KYLE CANYON FUELS TREATMENT HAND, YARDING, HELO 2010

The Spring Mountains Recreation Area in Southern Nevada is soliciting companies to perform fuels treatment work as described. It is anticipated that a solicitation will be available on or around February 18, 2010. Persons interested should place themselves on the interested vendors list so they will receive updates from FBO. The solicitation will contain all necessary information, and will be posted at this site for download by interested vendors. 1.) The cutting to specifications of 116.7 acres of vegetation, including trees and shrubs, in preparation for treatment by Hand Treatment Methods. Trees and cut material over 1-inch in diameter and 3 feet in length, will be treated by Chip-in-Place methods, or removed from the unit and be further treated by chipping into bins and transported to a Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service. Materials removed from the units may also be cut to firewood lengths or logs to 25 feet in length or less, and transported to the Process and Storage Area, and neatly stockpiled. Materials stockpiled in the Process and Storage Areas are the property of the Contractor until the Project is Final Accepted, at which time ownership transfers to the Forest Service, which may issue permits allowing the Public to remove the materials at a later date, or use the materials for Forest Service projects. The contractor may allow the public to remove materials from the units prior to Final Acceptance if removal can be done safely. The Forest Service will write a Work Order stating the conditions of removal and the contractor can have the public attach the Work Order to the load prior to the materials leaving the Unit. 2.) The cutting, pruning, or limbing, of trees to specification and chipping into bins, or transported to a Process and Storage Area, unless Chipped-in-Place. 3.) The cutting to specification of Shrubs and their treatment by chipping-in-Place or Chipping into bins and transported to a Process and Storage Area. Shrubs not listed in preferred species specifications will require cutting to specification also. 4.) Specific Unit prescriptions follow in this project description. 5.) In Units selected by the Contractor to be treated as Chip-in-Place, all cut materials and materials scheduled for treatment, will be chipped-in-place using a chipper deemed most appropriate by the contractor and described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). If contractor proposes to take the chipper into the unit or off an existing road or skidtrail, the machinery must be of the Low Ground or Low Tire Pressure type. The specifications of these machines should be submitted with the RFP. In all units and acreage Skid Steers, Bobcats or similar equipment will be limited to ground slopes of 25% or less. This type of equipment may be used on steeper slopes if used for limited entry to transport chipping machinery. No Skid Steers or Bobcats may be used to transport material to the chipping unit if the grade is greater than 25% or if the Forest Service observes excessive ground disturbance. The Forest Service reserves the right to decide when excessive ground disturbance is occurring. 6.) There may be polygons flagged in some units which require special treatment. These polygons are flagged in red or other colors and will be designated on the ground and reviewed with the contractor by the Contracting Officer prior to work beginning in each unit. See Specific Unit prescriptions. Flagged polygons under 1/10 of an acre may be left untreated if flagged in red. Flagged Polygons larger than 1/10 acre or flagged in colors other than red are to be hand treated. Hand treatment is hand cut, hand carry all cut materials outside the flagged polygon and treated as described in the Schedule of Items. Contractor will not pile any materials inside of these polygons, but chipped materials may be chipped into the polygons if agreed to by the Contracting Officer. 7.) Polygons are shown on the unit maps provided in the contract or described in the Specific Unit Prescriptions, but others may only be flagged on the ground. There is no separate pay item in the Schedule of Items for these areas. 8.) Trees and Shrubs are defined in the Contract Specifications. 9.) Wood and Chips which have been stacked or piled in the Processing and Storage Areas, is the property of the Contractor until Final Acceptance of the Project by the Forest Service. After Final Acceptance any remaining wood and chips may be distributed by the Forest Service under the permitting process, or used by the Forest Service on projects of its own. 10.) Quaking Aspen may be found in any unit and when found will require cutting to specification, unless otherwise agreed to by the Contracting Officer. Units which require cutting to specification if Quaking Aspen is present are identified in the Specific Unit Prescriptions. 11.) Units may contain one or more dry washes. In dry washes, avoid treating Riparian vegetation in and on the banks. No piling of cut vegetation is permitted in on the banks of dry washes. The Contracting Officer will walk units with the contractor prior to work beginning in units containing dry washes. 12.) Riparian Vegetation does not include Conifer Species. 13.) Residential Housing is present in many of the units in this project and: H 4 Table 1. Specified defensible zone space distances are applicable to these areas. 14) Units will not be released for treatment all at one time, but instead will be released as previously worked in units have been completed. Contractor should indicate on the submitted work schedule the sequence of unit release and completion dates at the time of submission of the RFP. 15.) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Contracting Officer prior to award of this contract, contracts awarded on the Spring Mountain Natural Recreation Area will be considered concurrent with previously awarded contacts. Awarded contracts will not be worked on consecutively. The Notice to Proceed will be issued shortly after award of contract and completion date will not be extended. ITEM 120 Acres in Units Treated by Cut and Pile Methods Only. It is the intention of the Forest Service to chip-in-place, or remove to a Designated Storage Area any cut materials created by contractor operations. Units described in the Schedule of Items as: Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal. Cut Materials Removed by Accepted Proposal Method. Cut Materials Processed by Chipping on Site or Removed, may contain acreage which cannot be treated successfully by the Contractors Proposed Method. The Forest Service recognizes that the Contractor may encounter acreage which can only be treated by the Cutting and Piling Treatment Method, in preparation for burning by the Forest Service at a later date. The Forest Service expects a minimum of 75% of the acreage in each unit, to be treated by the Proposed Method of the contractor. The contractor should therefore propose a price per acre to Cut and Pile the cut material and expect this bid price to be applied to any and all acreage that can only be Cut and Piled to specification. Contractor understands that the acreage that can be cut and piled cannot exceed 25% of the unit acreage. The intent of this contract is to provide for the complete preparation of the area by removing from the Units all cut materials unless materials must be prepared prior to the piles being burned by Forest Service Fire Personnel. Unless otherwise provided, the Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supplies and perform all work required to complete the project in accordance with drawings, specifications, and provisions of the contract. Payment for work will ONLY be made for and under those pay items included in the Schedule of Items. ALL other work and materials will be considered as incidental to and included in the payment for items shown. To arrange a visit to the site, please contact Bob Emley, (COR) at contact@example.gov or +1 (555) 000-0000.