F -- Forest Health Projects - Okanogan - Wenatchee National Forests

This contract involves various forest health projects across multiple ranger districts within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests, focusing on activities like precommercial thinning, fuels reduction, tree improvement, sanitation, crop tree release, and handpiling. Specific projects include 937 acres of precommercial thinning and up to 65 acres of handpiling in the Methow Valley Ranger District (Okanogan County). There are also thinning projects planned in the Chelan Ranger District (minimum of 130 acres) and the Entiat Ranger District (approximately 250 acres). Maps and proposed project area packets for these locations are available to prospective bidders to facilitate site visits before snowfall, although no formal pre-bid tours are scheduled. Solicitation for these projects is expected in late winter or early spring. Other ranger districts such as Lake Wenatchee and Leavenworth will not issue packets or advertise until the next spring or later, while the Naches Ranger District is covered under an Indefinite Quantity Contract for the upcoming year. The Tonasket Ranger District likely will not have any projects available until next fall. Points of contact are provided for each district to assist interested bidders, and the overall contract is set aside for small businesses under the Department of Agriculture’s guidance, headquartered in Wenatchee, WA. The contract facilitates essential forest management tasks aimed at improving forest health and reducing fire risk across a broad area of the national forest.