The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service has a continuing requirement for fuels treatment, wildfire hazard reduction, and related services on any Southwestern Region National Forest (NF) to include: Apache-Sitgreaves NF, Carson NF, Cibola NF, Coconino NF, Coronado NF, Gila NF, Kaibab NF, Lincoln NF, Prescott NF, Santa Fe NF, and Tonto NF.

Project areas are reforestation areas, natural and managed stands of timber woodlands, shrub fields or grass areas of all ages, size and species. Fuels will consist of harvest activity slash and natural fuels, live fuels, piled fuels and slashed shrubs and trees. Treatments such as brushing, piling, fuel hazard modification have been shown to reduce the risk of wildland fire and the severity of fires that do occur. Intent is to treat fuels present on identified units to reduce fuel loadings, improve forest and watershed health and optimize treatment of those fuels to facilitate the reintroduction and or maintenance of fire on the landscape as well as reduce the potential of negative effects associated with uncharacteristic high severity wildfire. The desired outcome of these activities is to improve the overall health and condition of Forest Service land by maintaining the health, increasing the quality of economic services, and protecting natural resources across the landscape.

• The services in this contract are designed to provide for fuels treatment, wildfire hazard reduction, and related services. This contract requires vegetation manipulation, burn unit preparation, stand improvement and other related activities in compliance with its terms, specifications and provisions. The work ordered by the Government under this contract may require the use of heavy machinery and equipment or necessitate the use of manual labor and / or hand crews. Work requiring the use of equipment may include, for example, thinning, mastication, cut/ skid/ deck, excavator/ machine piling, chipping, fireline/ fuelbreak construction, and other activities related to vegetation and fuels management objectives. Manual labor and/or hand crew work may include (but is not limited to) hand tree thinning, hand piling, slashing/bucking, hand constructed fireline and fuel break and other non-mechanized activities necessary to comply with contract specifications The Contractor shall furnish everything necessary, including, but not limited to all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals to perform work under this contract. The Contractor shall perform all aspects of the work in an organized, systematic manner, ensuring that the services are completely performed over the entire area(s) specified.