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Amendment 001: An amendment has been issued for the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Stewardship BPA . These changes are to the solicitation document only and are updates/changes to various sections and clauses therein, as described in the amendment and summarized below. These changes do not impact the technical or price proposal requirements for submission, so no additional information is required in your quote package other than acknowledgement of this amendment. As such, the initial due date for quote submission is unchanged and remains Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

Please sign and return the amendment with your quote that is posted in the "Attachments/Links" section.

Summary of changes:

1. Revises NAICS Code 115310 Standard Size to $34M on page 1

2. Replaces Section 9 with new language: Ordering on page 13

3. Replaces Section 10 on Page 14

4. Adds language to Section 24: Key Personnel on Page 20

5. Adds language to Section 29: Protection of Improvements on Page 27

6. Revises Section 32: Prevention of Oil Spills on Page 28

7. Replaces Section 51: Type of Contract on Page 49

8. Revises Section 56: Single Or Multiple Awards on Page 58

9. Clarifies & provides revised form: Section 58 Employment of Eligible Workers on Page 70

10.Revises header title for Specific Fire Precautions & Emergency Fire Precautions: Pgs 35&39

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The Pacific Northwest (PNW) Stewardship BPA shall be awarded under the following authority:

Stewardship Authority: Section 604 (16 USC 6591c) of Public Law 108-148 as amended by Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014—Grants the U.S. Forest Service (Government) permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to achieve land management goals for the National Forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the temporary authority granted to the Forest Service (Government) in section 347 of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999.

Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

This BPA will issue future calls for individual Hazardous Fuels and Restoration project areas. The scope covers Federal and Non-Federal lands within 150 miles of and including the administrative boundaries of the Colville, Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Mt. Hood, Okanogan & Wenatchee, Olympic, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umpqua and Willamette National Forests. Work may be accomplished on Non-Federal lands, but the BPA call will be issued and administered by a government entity.

Multiple awards will be made for this BPA on an individual National Forest basis once the Forest Service has evaluated the technical proposals and pricing submitted in response to the solicitation. Examples of the types of Hazardous Fuels and Restoration work that may be included are cutting and removal of sawtimber, non-sawtimber, and/or biomass; mastication, hand cutting and piling; and road maintenance.

The period of performance of the awarded Blanket Purchase Agreements is 10 years from date of contract with option to extend up to 20 years. This BPA will be the primary means in which future Call Orders issued will include: (1) Integrated Resource Service Contract (IRSC) with required timber product removal; (2) Service-based IRSC that includes the option for Timber Subject to Agreement products to be removed when there is no required timber product removal; and (3) Restoration-based Service contract in which no timber product removal is included.

Future Call Orders for specific projects will be emailed to only the Contractors awarded under this BPA. As such, it is imperative that all interested individuals have an email account, and that all firms must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will not be given an award until actively registered. Registration in SAM is a free service. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award until active. Registration in SAM is a free service. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award until active.

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) offers resources that are available free of charge at www.aptac-us.org/find-a-ptac/ in order to assist with both SAM registration and in proposal submission.

Points of contact for this solicitation are:

• Ingrid Anderson, Procurement Analyst, National Stewardship Contracting Branch, ingrid.anderson@usda.gov


• Danielle Cochran, Acquisition Program Support Officer, National Stewardship Contracting Branch, danielle.cochran@usda.gov


• Questions must be submitted in writing and emailed to Ingrid Anderson and Danielle Cochran.

If you have issues downloading the solicitation attachments, contact Ingrid Anderson at ingrid.anderson@usda.gov .

The Contracting Officer for this BPA is Mark T. Phillipp, National Stewardship Contracting Branch, and can be reached at mark.phillipp@usda.gov.

There is an Open Invitation to an informational and instructional meeting for industry and interested contractors on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at 9:00 AM PT. To join the meeting, call (202) 650-0123 and enter Conference ID: 475 344 10 # or use the link below to join on your personal computer via TEAMS.

Pacific Northwest (PNW) BPA- Q&A Meeting

Please email your offers to Nikki Layton nikki.layton@usda.gov, and Ingrid Anderson ingrid.anderson@usda.gov by 4:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 for the initial evaluation period.

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