Hazard Fuel - Tree Removal- FY22

PROJECT TITLE: Hazard Fuel Reduction - Eastern Red Cedar Tree Removal, Lake Thunderbird State Park, Norman Project, Oklahoma This solicitation is issued as a total small business set-aside procurement. Contractors shall submit their quotes electronically by e-mailing their quotes to awhetham@usbr.gov. NOTE: Effective August 1, 2012 any contractor to submit an acceptable quote or be awarded a government contract must be registered and active in System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors must register at www.sam.gov NOTE: Contractor's must submit their SAM Unique Entity ID The Contractor agrees to perform the work required at the prices specified in the quote in strict accordance with the terms of this solicitation, if the offer is accepted by the Government in writing within 30 calendar days after the date responses are due. Period of Performance: 09/30/2022 to 08/01/2023 SCHEDULES (a) Offers will be considered for award on the following schedules, but no offer will be considered for award on only a part of the schedule. Purchase Order award will be made on Schedule 1. Optional Schedule 2 and 3 be awarded based on availability of funding and quotes received. If one of both optional schedules are not awarded at the time Schedule 1 is awarded, the Government may unilaterally exercise one or both optional schedules within 90 days of award purchase order. (b) All quotes are subject to the terms and conditions of this solicitation. (c) Estimated Acreage - The Government has estimated the number of acres using ArcGIS and Google Earth and the contractor shall make no claim against the Government for any excess or deficiency therein. Options should be cleared in order, unless approved by QAE. There are a total of approximately 1,663 acres in total, if all schedules ae awarded. BACKGROUND Bureau of Reclamation anticipates award of a contract for the mechanical removal of eastern red cedar at Lake Thunderbird State Park (Norman Project) located in Norman, Oklahoma to reduce the hazard fuel accumulation. Reclamation's Oklahoma-Texas Area Office (OTAO) is responsible for Reclamation activities in all of Texas, except for the area west of the Pecos River Basin, the southern portion of the state of Kansas, which constitutes the Arkansas River Basin, and all Reclamation projects in the state of Oklahoma. There are six projects with seven major reservoirs in Oklahoma, five of them constructed primarily to provide water to cities and towns. Reclamation Projects in Oklahoma provide irrigation water to more than 45,000 acres of farmland and 133,482 acre-feet of municipal and industrial water to 18 cities. On average over 4.3 million people visit Reclamation projects in Oklahoma annually. OTAO manages approximately 81,000 acres of land through contracts with different state and local entities. The exclusion of fire from the landscape over the last several decades has led to an increase in the invasive eastern red cedar. The work required under the contract is to mechanically remove the eastern red cedar from designated areas within Lake Thunderbird State Park (Norman Project) to reduce the wildfire potential, protect Reclamation facilities, and reduce the risk to adjacent communities. 1.2 SCOPE OF WORK The objective of this contract is to acquire services to mechanically remove eastern red cedar trees in designated areas within Lake Thunderbird State Park. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, transportation, equipment, and supervision to satisfactorily perform the services as specified. The contractor shall perform in accordance with the standards as defined in Section 4.0 of this Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Division 01 -	General Requirements, Special Procedures, Environmental Procedures.
Division 02 -	Existing Conditions, Environmental Assessment, Hazardous Material Assessment, Site Remediation, Asbestos Remediation.