SHINGLETOWN HERBICIDE MAINT FUELS TRTM

The Bureau of Land Management’s Redding Field Office is soliciting small business contractors to perform herbicide-based maintenance treatment on 65 acres of resprouting hazardous fuels within the Shingletown area of Shasta County, California, under a Total Small Business Set-Aside solicitation numbered 140L3726Q0099. The work, governed by a Performance Work Statement and supporting maps, involves manual cutting of woody shrubs to no more than one inch above ground followed by precise herbicide application using foliar and cut-stump methods, ensuring a 30-foot stem-to-stem spacing while avoiding riparian zones and standing live trees. All activities must comply with CA DPR QAL/QAC certification, OSHA logging standards, herbicide label requirements, and BLM’s Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, with pesticide application records submitted within 24 hours of each treatment. Equipment must be decontaminated prior to entry to prevent invasive species spread, and all work must be completed between March 1 and September 30, 2027, with the government retaining the unilateral option to extend the contract by up to 30 days. The solicitation is structured as a Firm-Fixed-Price contract under FAR 52.212-4, with submissions required in two separate electronic parts: one containing technical capability details, work plans, crew structure, equipment specifications, and past performance information limited to five pages, and the other containing pricing via SF-1449 and a completed bid schedule. Offers must be submitted by email to Galby Celestin at gcelestin@blm.gov by July 17, 2026, and must include a valid Unique Entity Identifier. Evaluation will follow a best-value trade-off process, weighing technical capability and past performance against price without formal scoring weights, allowing selection of a higher-priced offer if superior performance justifies it. The contract includes numerous FAR deviations, particularly related to commercial item acquisition, small business representation, environmental and labor protections, and government property, with a requirement for contractors to comply with security certifications, tax disclosures, and prohibitions on internal confidentiality agreements that obstruct reporting misconduct. Payment will be processed exclusively through the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform, and the Contracting Officer’s Representative will be formally appointed upon award to oversee performance.