USDA Forest Service, Ochoco National Forest, PO Box 490, Prineville, OR 97754

F -- THIN AND BUCK AND MACHINE PILE AND THIN, LOP AND SCATTER SOL R6-7-99-09 DUE 090199 POC Cecilia Rogers, 541/416-6534 or fax 541/416-6661 This project consists of PreCommercial thinning on Big Summit Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest in Prineville, Oregon. This solicitation will be an Indefinite Quantities contract with a minimum 700 acres of thin, lop & scatter. There will be approximately 1 acre of handpiling. There will also be a minimum of 75 acres of machine piling of logging slash, and a maximum of 100 acres. Project start date is late September and completion date is September 2000. This project is set aside for small business concerns. Please submit request for solicitation via mail, fax or telephone request. Posted 07/20/99 (W-SN356748). (0201)

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