to July 1998: USDA Forest Service, Attn: Cookie Washington -- Room 520, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA. Or by Fax: 415-705-2903 (confirm receipt of FAX with : Sheila Georges 415-705-2829 or Cookie Washington 415-705-2878.) Reference Solicitation No. R5-98-13. This procurement is open to both large and small businesses. The Contracting Officer is Don Bandur. (0132)

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