Forest Mitigation Planting Services for Fargo-Moorhead Flood Risk Management Project

***Amendment 0001 removes and replaces Addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St.

Paul District has a requirement for a Contractor capable of providing all labor, material, and equipment necessary to meet the requirements for the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan (FMM) Area Flood Risk Management Forest Mitigation Planting project. The FMM Forest Planting project will serve as environmental mitigation for impacts associated with the FMM Project.

The FMM project is a large, multi-faceted project that will result in significant flood risk management for the project area. Forest planting is one part of the overall FMM project. The services requirement includes a base and option. The base includes development and execution of several plans including planting, maintenance, and invasive species control for approximately 165.4 acres of forest and native prairie.

Up to 68.8 of those acres will require the planting and establishment of trees, grasses, and forbs. Approximately 96 acres are existing forest that will require invasive species management. The option adds 10.4 acres of planting, maintenance, and invasive species control to the contract. Planting and establishment of native trees, grasses, and forbs would be required on 4.8 acres.

Invasive species control within existing forest preservation areas would be required on 5.6 acres. The services will also include three (3) years of maintenance and monitoring on the 165.4 acres of land included in the contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 115310; Support Activities for Forestry with a size standard of $11.5 Million.

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