F--Hazardous Fuels Reduction IDIQ

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a requirement for hazardous fuels reduction services to treat vegetation to reduce the risk of wildland fires in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. It is anticipated that multiple awards will be issued for each state. Project areas are reforestation areas, natural and managed stands of timber of all ages, size and species, shrub fields, or grass areas. Fuels will consist of harvest activity slash, natural fuels, live fuels and slashed shrubs and trees. Fuel loadings range from less than 1/2 ton per acre to as high as 100 tons or more per acre. Treatments such as brushing, chipping, piling, fuel break construction, and prescribed fire have been shown to reduce the risk of wildland fire and the severity of fires that do occur. The objective is to treat fuels present on units identified to reduce fuel loading and optimize the treatment of those fuels to the most effective burning period. The services are designed to provide for wildfire hazard reduction, prescribed burning and mop-up, and related services. This may require vegetation manipulation, burn unit preparation, prescribed fire modules and mop-up in compliance with its terms, specifications and provisions. This may include furnishing labor, supervision, transportation, operating supplies and incidentals to perform all work necessary to conduct slashing, girdling, lop and scatter, selective slashing, pruning, fuel modification zone construction, hand piling and cover, prescribed fire plan preparation, fire line construction and maintenance, fuels pullback, mop-up, snag felling, roadblock removal/restoration, requested holding and mop-up. This requirement is 100% set aside for small businesses under NAICS 115310. This solicitation will be available on or about August 17, 2009. Potential offerors may obtain a copy of the solicitation ONLY at http://www.fedconnect.net. No hard copies of the solicitation will be provided. Vendors must be registered at http://www.ccr.gov to be considered eligible for award.