Northern Rockies Stewardship BPA

***Amendment 001: This amendment incorporates two FAR class deviations to ensure compliance with Executive Orders 14148, 14173, 14168, and 14208, issued since January 20, 2025. It also removes AGAR clauses and provisions that have been rescinded.***

***This solicitation will remain open to receipt of proposals at any time. Proposals are requested to be submitted by April 20, 2023 for potential projects in the 2023 field season. Proposals received after this date will be evaluated at the convenience of the Forest Service***

Description

The Northern Rockies Stewardship BPA 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.

Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Full and Open competition.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The USDA Forest Service Stewardship and Disaster Recovery Branch is advertising the Northern Rockies stewardship BPA. This BPA will issue future calls for individual Hazardous Fuels and Stewardship Restoration project areas in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

The scope covers Federal and Non-Federal lands within 150 miles of and including the administrative boundaries of the Idaho Panhandle, Nez Perce-Clearwater, Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Custer-Gallatin, Flathead, Helena- Lewis and Clark, Kootenai, and Lolo National Forests and the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. Work may be accomplished on Non-Federal lands, but the BPA call will be...