Middle Fork Ranger District Wildlife Snag Creation

mber(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure (including option(s), SEE SCHEDULE OF ITEMS Description of requirements: The purpose of this project is to create structures suitable for use by cavity nesting wildlife. Standing trees will be treated in a variety of methods to create dead wildlife trees or snags. The Contractor shall, considering given resource objectives for the work unit, develop a plan of operation to accomplish objectives, organize, and direct all the equipment and personnel needed to fully accomplish the work. The Contractor shall furnish all technical expertise, labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies and incidentals necessary, except those designated as Government furnished, to complete the work required. Contractor shall select trees according to contract specifications. Blasting is not allowed as a method of treatment on this contract. The Contractor may use a choice of tools (chainsaw, auger, or other hand tools) unless otherwise specified. Documentation and digital mapping using approved software shall be submitted to COR for inspection and approval. Slash treatments are required on all methods if slash exceeds specifications (5.10) in the statement of work. Each Schedule of Items will list specifics including type of treatment, treatment heights, DBH ranges, live limb retention or removal, and/or combinations of treatments, and specific required documentation. Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance: The performance for these requirements shall be located on the Willamette National Forest, Middle Fork Ranger District. Period of Performance: 1 May 2026 � 31 December 2026 Attachments List: The following attachments are made as part of this solicitation and any resultant contract. 1. 1240BE26Q0030 Schedule of Items and Performance Work Statement Middle Fork Wildlife Snag Creation 2. Exhibit 6 Tree Illustrations for Girdling 3. Exhibit 9 Sample Tree Registers 4. DUIS 5. Unit Map 6. Wage Rates Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and United States Department of Aquiculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) Clauses and Provisions The clauses and provisions contained herein are applicable to any order awarded as a result of this solicitation. The terms and conditions set forth herein supersede all other terms and conditions. Acceptance of the order in accordance with (IAW) FAR 12.201-1(b)(2) constitutes acceptance of all terms and conditions contained herein. As part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), system updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in this solicitation. Contracting officers will rely on representations from offers based on provisions in the solicitation. 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Neither it nor any subcontractor or teaming partner operates or funds any program, policy, or initiative that promotes DEI in a manner that violates any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws, including but not limited to Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or the Equal Protection principles of the U.S. Constitution, and the Contractor and any subcontractor or teaming partner will not do so for the duration of the contract. (b) If the Contractor participates in, facilitates, or funds programs that implicate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, including but not limited to grants to or for schools, colleges, universities, 4-H programs, non-governmental organization (NGO) programs, sports programs, and education-related grants to prisons or other detention facilities, the Contractor certifies that it will remain compliant with those laws, including the requirements set forth in Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, and Executive Order 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity. (c) The Contractor affirms that the above requirements are conditions of payment that go to the essence of the contract and are therefore material terms of the contract. Payments under the contract are predicated on compliance with the above requirements, and therefore the Contractor is not eligible for funding under the contract or to retain any funding under the contract absent compliance with the above requirements. (d) This certification reflects a change in the Government�s position regarding the materiality of the foregoing requirements a