Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Garnet Panel Excavation: This aspect of the project consists excavation, haul, and stockpile garnet bearing gravel. The panel locations are within a riparian zone, as a result soft soils are anticipat... Garnet Panel Excavation: This aspect of the project consists excavation, haul, and stockpile garnet bearing gravel. The panel locations are within a riparian zone, as a result soft soils are anticipated. The involved will include but not limited to dewatering & erosion control, excavation and stockpile of topsoil, overburden, and garnet bearing gravel. The site will require special track mounted dump trucks to remove garnet bearing material from the riparian area. Swamp mats (Crane Mats) are a requirement of this contract to allow excavation equipment floatation on riparian soils. The Swamp mats will be government property upon completion of the project. Stream Restoration: This aspect of the project consists of restoring the stream channel after excavation of garnet bearing material to a more natural alignment, by the addition 725 lineal feet of meanders and or wetland per the direction of the hydrologist. This includes but is not limited to dewatering, excavation of new stream channel, application of brush and woody material. This project is located at the Emerald Creek Garnet Area in the St. Joe Ranger District of Idaho Panhandle National Forest off of F.S. Road No. 447. The site is approximately 25 air miles South of St. Maries in Latah County; refer to the location map on the title sheet of the plans.