Massachusetts COMMBUYS #BD-27-1069-MILDV-30000-134319

Camp Edwards road mowing and hazardous-fuel reduction services

The Massachusetts Military Division is seeking vegetation mowing and hazardous-fuel reduction at Camp Edwards to restore fire-access roads and reduce wildfire risk. - Government buyer: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Military Division, within the Executive Office of Public Safety & Security; work is for the Massachusetts Army National Guard at Camp Edwards in Bourne, Massachusetts. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, product manufacturers, or vendors are named in the solicitation materials. - Requested services and quantities: - Mow vegetation along approximately 7.2 miles of impact-area roads, including roadbeds and roadside buffers where feasible. - Mow up to 52 acres of legacy range areas, treating regenerating pitch pine and vegetation encroaching on roads and range floors. - Mow up to 100 acres of shrubland and range areas, including Training Area E-5 and Sierra Range; fell or mow dead trees and snags. The specified southwestern/western portion of E-5 has an assumed average of 20 snags per acre. - Contractor supplies all labor, equipment, tools, and supervision. Pricing is requested per mile for impact-area road mowing and per acre for acreage treatments. - Notable requirements: Coordinate work with Camp Edwards Range Operations and, for central impact-area work, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Personnel must complete unexploded-ordnance training and follow site safety, access, and tree standoff restrictions. A valid Massachusetts Timber Harvesting license is required; equipment must be cleaned before entering the site to limit invasive-species spread, and crews must carry fire extinguishers and spill-control materials. Work should occur in relatively dry conditions. Impact-area road restoration is the priority, and lower-priority acreage may be reduced depending on cost and funding. - Estimated contract value: $495,000.

Description

The solicitation seeks a contractor to mow vegetation along 7.2 miles of road and reduce hazardous fuels, including felling standing dead trees, across up to 150 acres of legacy ranges and shrubland at Camp Edwards. The work includes impact-area road maintenance, legacy-range forestry mowing, and northern-area roadside and forestry mowing. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for October 13, 2026, and contractors must coordinate work with range operations and comply with site safety and access requirements. Work may not begin before November 15, 2026, and is expected to be completed by March 1, 2027; the bidder instructions list an estimated contract value of $495,000.

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