Crooked Creek Mechanical, Central Montana
Amendment #1: Includes a map to the site. The purpose of the Crooked Creek Mechanical project is to remove rocky mountain juniper, and ponderosa pine encroachment to improve sage brush steppe health, improve wildlife habitat and reduce the risk of severe wildfire. Project area is approximately 1,100 acres in size located in the Missouri Breaks, in the Crooked Creek Watershed, approximately 40 miles northeast of Roy Montana.
The project area consists of sagebrush steppe, with rocky mountain juniper, and ponderosa pine encroachment. Fuel loadings range from less than one (1) ton per acre to as high as ten (10) tons per acre. The method that will be used to accomplish the objectives is mechanical treatment by hand with chainsaws: Lop and Scatter. Because of the scattered nature of the vegetation, not all acres within the established boundaries of the unit will require the same amount of labor. No salvage will be allowed. Start date is currently set for September 2, 2014.
Questions concerning this project are to be EMAILED to [email protected] by July 18, 2014. No phone calls please. Hard copies will not be furnished.
This project is a small business set-aside. Offerors are required to be registered in SAM (System for Acquisition Management) at www.sam.gov. Failure to be actively registered in SAM by the closing date of this RFQ will make the offeror ineligible for award. If assistance is needed, please go to http://www.aptac-us.org/new/ to find a Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) near you. SAM registration and help from a PTAC is FREE.
Connie Sweeney
[email protected]
