USDA -- Wenatchee National Forest, Procurement and Property Management, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA 98801

F -- CONIFER RELEASE AND HAND PILE, NACHES RANGER DISTRICT, YAKIMA COUNTY, WASHINGTON SOL RFP R6-17-99-20 DUE 040699 POC Rosie McDonald, 509/664-2715 This project will be advertised as a Request for Proposals. The contract will require treatments that shall include: conifer tree release, piling of cut trunks along roadways, pruning of hardwoods in some units to improve browse for wildlife, and related slash treatment in compliance with the terms, specifications and provisions of the contract. This is an indefinite quantities contract with a minimum and a maximum number of acres to be treated. Estimated start work date is 7/15/99 through 10/31/00. MSWPA certification and Washington State Farm/Labor License are required. Offerors will be required to certify that they have kept current on VET-100 report submittals. Documents will be available approximately 3/4/99. See Note 1. Posted 02/03/99 (W-SN294235). (0034)

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