Description
The USDA Forest Service (FS) is issuing a notice of intent to award a competitive BPA Call Order against the Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) for soil productivity enhancement/subsoiling services on the Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest. The project aims to restore and enhance soil productivity within past harvest units via subsoiling treatment. The contractor will be responsible for furnishing all equipment, labor, supervision, transportation, materials, tools, supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the described work according to the specifications.
Some key aspects of the project include:
• Subsoiling treatment for 46.6 acres of mandatory work and up to 13.5 acres of optional work
• Subsoiling equipment requirements and limitations, including the use of tracked machines and the prohibition of dozers fitted with ripping or subsoiling shanks
• Prevention of damage to leave and residual trees, including the exercise of care during operations to protect residual trees and the assessment of damage costs to the Government
• Protection of resources, including the protection of existing structural improvements, cultural or archaeological resources, and sensitive plants
• Government inspection procedures, including the use of individual unit maps and the inspection of 100% of the treatment area in the first unit treated
• Payment terms, including the payment of 100% of the quoted rate for accepted work and the reduction of the contract price for unacceptable work