USDA -- Forest Service, Modoc National Forest, 800 West 12th Street, Alturas, CA 96101

F -- WEED MECHANICAL TREE THIN SOL IFB R5-09-97-37 DUE 082297 POC Loren W. Ambers, Contracting Officer at (916)233-5811 Contractor is to furnish the necessary labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform precommercial tree thinning by mechanical shearing, skidding, chipping and off site removal of overstocked, precommercial ponderosa pine stands. It requires road maintenance, road surface replacement, and payment for small amount of timber under a 2400-4 Timber Sale Contract on approximately 375 acres on the Devil's Garden Ranger District, Modoc National Forest. The contract time is 120 calendar days with and estimated start date of September 15, 1997. This procurement is totally set-aside for small business area concerns. Th SIC code for the procurement is 0851. (0177)

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