F--BLM Arizona SPLRP HIDDEN SPRING MASTICATION

The Bureau of Land Management’s Arizona Strip District Office is seeking qualified small businesses to perform vegetation management services under a total small business set-aside solicitation for the Shivwits Plateau Landscape Restoration Project at Hidden Spring in Mohave County, Arizona. The requirement involves mastication treatment across 358 acres to reduce wildfire risk, improve forest and rangeland health, and enhance big game habitat, with work scheduled to occur between August 1, 2026, and January 31, 2027. The solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotes under FAR Part 12 using the lowest price technically acceptable method, requiring offerors to demonstrate technical capability to meet the Statement of Work, provide evidence of at least two relevant projects completed or ongoing within the last five years, and submit detailed pricing. All proposals must be submitted via email by 3:30 PM MT on July 17, 2026, and contractors must be actively registered in SAM.gov with valid UEI and CAGE codes included. The work will be performed remotely in a challenging terrain approximately 40 air miles south of St. George, Utah, and contractors must comply with the Wage Determination 1977-0211, Rev 79. Eligible vendors must have the capacity to execute the scope as defined in the attached SOW and project transportation maps, and all submissions must be submitted exclusively to David Farina, the Contract Specialist. Questions must be submitted no later than July 10, 2026. The NAICS code is 115310 for Support Activities for Forestry, and the PSC code is F003 for Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire. Failure to include required documentation or submitting after the deadline will disqualify proposals. This is a firm fixed-price contract, with award based on technical acceptability and lowest price.