EXOTIC WEEDS AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT NAVFAC SOUTHWEST NAVY AND MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT LOCATIONS IN ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
Services to be acquired:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest is seeking sources with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel, and capability to provide, under contract, all management, labor, incidental engineering, travel, transportation, equipment, material, and supervision necessary in performing invasive weed control and habitat enhancement services in the NAVFAC Southwest area of responsibility including California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Services may include, but is not limited to:
Reports and meetings;
Management plans (site, installation, or other for erosion, vegetation, or invasives management);
Erosion control (including material, installation, and maintenance);
Earth moving (requires the mobilization and use of heavy machinery for the purpose of digging, filling, topsoil salvage, construction of berms, basins, culverts, catchments, mounds, diversion ditches, rolling ditches, or vernal pools and grading for trails and roads);
Biomass removal and proper disposal or on-site chipping;
Container planting (including site preparation, installation of native container plant species, and irrigation and weed control maintenance for a period of one year.
This may also include plant propagation, plant salvage, and water truck mobilization);
Hydroseeding (to include material and application of mulch, tackifier, and/or dyes; seed purchased separately);
Seed procurement (including seed collection, storage, and sowing);
Site maintenance (to include additional year of maintenance of erosion and/or planting project areas following habitat restoration efforts, to prevent erosion, replace plantings, re-hydroseed, maintain or add irrigation, and/or control non-native species);
Biological or vegetation monitoring and surveys;
Botanical mapping surveys which may include rare plants;
Environmental signage (including design, production, and installation);
Installation of resource protective fencing, exclusion fencing, and security fencing for wildlife species (may include installation of gates and/or grates separately);
Weed treatment including mechanical and chemical methods;
Weed treatment using aerial means;
GIS data creation, management, and delivery to support these efforts.
Work may occur in areas with rare or federally listed species. Proper identification of non-native and native plant species is imperative. The work will generally be done in wild-land areas with difficult access or rugged terrain. Some of the work sites can be accessed only by 4-wheel drive or all-terrain vehicles; other areas may be accessible only by foot. Work will be performed in a variety of ecosystems, ranging from coastal sage scrub to desert.
Services will be performed at various locations in Arizona, California, and Nevada; predominantly at a Navy and Marine Corps installations and other Government locations within the area of responsibility (AOR) of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest.
Contract Specialist, Melissa Vincent
619-532-1754
PM Natural Resources Specialist
Karen Mabb 619-532-1319 Karen.mabb1@navy.mil
PM Natural Resources Specialist
Vanessa Shoblock 619-532-3516
Vanessa.m.shoblock@navy.mil
PM Technical Botantist
Chris Gillespie 619-532-4263
chris.gillespie@navy.mil
NAVFAC SW
