Bass Lake Mechanical Thinning
08/25/2014: An informal site visit will be held tomorrow at 8:00 am. Meet at the Bass Lake Ranger District office. Details in Amendment 4. The bid closing date has been extended to September 2, 2014 by 1:00 pm
08/20/2014: Offeror's will need to contact Julie Roberts at (559-877-2218, ext. 3159 for access to locked gates at the Whisky Project Area (Brown's Creek) and the Whisky Project Area (Ridge) units.
08/19/2014: All restrictions have been removed. All project areas are now accessible. (See Amendment 3)
PLEASE NOTE: Some areas are within the French Fire burn area and are inaccessible at this time. The bid due date has been extended. (See Amendment 2)
PLEASE NOTE: Some areas are restricted and no access will be allowed until further notice (See Amendment 1). Contact Julie Roberts at 559-877-2218 x 3159 for current access information.
The bid closing date has been extended to August 15, 2014.
The purpose of this contract is to reduce brush, release and thin conifers, and prepare sites in stands by mechanically shredding/mulching/chipping live and dead brush, created and existing slash, small dead conifers, and live conifers. Operating the equipment in a safe and practical manner continuously on 0 to 45 percent slope and on short pitches up to 50 percent slope, while protecting soil conditions.Work shall be done in a manner that does not damage residual trees or vegetation not specified to be treated including resource protected sites and all leave trees. Work is to be performed on the Bass Lake Ranger District, Sierra National Forest. There are approximately 471 acres to be treated.
The complete specifications and bid proposal package will be available for download at www.fbo.gov aproximately July 8, 2014.
Mary E Cantrell, Phone 559 297-0706 Ext. 4890, Fax 559 294-4833, Email [email protected] - Monica Gallegos, Procurement Tech, Phone 55929707064815, Fax 559-294-4833, Email [email protected]
