Description
The Town of Paradise is seeking a contractor to provide hazardous fuels reduction services in public rights-of-way for a FEMA Disaster Recovery Project. The project involves reducing hazardous fuels along 98.48 miles of public roads, with a total treatment area of approximately 274.55 acres. The contractor will be responsible for providing vegetation management and hazardous fuels reduction services, including mulching, chipping, and spraying. The contract will be for an initial one-year period with up to two one-year extensions, and the contractor must have experience in forest management, fuels reduction planning, and vegetation treatment project implementation.
• The contractor must have a minimum of one employee with a valid California Registered Professional Forester (RPF) license and one employee with a valid Quality Applicators License (QAL) with categories A, B, and C.
• The contractor must have at least five years of experience in forest management, fuels reduction planning, or vegetation treatment project implementation.
• The contractor must provide a detailed organizational chart and job qualifications of key contract staff.
• The contractor must provide a written description of past performance on contracts of similar size and scope.
• The contractor must provide a fee schedule for the scope of work items, including chipping, spraying, mulching, and SWPPP development and implementation.