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General Information

1. Scope of Work

The project includes removal and replacing 33.5 miles, repairing 6.4 and removing 6.1 miles of pasture and/or allotment boundary fences on the Minidoka Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest. This will include removing all old material from the site, clearing vegetation as needed for the new fence and constructing four- strand barbed wire fences (see 3.0).

1. Background

The 90,100-acre Badger Fire damaged approximately 46 miles of range fencing within 13 grazing allotments. The Forest is seeking a contractor to reconstruct and/or repair fencing burned in the 2020 Badger Fire. The terrain in the Badger fire is varied and moderately rugged with a general landform of benches and plateaus dropping down into moderately deep canyons. Vegetation is comprised of sagebrush and mountain brush communities within interspersed patches of aspen and timber at higher elevations. Road access is considered good; however, many fences are not along roads (see Map 1-5). Off road use is authorized for construction and removal of old fencing materials. Off road travel is subject to soil moisture to avoid resource damage during periods where soils are saturated and specific areas where riparian areas can be crossed with equipment.

There is 33.5 miles of fence removal and reconstruction (7.3 of which will be let-down reconstruction), 6.4 miles of repair and 6.1 miles of fence removal only. The statement of work is broken out by bid items where the USFS provided materials and the contractor provided the labor and technical expertise as well as bid items where the contractor provided both materials and labor and expertise. See detailed bid items and review carefully. Priorities for the work and deadlines for completion are broken down in the deliverable section.

SEE ATTACHMENTS FOR FULL SOLICITATION

SEE SECTION L&M FOR EVALUATION FACTORS AND REQUIRED SUBMISSION INFORMATION

SOLICITATION DUE TIME IS 1:00PM LOCAL TIME TO THE SOLICITATION (MOUNTAIN TIME), WHICH IS 3:00PM EASTERN.

***NOTICE*** AMENDMENT 0001 POSTED 11/1/2022.