What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe National Park Service seeks market research information to selectively treat remaining storm-generated woody debris and authorized hazard trees along four designated trails at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The contractor must provide all necessary labor, supervision, International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist services, access, equipment, transportation, safety controls, supplies, field documentation, and quality control. The work maintains safe trail function and drainage while minimizing wilderness, ecological, cultural, soil, and visual impacts. Interested firms capable of performing the work must complete the Sources Sought Worksheet and email it to Contracting Officer Cole Johnson. The draft statement of work outlines an original field season from November 16 through March 31, with the Contracting Officer specifying the final period of performance upon solicitation and award.
Scope of work
- Selectively treat woody debris and authorized hazard trees along 24.7 miles of four designated trails
- Furnish contractor-provided ISA Certified Arborist inspections and assessments prior to any tree felling
- Remove and treat estimated quantities of 81 standing hazard trees and 101 downed or complex trees
- Mitigate an estimated 33 hazardous hangers or limbs
- Perform selective debris and drainage treatments at an estimated 70 discrete site locations
- Scatter cut woody debris on-site in a naturally appearing arrangement without off-site hauling
- Implement wilderness, wildlife, rare plant, and archaeological compliance protections
- Provide daily field logs, before-and-after photographs, and closeout reporting
Minimum qualifications
- Contractor-furnished ISA Certified Arborist
- Qualified chainsaw, felling, and rigging crews
Documents to include with your response
- Work plan and sequence
- Contractor Quality Control Plan
- Site-specific safety and emergency response plan
- ISA Certified Arborist assessments and tree IDs
- Daily field logs
- Before and after treatment photographs
- Motorized equipment-use tracking summary
- Closeout summary and punch list completion
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
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