Bald Mtn. SSC- Region 5 -PSW Stewardship BPA- Shasta Trinity NF, McCloud RD

The USDA Forest Service is seeking a contractor to create a 600-foot-wide ridgeline fuel break using mastication and tethered mastication, fall hazard trees, create 2 helispots, and repair any damage caused to the access road in the Shasta Trinity National Forest, McCloud Ranger District. The project includes masticating brush and small trees, falling dead standing trees, creating helispots, and maintaining or establishing access. The contractor will be required to provide a technical proposal, including a work activity plan, method, equipment, key personnel, and timing. The contractor will also be required to provide a price proposal, including unit prices and total amounts for all pay items. The contract will be awarded to the contractor that provides the best value to the government. • The contractor will be responsible for protecting all physical improvements, including roads, trails, ditches, fences, waterlines, and other improvements, existing in the contract area. • The contractor will be required to provide a detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating any proposed substitutions of key personnel. • The contractor will be required to cooperate with the owners of any underground or overhead utility lines in their removal and/or rearrangement operations. • The contractor will be liable for the cost of repairs if any protected improvements are disturbed.