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F -- PROFESSIONAL NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICES, ALASKA REGION SOL RFP R10-96-08 DUE 050696 POC Contact Point, Lisa Peterson, (907)586-8880, Contracting Officer, Donna L. Chism, (907)586-7903, Additional Contact, Eric Meyer, (907)586-8880 Region 10 of the USDA Forest Service, including the three Management Areas of the Tongass National Forest and the Chugach National Forest, intends to solicit proposals to provide a wide variety of natural resource services throughout the Region on a negotiated task order basis. The general work areas include National Environmental Policy Act projects requiring various levels of resource analysis, field investigations, public involvement, alternative development, and preparation of documents; landscape analysis; public involvement requiring setting up and conducting public meetings and consolidation and analysis of responses to requests for public input; watershed analysis; writing and editing; natural resource studies requiring field surveys, report preparation, evaluations and assessments for various disciplines, heritage resource studies requiring design and implementation of surveys for historic or pre-historic resources, documentation of findings, effects analysis and report preparation; geographic information systems work including digitizing, designing, and conducting resource mapping projects and analysis of the results; silvicultural examinations and prescriptions; karst geology studies; social and economic studies, log transfer facility studies including field investigation, preliminary design, effects assessment, and document preparation, timber management and timber sale preparation including unit boundary location and surveys, cruising, prescription implementation, preparation of maps, appraisals and document preparation; and logging system transportation analysis. Multiple awards are anticipated. Projects may be located anywhere within Region 10 which encompasses virtually all of Southeast Alaska or the Chugach National Forest located in the Prince William Sound area Southeast of Anchorage. Evaluation criteria to be used is technical approach, staffing, management approach, corporate experience, and past performance. If you wish to receive a solicitation, you may FAX your reqeust to (907) 586-7090; or you may make request by mail or telephone. Requests should reference Request for Proposals R10-96-08. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. (0078)

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