Pacific Northwest Stewardship BPA- Region 6 (OR & WA): 12363N23A4496

Notice ID: 12363N23Q4024

Contract award number: 12363N23A4496

Description: The scope covers Federal and Non-Federal lands within 150 miles of and including the administrative boundaries of the Colville, Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Mt. Hood, Okanogan & Wenatchee, Olympic, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umpqua and Willamette National Forests. Work may be accomplished on NonFederal lands, but the BPA call will be issued and administered by a government entity.
The overall objectives of the project are:
1. Improve and protect:
a. The vitality and resiliency of forest and range ecosystems to threats from fire, insect, disease, and invasive and noxious species, including maintaining soil productivity and the use of prescribed fire or vegetation removal to promote healthy forests and rangelands;
b. Water resources including watershed health and productivity, water quantity and quality;
c. Habitat for wildlife and fish;
d. Air quality, including minimizing air quality impacts by removing excess biomass before the introduction of fire; and
e. The commercial value of forest biomass for producing electric energy and other beneficial uses.
2. Reduce:
a. Hazardous forest fuels on federal lands;
b. Fire hazards to private lands, at-risk communities, municipal water supplies; and other improvements
c. Threat of catastrophic fire to T&E species habitat; and
d. Effects of insect & disease epidemic; and
e. Prevalence of noxious and exotic plants and promote reestablishment of native species.
3. Resulting Award: BPA calls will be issued against any resultant Blanket Purchase Agreements and reference the parent Blanket Purchase Agreement when ordered by warranted contracting personnel from any Federal, State, County, or Local agency for lands within 150 miles of the administrative boundaries of the Colville, Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Mt. Hood, Okanogan & Wenatchee, Olympic, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umpqua and Willamette
National Forests.
4. Additionally, any Stewardship IRSC contract will include an Appendix A for service work specifications, Appendix B for the removal of timber products, Appendix C for associated road maintenance and Appendix D, if applicable, for road construction/reconstruction. Stewardship service contracts will only include an Appendix A for service work specifications.

Duration: ten (10) years with option to extend up to 20 years.