Description
The USDA Forest Service is soliciting quotations for a stewardship contracting project to reduce fuel loading resulting from Hurricane Helene on approximately 399 acres along roads used as containment lines for wildfires and prescribed burns on the Grandfather Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest at Dobson Knob, and approximately 613 acres at Oldway Ridge Roses Mountain. The project involves removing included sawtimber and smaller diameter trees (small roundwood) from the contract area and delivering the material to a designated disposal site. The contractor will be required to conduct their operations in a workmanlike and orderly manner, and the timing of required Forest Service designation of work on the ground and the performance of other Forest Service work shall not cause unnecessary delay to the contractor.
Key aspects of the project include:
* Reducing fuel loading to provide defensible space for fire management activities
* Removing included sawtimber and small roundwood from the contract area
* Delivering the material to a designated disposal site
* Conducting operations in a workmanlike and orderly manner
* Coordinating with the Forest Service to avoid unnecessary delays
The project is set aside for small business concerns, and the applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 113310. The small business size standard is 500 employees.