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Reference Number 0000275777 Source ID PU.AG.USA.2180710.C12932701 Purchase Type Term: 01/21/2022 07:00 PM EST - 04/30/2022 07:00 PM EDT Questions are submitted online No The Methodist Front Wildland Urban Interface Forest and Watershed Health Restoration Project will deliver a collaborative, multi-benefit forest restoration pilot project, impacting 478 acres (5 linear miles). Phase 2, (Bender Ranch, Hutchinson Ranch and BLM) of the project will include 96 acres that have been identified for mastication with an additional 10-20 acres of patch openings to be created for wildlife habitat enhancement. Forest types are predominantly pinon-juniper with marginal components of ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, gamble oak, and cottonwood bosques. These forests are unhealthily dense, resulting in increased risk of high severity wildfire and causing detrimental effects on wildlife habitat. There are two primary goals for the project. First, to reduce behavior of potential future wildfires as they approach wildland-urban interface communities and provide better opportunities for containment and suppression tactics by responders. Second, to increase quantity and quality of herbaceous forage and open travel corridors in critical winter range for regional wildlife. Mastication will be utilized within all forest types to create increased crown spacing between retained trees and tree clumps, reduce ladder fuel loading, eliminate accumulations of dead and downed debris, and reduce the continuity of potential wildfire fuel. Please include the following in bid submission packet: o A cover letter shall be provided stating the name, physical and email address and telephone number of the Firm's contact person and must bear the signature of the person having the authority to make the proposal for the Firm and bind the Firm in a formal standard form of agreement between the Owner and successful bidder. o A response that defines the methods and means related to how the Proposals shall include the following work is to be completed. o A project timeline outlining the dates and specific tasks to be accomplished during the course of the project. o A list of what portions, if any, of the work that will be subcontracted. o Evidence that the Firm has worked on similar projects and a list of at least (3) three references for which services have been provided for projects of the type/scope; include contact names, addresses, and telephone numbers. o The proposed not-to-exceed cost for services and rates for additional services. o A staffing plan for the proposed project. The proposal shall indicate any work intended to be performed by subcontractors or persons outside the firm. o A statement of qualifications which will include a list of those individuals and their resumes who will be working on the project either as employees/principals or as employees of a subcontractor who will work on the project under the supervision of the Firm. o A description, if necessary, of your plan to utilize subcontractors. o Total Bid - Price per project and total price for multiple projects o Equipment to be utilized o Narrative describing project Plan of Operations o A copy of the Firm's Comprehensive General Liability Insurance Policy, Automobile Liability Insurance Policy, Employer's Liability, Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance, Disease-Policy Limit, Employee Fidelity Bond. o A statement that upon acceptance the successful bidder shall provide the County with a performance bond, issued upon terms satisfactory to the County, in the amount of the accepted bid. o An indemnification statement.