SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- SERAL G-Z STEWARDSHIP IRSC � Region 5, Stanislaus National Forest, Summit Ranger District, Pinecrest, CA
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2023 11:10:14 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- USDA-FS, STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING BRANCH Washington DC 202501138 USA
- ZIP Code
- 202501138
- Solicitation Number
- 12363N23Q4169
- Archive Date
- 08/01/2023
- Point of Contact
- Kasandra Meyer, Acquisition Program Support Officer, Phone: 530-605-7322, Brian McCrory, Phone: 1-(530)-517-1196
- E-Mail Address
-
kasandra.meyer@usda.gov, brian.mcrory@usda.gov
(kasandra.meyer@usda.gov, brian.mcrory@usda.gov)
- Description
- Amendment 001 to the Pre-Solicitation:�PRE-SOLICITATION SITE VISIT DATE AND TIME has been canceled until further notice.� *This is not a Request for Quotes - all attachments are drafts and subject to change. BACKGROUND: The Seral G-Z Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority: Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014�Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999. NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 34M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition. PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located approximately 12 miles northwest of community of Pinecrest, CA off Highway 108 and Beardsley Road. It extends to both sides of Beardsley Reservoir up to the Calaveras Ranger District boundary. �It is bounded my Beardsley Rd (5N02) to the south, Highway 108 to the east, Cascade Creek to the north, and the Summit Ranger District boundary to the west. Legal description is: T4N, R16E, Sec 23-13.� T4N, R17E, Sec 1-18 & 19-20.� T4N, R18E, Sec 4-9 & 17-19.� T5N, R17E, Sec 1-3, 10-15, 22-27, & 32-35.� T5N, R18E, Sec 18-21 & 28-33.� MDBM. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:� All work shall be completed by November 30, 2029 DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The intent of the project is to dramatically increase the pace and scale of forest restoration treatment to mitigate risk of catastrophic wildfire. The project will obtain forestry and logging related services to implement a large-scale landscape treatment. The objective of this project is: For the contractor to complete the end-results from planned treatment handoff through final completion of the project including removal of forest products and other on-the-ground service work. Contractor shall complete required resource survey work in each treatment area prior to completing on-the-ground timber/product removal and service work.� After the initial resource survey marking and flagging has been accepted and approved, contractors will then: Layout and mark boundaries for timber/product removal, including marking of designated openings. Complete timber cruises for each treatment area. Upon acceptance and approval of layout and timber cruising Forest Service will appraise included sawtimber to determine contractors bid premium for included timber/product prior to exercising the optional item for on-the-ground timber/product removal. ESTIMATED TIMBER VOLUME AND SPECIES COMPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:������������������������������������������ Total timber quantities and treatment acres are unknown and shown as estimated gross quantity. Completion and acceptance of Items 6 and 7 will determine true needed quantities for all other Items. The use of �Stepladder Pricing� enables the Government to establish Firm-Fixed Pricing at time of award for all Items based on differing complexity. Awarded contract will be a commercial services contract with requirements for timber removal. PRE-SOLICITATION SITE VISIT DATE AND TIME: Prior to solicitation, the Forest will hold a meeting for prospective contractors to facilitate dialogue on contractual requirements that are anticipated in the contract and any operational limitations foreseen by attendees. The meeting that was originally scheduled for��June 1st, 2023, at 1400 a.m. PT� at Stanislaus National Forest Supervisors Office in Sonora, CA, and via Microsoft TEAMs, will be rescheduled for a later date and the pre-solicitation notice will be amended with new Microsoft TEAMs meeting information. Vendors are highly encouraged to submit questions and or specific suggestions of changes that will make this contract more successful to Curtis Yocum at curtis.yocum@usda.gov or Kasandra Meyer at kasandra.meyer@usda.gov by Thursday June 22, 2023 to ensure final changes are made prior to issuing the final solicitation Request for Quotes. It is anticipated that the Request for Quotes with all FINAL attachments shall be issued on or around June 30, 2023. The contract shall be awarded using a best value source selection method; the resulting contract shall be a firm fixed price commercial services contract. Follow this notice on SAM for future notifications by clicking the �Follow� button above.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Pinecrest, CA 95364, USA
- Zip Code: 95364
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 95364
- Record
- SN06697396-F 20230601/230530230115 (samdaily.us)
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