USDA Forest Service Land Management Integrated Resources FNF CSE Protocols (LMIR) BPA Call

The USDA Forest Service is issuing a solicitation for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call order for Common Stand Exam data collection in the Flathead National Forest. The project involves conducting field surveys using common stand exam protocols to support vegetation inventories. The contractor will be required to provide a technical proposal, quality control plan, work plan and schedule, worksite/comping plan, safety plan, list of past similar experience, and list of key personnel. The government will evaluate proposals based on technical factors, consideration of other non-price factors, and price. • The project location is in the state of Montana on the Flathead National Forest on the Glacier View, Tally Lake, and Swan Lake Ranger Districts. • The project requires the collection of data on 300 plots over 39 stands. • The contractor must provide a Quality Control Plan that describes the methods of supervision of crew and work, how quality will be monitored to assure the performance standards are met, and the personnel that will be performing the quality control. • The contractor must provide a Safety Plan that outlines how safety will be provided for all workers present at the job site. • The contractor must provide a list of all forest inventory data collection contracts or projects, or similar projects, completed or begun during the past 5 years.