Red-cockaded woodpecker Monitoring

The US Department of Agriculture is seeking a contractor to perform Red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) monitoring services on the Croatan National Forest in North Carolina. The contractor will be responsible for furnishing all equipment, labor, transportation, supervision, and performing all work required for RCW Cluster and Tree Inventory, RCW Group Checks, Project-Level RCW Inventory, and Painting and Tagging RCW Trees. The Forest hosts approximately 140 known clusters of RCW, and the goal is to monitor and manage 100% of known clusters each year. • The contractor must provide all necessary equipment and personnel to perform the work. • The contractor must follow the specifications and provisions of the contract. • The contractor must ensure that all work is performed in accordance with the Service Contract Act. • The contractor must provide a vendor report from Fed data check to ensure the company is in good standing with no terminations within the last three years.