Oregon Buys #S-63500-00018165

Anthony Creek habitat project: large wood and slash harvesting, transport, and staging

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking field services to prepare wood and slash for habitat construction at the Anthony Creek project. - Buyer: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), including the Elkhorn Wildlife Area; coordination with an Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) forester is specified. - Scope: Harvest or collect, transport, sort as needed, and stage materials at six designated project locations. Contractors provide workers and equipment. - Large woody material: Includes 48 selected trees with root balls (18–24-inch DBH, 30–40 feet long), 70 racking trees (4–12-inch DBH, 15–20 feet long; limbs required), and 36 unanchored trees sized to the referenced specifications. ODFW may add up to 5, 7, and 4 trees to those categories, respectively. - Conifer slash: 1,850 cubic yards. Option A is to haul and stage slash from the Pilcher Creek timber sale; the required contingency Option B is to cut, haul, and stage 1,850 cubic yards of designated 0–6-inch DBH conifers within the Elkhorn Wildlife Area if the timber-sale slash is unavailable. - Notable requirements: Bids must account for relevant labor, equipment, handling, transport, mobilization, and fuel. Slash loads must be tracked by staging location. Fieldwork requires advance coordination, and seasonal access restrictions apply. - OEMs/vendors: No product OEMs or contractor vendors are named. Pilcher Creek is identified as a slash source, not a vendor.

Description

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking a contractor to harvest and stage woody materials for construction of engineered habitat features. Large wood material and slash will be harvested from adjacent or nearby forest stands within the Elkhorn Wildlife Area and sorted and staged at six areas in the project area. The bid includes a large wood material task and slash work with a primary option and a contingency option; both slash options cover 1,850 cubic yards. Mandatory pre-bid site tours are available by appointment during the stated dates, and services must be completed no later than June 30, 2027.

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