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F -- PROFESSIONAL REGISTERED FORESTER SERVICES FOR TIMBER MARKINGS SOL DAHA22-00-T-0070 DUE 090800 POC Mrs. Nancy Munroe, (601) 313-1618 or CPT Hugh McCallum, (601)313-1505 WEB: USPFO-MS, http://mspfo1/. E-MAIL: Contact Contracting Officer, nancy.munroe@ms.ngb.army.mil. Professional registered forester services for timber marking and timber sale area preparation for Camp Shelby Training Site, Camp Shelby, Mississippi; and Camp McCain Training Site, Camp McCain, Mississippi. 1. Scope of work: The contractor will be a registered forester in the state of Mississippi with proven experience as a consulting forester. The job consists of marking approximately One thousand five hundred and fifty (1,550) acres of timber land on nineteen separate Department of Defense (DoD) Tracts on Camp Shelby Training Site (CSTS) and Five hundred (500) acres of timber land on eight separate Department of Defense (DoD) Tracts on Camp McCain Training Site (CMTS). 2. Specifications and Guidelines: a. Timber marking: On leave tree harvest, all leave trees will be marked with a circular band two (2) inches wide at four and one half feet (4 1/2") DBH with white, orange, or yellow tree marking paint. A ten percent (10%) cruise will be conducted to determine volume estimates for both cut and leave by species and product class. All sale area boundaries will be marked with white tree marking paint. Clearcut area boundaries will be marked with white tree marking paint and a 10% cruise conducted. Thinned areas will be marked with white, orange, or yellow tree marking paint. All trees to be removed will be marked at 4 1/2 feet and on the stump. Specific methods of marking will be coordinated with the COR in compliance with the Camp McCain and Camp Shelby Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) for each DoD tract; b. Measurements: Tree measurement shall be determined by standard dimensions of standing trees, such as DBH and merchantable height for the purpose of establishing the net quantity of wood within the merchantable portion for the commercial products involved. Quantity shall be expressed in terms of board feet and standard cords. Board feet (Doyle Scale) shall be tallied in aggregates of 1,000 (MBF) and small roundwood by the standard cord measurement four feet (4') by eight feet (8') by four feet (4') high (128 cubic feet). All timber stands will be marked to a basal area (BA) specified in the INRMP. Pulpwood will be estimated to a minimum of six (6) inches DBH with a four (4) inch minimum top diameter inside bark, while sawtimber shall be estimated to a minimum of ten (10) inches DBH to a eight (8) inch minimum top diameter for pine and fourteen (14) inches DBH to a ten (10) inch top diameter for hardwood. Chip-n-saw will also be tallied; c. The contractor will designate all log decks and logging roads by marking with white flagging; d. The contractor will provide sale maps for each stand denoting sale boundaries, logging roads, and log decks. He will coordinate all sale maps and cruise data with the Mississippi Military Department (MMD) Geographic Information System (GIS) Coordinator for inclusion in the MMD GIS database. Cruise data will be in Office 97 Microsoft Access or compatible format. The MMD will provide the contractor with 1999 digital orthoquads of the areas; e. Work will be completed NLT 1 December 2000. The request for quote (RFQ) will be available on August 24, 2000 only via written request. Request may be faxed to (601)313-1569. Contact Nancy Munroe at (601) 313-1618 or Hugh McCallum at (601)313-1505. For technical questions contact LTC Robert Piazza at (601) 313-6109. Prior to award, contractor must be registered through the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) System. For those not registered, you may do so by logging onto the internet at http://www.ccr2000.com or by telephoning (888) 227-2423. Offers are due not later than close of business, September 8, 2000. Numbered Note 1 (100% small business set-aside) applies to this RFQ. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 0800 (the applicable small business size standard including affiliates, no more than $5 million average annual revenue for the previous three years). Posted 08/10/00 (W-SN484532). (0223)

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