Requests for Proposals

The Project plans to treat 29 priority invasive plant infestations totaling 88.4 acres across the Eldorado National Forest. The specific treatments will consist of foliar herbicide application utilizing a backpack sprayer. The project will also involve surveying and treating infestations along 16.8 miles of Forest Service roads and 14.6 acres of forested area where targeted species have been identified.

The Forest Service will host an optional site visit on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 9:00 am. Please meet at the Placerville Ranger District (4260 Eight Mile Road Camino, CA 95709).

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by October 21, 2024.

Contact:

Samantha Carranza, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation (NFF), in partnership with the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland (ARP), is seeking contract services for a Lead Facilitator/Manager for NoCo Places (NoCo), a collaborative of eight county, state and federal land management agencies in the Northern Colorado region that are collaborating on ways to manage the increased demand for outdoor recreation and visitation in northern Colorado.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by September 23, 2024.

Contact:

Shayna Jones, [email protected]

The Liberty Utilities Hand Thin Project will improve wildfire resiliency on forests adjacent to Liberty Utilities infrastructure by reducing overstocked vegetation and ground fuel accumulation along the utility corridor.

Project work will occur on 207 acres in Zones 1 and 2 (extending up to 175’ on each side of the power line) of Liberty Utility infrastructure. The project will improve stand conditions by thinning green trees up to 14” DBH and snags up to 20” DBH. Cut and existing ground fuel material will then be piled and covered by wax paper.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by October 18, 2024.

Contact:

Mila Bock, [email protected]

The Liberty Utilities Hand Thin Project (Liberty HT Project) is located in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and takes place on 207 acres along Liberty Utilities transmission lines around the communities of South Lake Tahoe, South Meyers, and Fallen Leaf Lake.

The National Forest Foundation is seeking a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) to conduct project oversight and limited project layout services.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by October 18, 2024.

Contact:

Mila Bock, [email protected]

The New Bullards Bar Fuels Reduction Project is designed to reduce fuel loads around New Bullards Bar Reservoir and the surrounding rural communities to improve forest health and resilience around critical water infrastructure. The National Forest Foundation (NFF) is seeking an implementation contractor who will collaborate with the oversight forester, Yuba River Ranger District and NFF to implement up to 777 acres of fuel reduction operations across the project area.

NFF and the USFS will host a project tour to help interested contractors better understand the project and field any questions. This tour is scheduled to be conducted on October 1, 2024, if this date changes, bidders will be notified of the change. Plan to meet at the Yuba River Ranger District (15924 CA-49, Camptonville, CA 95922) at 10:00 am.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by October 11, 2024.

Contact:

Maggie Cummings, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation (NFF) in partnership with the USDA Forest Service (USFS) is seeking qualified forestry contractors to conduct fuels reduction treatments as part of the Red Siegel Fuel Break Project.

The project involves creating a 150-foot fuel break along roadsides and private property boundaries, totaling approximately 197 acres. There are two thinning treatment types, one is specific to Riparian Conservation Habitat Areas (RHCA). Slash will be piled and papered per specifications. There are approximately 30 acres that may be suitable for mastication, however, due to tree density, slope, and access, handwork is likely the most suitable treatment method for the project in entirety.

A pre-bid tour will be held on October 7, 2024 at 2:00pm. We will meet at the Red River Campground on FS Road 234.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by October 25, 2024.

Contact:

Anika Baker, [email protected]

The Clear Creek Project will conduct fuel and vegetation management activities on 100 acres. The purpose of the project is to provide for public, employee, and firefighter safety by reducing the fuel loading and arrangement of fuels at the Clear Creek fuel break project site.

Pre-bid Site Visit

The NFF and Forest Service will host an optional site visit on September 30, 2024 at 9:30am. Please meet at Clear Creek Fire Station.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by October 11, 2024.

Contact:

Samantha Carranza, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation (NFF) is seeking proposals for implementation of fuel reduction work on the High Sierra Front Country Fuel Break, located near the community of Shaver Lake.

This project will implement mastication of brush and small trees, biomass removal of standing dead trees or large diameter down logs, and hand thinning and/or piling small diameter fuels for burning on private property to complete installation or maintenance of a defensible fuel break area inside State Responsibility fire protection area .

Pre-Bid Meeting:
A pre-bid tour will be held on October 16 at 3:00 p.m. at Vista (“Lookout”) Point.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by October 23, 2024.

Contact:

Ivy Kostick, [email protected]