F -- Sediment Basin Cleaning (specifications should be available approx. February 14)

The contract involves the cleaning of sediment basins located throughout the Manistee National Forest, which includes activities such as excavating sediment, loading, spreading, and potentially hauling spoils from multiple sediment basins. This project is managed by the Department of Agriculture’s USDA Forest Service PPS Incident Procurement office based in Boise, Idaho. The contract is a total small business set-aside, indicating it is exclusively available to small businesses under FAR 19.5 regulations. The solicitation, identified as R9Z-03-21-HM, was posted on January 23, 2003, with specifications expected to be available around February 14. While precise geographic details of the work locations within the forest are not specified, the contracting officer responsible for this procurement is Tamie W. Thompson, who can be contacted via phone or email. The project emphasizes environmental management and maintenance of sediment basins to support forest and watershed health.