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Notice ID:12363N22Q4070
Amendment 004: This amendment extends the due date for receipt of Offer's to Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:00 pm MT. Also, this amendment attaches the revised cruises per the revision of volume a...
Amendment 004: This amendment extends the due date for receipt of Offer's to Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:00 pm MT. Also, this amendment attaches the revised cruises per the revision of volume and merchantability specs in Amendment 002 and replaces Appendix B in its entirety. Specifically, changes to C6.313#-Timing of Sale Operations and C6.4#- Conduct of Logging have been made as these did not carry through previously. As such, Appendix B is now replaced as a word document. Please sign and submit the SF-30 Amendments in the attachments with your quote (total of 4). Amendment 003: This amendment extends the due date for receipt of Offer's to Monday, September 12, 2022 at 4:00 pm MT. Also, this amendment attaches the revised cruises per the revision of volume and merchantability specs in Amendment 002 and replaces Appendix C with a signed copy, though no specifications have changed. Additional "Question and Answers" are included on page 2 of the SF-30. Please sign and submit the SF-30 Amendments in the attachments with your quote. Amendment 002: This amendment revises timber product volumes in both the Solicitation and Appendix B and the Utilization Standards in Division A, as well as C6.313#-Timing of Sale Operations and C6.821#-Scaling as Presented (Scaling By Load Count) of Appendix B. These documents are replaced in their entirety as attached. Please sign and submit the SF-30 Amendments in the attachments with your quote. Amendment 001:This amendment replaces the Solicitation and Appendix A in their entirety to add Optional Item 5- Subsidized Timber Transport by Rail, the associated technical specifications and attaches the document titled “Insect and Disease Risk Potential Assessment”. Also included in this modification is the addition of the site visit Q&A notes. Please sign and submit the SF-30 Amendment document in the attachments with your quote. Background: The Holden Stewardship IRSC shall be awarded under the following authority: Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014—Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999. NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 20.5M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition. Project Location: The project is located in and around the city of Williams, Arizona. Kaibab National Forest, Williams Ranger District, Region 3 . Legal description is more or less is located in: Township 22 North, Range 1 East, Sections: 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,35, & 36; Township 21 North, Range 1 East, Sections: 1 & 2; Township 22 North, Range 2 East, Sections: 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36; Township 21 North, Range 2 East, Sections: 1,2 & 6; Township 21 North, Range 3 East, Sections: 5,6; Township 22 North, Range 3 East, Sections 30,31,32 Coconino County, G&SRB&M, Arizona. Description of Work: This project consists of both mandatory and optional service items. Project will be broken out into individual service items to be bid on. Service Items include the following: Cut and remove included timber. There are 42 treatment units included in the project area (9,813 acres). The treatment acreage of all units combined is 1,365 acres. There are Mandatory and Optional Units with included product. All trees to be retained are marked in Orange Tracer Paint. The bid for this includes the work associated with cutting, skidding, processing, decking, loading, and hauling of included timber off FS Lands. See Solicitation for timber volume totals. Optional - Timber Stand Improvement Optional - Removal of Slash from FS Lands All work shall be completed by August 31, 2025. Site Visit Date and Time: A pre-bid trip is scheduled for Wednesday August 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (Arizona Time) at the Williams Ranger District, 742 S. Clover, Williams, AZ 86046. Send questions or interest to Jacob.Dahlin@usda.gov. Follow this notice for future notifications. The contract shall be awarded using a best value source selection method; the resulting contract shall be a firm fixed price commercial services contract. The Awardee shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions and clauses of the contract. Bid Bonds, Payment Bonds, and Performance Bonds are not required for this project. All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by the proposal due date, you will be found non-responsive. Registration in SAM is a free service – you do not need to pay to register in this system. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award.
