F -- Tate Creek Restoration

The Tate Creek Restoration contract entails a project focused on the ecological rehabilitation of Tate Creek within the McCloud River Watershed on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Siskiyou County, California. Key activities include completing the remaining design work, project staking, floodplain contouring, dam removal, addressing erosion by ponding and plugging gullies in specified reaches, backfilling other gullies, revegetating affected areas, and installing a temporary irrigation system. The project is planned to be completed within 75 calendar days, with an estimated start date no later than September 30, 2002. The USDA Forest Service plans to award this contract as a sole source to Streamline, following a previous related effort, under the authority of 10 USC 2304(c)(1). Funding for the project is currently unavailable due to the severity of the fire season, though the Forest Service anticipates receiving the required funds before the fiscal year's end. As a result, the solicitation may be issued even before the secured funding, but contract award is contingent upon the appropriated funds becoming available. This contract is set aside entirely for small businesses under the relevant FAR clause and will be managed by the USDA Forest Service office located in Redding, California. Points of contact for the project include the Contracting Officer, Lela N Stawicki, and the Procurement Assistant, Nancy L. Ruffner.