REGION 4/INTERMOUNTAIN REGION PRESCRIBED FIRE AND SUPPORT IDIQ

1240LS25R0001-Region 4/Intermountain Region Prescribed Fire and Support IDIQ

The services included in this contract are designed to provide for prescribed burning and support in Region 4 National Forests or on adjacent to R4 where cross boundary services can achieve project objectives. This includes furnishing labor, supervision, equipment, transportation, operating supplies (except those designated as Government furnished), and incidentals to perform all work necessary as listed in the schedule of items. This work may include prescribed burning (understory, broadcast, hand/machine pile burning, jackpot burning, and mop-up and patrol), and prescribed fire preparation (pre, during, post) which includes: Thinning, Pruning and Pruning Release, Lop and Scattering (slashing), Fuels Pull Back, Chipping, Girdling, Hand and Machine Piling, Fuel Break or Maintenance, Fireline Construction (hand and mechanical) or Maintenance, and Rehabilitation. Contingency resources for crews and equipment may also be ordered. The contractor may assist with ignition, holding, mop-up and patrol, rehabilitation and suppression if needed.

The intent of this contract is to provide resources and equipment to assist in the Region 4 prescribed fire program. Positions could include: 20- person Prescribed Fire Module(s) Type 2 IA or Type 2 crew, 10- person Prescribed Fire Module, and a 5-person Prescribed Fire Module, engine(s), water/fuel tender(s), dozer(s), Pumpercats, Excavator(s), Skidgens, Softtract(s), all with transports and air curtain burners. These resources and equipment can be ordered individually or multiple per individual task order to support the prescribed fire or act as a contingency resource. They also can be ordered for multiple forests in the Region.

Location of Project Areas

The work will be performed in the Intermountain Region (Region Four, R4) which includes the following Forests: Ashley, Boise, Bridger-Teton, Caribou-Targhee, Dixie, Fishlake, Humboldt-Toiyabe, Manti-La Sal, Payette, Salmon-Challis, Sawtooth, and the Uinta Wasatch-Cache National Forests. These individual forests will be issuing task orders based off this parent contract. There could also be task orders that will have multiple locations identified in the individual task order. As an example, contractor X would be ordered for the Payette National Forest, to be a holding resource on a broadcast prescribed burn, then travelling to the Sawtooth National Forest to aid in hand pile burning with mop-up. Location maps where the work activities are to be performed will be provided at pre-award site visits and in the individual task orders. Maps may be found at this link.  

R4 National Forests and Grasslands

Ashley NF

Boise NF

Bridger-Teton NF

Caribou-Targhee NF

Dixie NF

Fishlake NF

Humboldt-Toiyabe NF

Manti-Lasal NF

Payette NF

Salmon-Challis NF

Sawtooth NF

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache NF

This solicitation and any resultant Task Orders may incorporate prescribed burning services, equipment daily rate requirements, and emergency situations.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Therefore, solicitation packages will not be provided at this time. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government anticipates a solicitation to be available on Sam.gov on/or about 15 April 2024; however, there is no guarantee or implication of a guarantee that this project will be solicited.

NOTE: To avoid a conflict of interest, any contractor proposing as a prime may not have a subcontractor who is also proposing as a prime.

All questions shall be in writing to the Contracting Officer listed below. Phone calls and personal visits for the purpose of discussing this solicitation with contracting/project management are not allowed.

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SUBMIT QUESTIONS ONLY TO: tanya.spanfellner@usda.gov. NO phone questions will be honored.

Questions will be answered in writing and posted to a Questions and Answer document and posted to https://beta.sam.gov.

Type of Set Aside-Total Small Business Set-Aside.

NAICS 115310 Support Activities for Forestry $34M