Requests for Proposals

The NFF is seeking partners to implement reconstruction of the Bear Creek National Recreation Trail on the Ouray Ranger District. This Request for Proposals is for restoration services related to the reconstruction of Bear Creek National Recreation Trail. The project focuses on constructing new retaining walls, maintaining and restoring failed retaining walls, installing or hardening shallow stream ford and gully crossings, replacing the railings on pedestrian timber trail bridge, and constructing drainage features such as water bars.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by June 5, 2024.

Contact:

Kaily Raley, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation (NFF) in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service seeks proposals for the construction of a new accessible trail on the McKenzie River Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest. Contractor will be responsible for constructing 11,615 linear feet of hardened surface trail, with 4 viewpoints consisting of masonry stone walls, to connect a new parking lot and trailhead that will be constructed by the Forest Service to the Blue Pool / Tamolitch Falls area.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by April 19, 2024.

Contact:

Jeff Malik, [email protected]

This project will reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest stand conditions related to species composition and vegetative structure on 329 acres within the wildland urban interface. Most of the work (284 acres Jackknife) is excavator-based mastication thinning. The remaining work (45 acres Lost Beetle) is machine or hand slashing and excavator piling.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by May 3, 2024.

Contact:

Marlee Ostheimer, [email protected]

The Waterfall to Ptarmigan Bridges and Trail Construction Project is for the supply and installation of 2 pre-engineered steel trail bridges, spanning approximately 50 feet across Waterfall Creek and 80 feet across Ptarmigan Creek, and for the construction of approximately 2.8 miles of new trail between these bridges on the Chugach National Forest north of Seward, Alaska. Trail construction methodology will follow a linear grading model where design features are guided by specifications listed in the attached Appendix A, Scope of Work, but final features are determined in the field during construction by the contractor with final approval by the USDA Forest Service (FS) Representative.

This project will continue construction of the Iditarod National Historic Trail (INHT) from Waterfall Creek 2.8 miles north to Ptarmigan Creek.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by April 26, 2024.

Contact:

Kenzie Barnwell, [email protected]

The Sierra National Forest (SNF) High Sierra Ranger District in partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) will work together to complete roughly 12.5 miles of prescribed fire control line and preparation work on the Barnes South Project area. Preparation work includes the moving and relocation of roughly 134 mechanical piles located on the NW portion of the project boundary area as highlighted in Appendix C – Project Maps. Fireline preparation work will also include Roadside Hazard Tree Removal throughout the perimeter of the project boundary.

A Pre-Bid Tour is scheduled for Friday April 12, 2024, at the Sierra National Forest Mountain Rest Fire Station at 9:00am, 34911 Tollhouse Road, Auberry, CA 93602 . *weather permitting*

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by May 6, 2024.

Contact:

Sara Vaughan, [email protected]

The Mt. Disappointment Fuels Reduction Project is located in the Angeles National Forest (ANF) near the Mt. Wilson Observatory. The project intends to treat 175 acres of vegetation to reduce the likelihood and severity of future wildfires in the area, thereby protecting key infrastructure and recreation access. Fuels reduction treatments include invasive plant removal, hand/mechanical thinning, tree pruning, and chipping.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by April 23, 2024.

Contact:

Brian Robey, [email protected]

In collaboration with the Colorado State Forest Service, the National Forest Foundation is seeking a contractor to conduct service work, including forest thinning and mastication operations, across 110 acres of private land in Chaffee County, Colorado, to reduce dense forest fuels that have accumulated due to a century of fire suppression and human development in fire-dependent ecosystems.

The NFF will host a pre-bid contractor tour on Friday, April 19, 2024, to visit the project site in person with project foresters and the NFF.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by April 26, 2024.

Contact:

Matt Nykiel, [email protected]

In collaboration with the San Isabel National Forest, the National Forest Foundation (NFF or Project Administrator) is seeking a contractor(s) to conduct service work, including the decommissioning of several illegal routes that are harming riparian areas on the forest in Lake County, Colorado. The Halfmoon/Turquoise Illegal Route Decommission Project (Project) will improve wildlife habitat and protect important riparian areas in Lake County.

The NFF will host a pre-bid contractor tour on May 8, 2024, to visit each of the areas in person with the USFS and the NFF. See details in the full RFP.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by May 15, 2024.

Contact:

Matt Nykiel, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation is seeking contractor/s to conduct service work, including forest thinning, fire line construction, and mastication operations across 739.0 acres of private and public lands in Ouray County, Colorado.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by May 17, 2024.

Contact:

Maddie Herro, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation (NFF) has partnered with the Tonto National Forest, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Salt River Project, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to implement forest fuel reduction activities. Treatment objectives include mechanical mastication of juniper, Arizona white oak, and Emory oak, and all brush species to:

1. Create a structure that more closely resembles the structure that existed prior to interruption of the historic fire regime
2. Reduce the risk of catastrophic, stand-replacing wildfire by decreasing tree densities, ladder fuels, and crown continuity
3. Create conditions conducive to the reintroduction of low to moderate severity fire
4. Maintain pinyon pine

Onsite pre-bid tour: May 1, 2024

Contractors interested in attending must RSVP to [email protected] by April 29, 2024.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by May 17, 2024.

Contact:

Shannon Smith, [email protected]

This project will protect whitebark pine plus trees from encroachment and potential wildfire and remove undesired species to provide a mosaic of canopy layers across 69.3 acres in a semi-primitive area on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by April 29, 2024.

Contact:

Marlee Ostheimer, [email protected]

This project includes cone collection and monitoring across the Sierra Zone to build seed stock and availability, as well as a specific cone collection at Mt. Rose Campground. The project aims to increase local seed supply to support restoration and reforestation efforts.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by May 3, 2024.

Contact:

Katlyn Lonergan, [email protected]

The Contractor shall develop a Final Proposed Action to achieve the Purpose and Need of the Kaiser East Restoration Project that addresses required design features intended to mitigate any significant effects and ensure Forest Plan compliance.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by May 13, 2024.

Contact:

Jack Sieber, [email protected]