DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, BLDG 9504 MS 19, BOX 339500, FORT LEWIS WA 98433-9500

F -- PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING OF FOREST LAND AND SITE PREPARATION OF FOREST LAND, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON SOL DAKF57-99-B-0001 DUE 112598 POC Contract Specialist Olive M.Lenney 253-967-2151 ext 205 (Site Code DAKF57) Principal items to accomplish: Pre-commercial thinning of forest plantation units, up to 120 acres; Site preparation/scarification of up to 340 acres of forest land for forest tree planting. Site preparation/scarification work shall be accomplished by piling and slash burning/grinding as applicable and needed. An excavator with rotating cultivator/mixer mulcher/tiller head (such as a VH Mulcher or any equivalent equipment) and a detachable brush rake will be needed to perform the scarification/site preparation/cultivating tasks. Contract period is: 1 Dec 98 -- 30 Sep 99. The proposed procurement listed here is 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. The size standard is any concern including its affiliates with an average annual sales or receipts for its preceding three fiscal years not in excess of $5 million. SIC Code: 0851. This solicitation will only be available on our website at: Posted 10/13/98 (I-SN261502). (0286)

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