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New version of WAGE DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT posted on 01/03/2023. See attachment 11 for most current version.

Background: The Oak Wilt Stewardship IRSC 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.

NAICS: 115310: Support Services for Forestry, size standard: 30M Fuels Management Services. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.

Project Location:

The project is located On the Mississippi Bluffs Ranger District of the Shawnee National Forest, in Jackson County, Illinois.

Legal description is T.10S., R.3W., Section 8.

Description of Work:

The objectives of this project are to remove known oak wilt infected and susceptible trees to improve stand composition to reduce risk of loss from insect and disease. Implementation of root graft barrier (RGB) by tree removal and cut stump application of approved herbicide between infected and healthy oak trees.

1. Within Unit 1 cut and remove included timber marked with a diagonal slash (green paint) at or above diameter breast height (DBH) on both sides of the tree and at the stump.


2. Within Unit 1 cut and chip or pile trees marked with a band of blue paint at or above DBH and at the stump.


3. Within Unit 1 cut and leave trees marked with a blue stripe from DBH to the base of the trees or an X at DBH with a stump mark.


4. Within Unit 1 apply herbicide within 30 minutes of the tree being cut on stems that are greater than 1” in diameter.


5. Spot surface haul road if applicable during and post haul activities. Rehabilitate existing parking lot post landing operations if applicable with spreading of surface rock.

Estimated Timber Volume and Species composition is as follows:

SPECIES PRODUCT QUANTITY

Hardwood Other Sawtimber 27.00 CCF

Oak Sawtimber 417.00 CCF

Hardwood Other Sawtimber 373.00 CCF

Site Visit Date and Time:

Site visit will be held on December 15th, 2022, at _8:00____ a.m. CST with a meeting location at the parking lot within the contract area. To reach the contract area from the town of Grand Tower, IL, travel north approximately 3 miles on Route 3. Turn east on Oakwood Bottoms Rd for approximately 0.75 miles. The parking lot is on the south side of the road after crossing the railroad tracks.

Please RSVP for scheduled site visit by Wednesday December 14th and send questions or interest to Danielle Stephenson at Danielle.stephenson@usda.gov; (618) 658-1317 or Brian Theitje at brian.h.thietje@usda.gov. (618) 833-8577 ext. 102.

Follow this notice for future notifications.

All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) https://SAM.gov to be eligible for award under this solicitation. Registration in SAM is a free service. Failure to register may cause your firm to be non-responsive and removed from consideration for award.

The Awardee shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals necessary to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions and clauses of the contract.

The Stewardship Contracting Officer for this project is Mark Phillipp who can be reached at Mark.Phillipp@usda.gov and is physically located in Oregon.

Primary Point of Contact

• Kasandra Meyer


• kasandra.meyer@usda.gov


• (541) 219-0637

Secondary Point of Contact

• Danielle Stephenson


• danielle.stephenson@usda.gov


• (618) 658-1317

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