Contractor for Hazard Fuel Reduction / Defensible Space

Tuolumne County is soliciting proposals from qualified vegetation management contractors to provide defensible space and hazardous vegetation removal services on private residential properties participating in the Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program. The contractor will perform vegetation treatments in accordance with property-specific work plans prepared by the County's Project Manager to achieve compliance with California Public Resources Code Section 4291. The work will include the removal and disposal of hazardous vegetation, brush, and small trees, while maintaining safe work practices and complying with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. The project area includes 2,215 private, improved parcels, with an estimated 1,290 parcels eligible for treatment. The contractor will be required to furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals necessary to complete the work. • Defensible space treatments • Hazard mitigation treatments • Tree pruning and arboricultural treatments • Tree removal • Shrub and brush reduction • Ladder fuel reduction • Surface fuel reduction • Dead vegetation removal • Firewood relocation or reduction • Chipping, hauling, and disposal of vegetative debris • Site cleanup and restoration • Other wildfire mitigation treatments The contractor will be required to conduct all interactions with participating property owners in a professional, courteous, and respectful manner. The contractor will also be required to provide production and completion reporting in a format approved by the Project Manager.