Rose Springs Hand NCT

The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS), is issuing this synopsis as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART 413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against multiple award schedule BPAs for Wallowa-Whitman/Umatilla Mechanical and Hand Thinning BPA at Wallowa Whitman National Forest, Umatilla National Forest and any other National Forest within 250 miles of either forest’s boundaries. Parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement to cut as much non-seed orchard tree vegetation as possible within the enclosed seed orchards, to reduce fire risk and intensity, and to reduce the spread of undesirable vegetation. All grass, forb, woody vegetation smaller than ½ inch ground line diameter, and woody debris smaller than a 1 inch in maximum diameter shall be mowed, whereas larger diameter shrubs and other obstacles such as rocks or steep slopes may be avoided. Please contact Kevin D. Flores at kevin.flores@usda.gov for additional information regarding the requirement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this acquisition is 115310 Forestry Services. There is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this notification is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.