Invitation to Bid - State Land Office Price Agreements for Forestry / Prescribed Fire

Subject: Invitation to Bid - State Land Office Price Agreements for Forestry / Prescribed Fire

The New Mexico State Land Office’s Fuels Mitigation and Prescribed Fire Services Price Agreements (PA’s) have been opened for bidding.

Bids are due by February 15, 2012 and the Invitation to Bid (ITB) may be downloaded from HERE. Please feel free to forward this information to anyone who may be interested.

For those not familiar with SLO Price Agreements for Fuel Mitigation and Prescribed Fire Services, here are the basics:

Price Agreements are standing contracts to provide certain services for a set price.
Price Agreements are not for specific projects.  They are for various forestry and fire services.
They are divided into the following categories:

1. Selected tree falling,
2. Thinning,
3. Fuel break,
4. Chipping/slash treatment,
5. Brush pulling (lop and scatter),
6. Forest and Fire Management Plan preparation,
7. Wildland Fire Engines,
8. Fireline Construction and Maintenance,
9. Prescribed Fire Burn Plan Preparation,
10. Pile Burning,
11. Holding Boss,
12. Ignition Specialist,
13. Prescribed Fire Burn Boss

A contractor can bid on any of the categories, but is not required to bid on all of them.
Bids are per hour for work in a particular category.
Being selected for the Price Agreement does not automatically guarantee work. Contractors will be chosen for project work based on their capabilities, cost and time table, and past work experiences with the State Land Office and other land management agencies

Multiple contractors will be accepted for services.
The State Land Office may allow other state agencies, such as State Forestry and Dept of Game & Fish, to utilize (i.e. piggyback) the Price Agreements for their project work.
Contractors will identify what geographical areas they are willing to work in.

If you have any questions about the Invitation to Bid, please contact Natalie Martinez at State Purchasing Division at (505) 827-0251.

If you have any questions about fuels mitigation specifications or prescribed fire services, please feel free to contact me at (505) 827-4453 or Jim Norwick at (505) 827-5095.

Mark K. Meyers
Forester
Field Operations Division
New Mexico State Land Office
P.O. Box 1148
310 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1148
(505) 827-4453 Phone/Voicemail
(505) 827-5873 Fax
mkmeyers@slo.state.nm.us