B -- B - Announcement of A-76 Streamlined Maintenance Study Decision, White Mountain NF, Region 9

The contract pertains to a streamlined maintenance study conducted for the White Mountain National Forest, focusing on building, fleet, roads, and trail maintenance activities. The study involved 14.68 full-time equivalent employees and was carried out under the guidelines of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76. Following the study, a decision made on September 29, 2003, determined that the maintenance work would be retained in-house, with the existing organizational structure continuing to perform the tasks under the current performance provisions. This announcement, issued by the Eastern Region of the USDA Forest Service, reflects a strategic choice to maintain government control over these maintenance functions rather than outsourcing them. The decision supports continuity in the quality and management of forest maintenance services within the White Mountain National Forest area. The office managing this contract is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under the Department of Agriculture, and formal notification was posted publicly on October 7, 2003.