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Heber Allotment-Red Knoll Pasture Grassland Maintenance Survey

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12363N23Q4043Federal

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The contract pertains to a pre-solicitation notice for the Heber Allotment-Red Knoll Pasture Grassland Maintenance Survey, which will be issued as a call order under the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA. Only contractors already part of the LMIR BPA contractor pool are eligible to receive the upcoming call orders, expected in late winter or early spring 2023. The survey focuses on inventorying 1,539 acres within the Red Knoll pasture on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, involving the recording of isolated occurrences, new sites, and monitoring previously identified sites. Deliverables include an inventory report, GIS data, site record and map creation, and data entry into the Heritage NRM Database. The overarching goal of this project is to restore and maintain grassland conditions consistent with the Land Management Plan and the Heber Allotment Management Plan by reducing pinon-juniper encroachment that has increased canopy cover and diminished herbaceous understory. The desired condition is to reduce canopy cover to 10% or less through various vegetation treatment methods such as mastication, whole tree removal, fuelwood sales, tree shearing, hand thinning, and the use of prescribed or pile burning, pesticides, or weed control. This work aims to improve rangeland and forest health within the designated Great Basin grassland areas near Overgaard, Arizona, and is set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 541370. The contracting agency is the Stewardship Contracting Branch of the USDA Forest Service.

General Info

Pre-solicitation for grassland maintenance survey on 1,539 acres under LMIR BPA for small businesses.

Agency

Department Of Agriculture → Stewardship Contracting Branch Usda-Fs

Contract Value

$93,648.15

NAICS

541370 - Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services

Place of Performance

Overgaard, AZ, 85933, USA

Set-Aside

SBA

Awardee

GEOMORPH INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC

Award Issued Date

05/04/2023, 12:00:00 AM UTC

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PhasePresolicitation

PostedFeb 7

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Agriculture → Stewardship Contracting Branch Usda-Fs

Contacts1 person available

OfficeWashington, DC, 202501138, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Agriculture → Stewardship Contracting Branch Usda-Fs

Office AddressWashington, DC, 202501138, USA

Contacts

Breanne Parker

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+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

PRE-SOLICITATION/ADVERTISEMENT ONLY, THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THIS PROJECT WILL BE SENT OUT AS A CALL ORDER FOR THE LAND MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED RESOURCES (LMIR) BPA. INTERESTED CONTRACTORS NEED TO BE ON THE LMIR BPA CONTRACTOR POOL. FOR MORE DETAILS REGARDING THIS BPA, SEARCH '12363N23Q4023' ON SAM.GOV. Call orders for this will be sent out to contractors on the LMIR BPA tentatively late winter/early spring 2023. General Overview: This survey is part of the larger Heber Allotment and survey consists of inventorying 1,539 acres within the Red Knoll pasture, recording isolated occurrences and new sites, and monitoring or re-recording previously recorded sites within and adjacent to the survey area on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (ASNFs). An inventory report, GIS data collection, site record and map creation, and data entry into the Heritage NRM Database will be required for this survey. The purpose of the Heber Allotment-Red Knoll Pasture Grassland Maintenance project is to improve range land and forest health to desire conditions as set forth in the Land Management Plan for the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and the Heber Allotment Management Plan (AMP). Areas in the allotment have been identified as Great Basin grassland that have become encroached upon by pinon-juniper savannah which has caused a higher amount of canopy cover and loss of herbaceous understory. The desired conditions are to restore a canopy cover level of 10% or less in the grassland areas. The project plans to return the designated grassland areas to desired conditions through the use of vegetation treatments utilizing heavy equipment (e.g. dozers, skidders, excavators, etc.) to remove the encroaching pinon-juniper from the landscape by mastication, plucking (whole tree removal), personal or commercial fuelwood sales, tree shearing, and hand thinning. Use of prescribed burning, pile burning, pesticides or weed killers may also be used to maintain grasslands and treatment areas.