# 0308 Q4 CON PNPK South Fork Aerial Seeding & Mulch

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/127eax24r0031

- Solicitation number: 127EAX24R0031
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as combined synopsis and solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Corvus, LLC for $607,404.00
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: Southwestern Regional Office, Region 3 (128371)
- NAICS: 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Product or service code: F002 Aerial Seeding Services
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- County: Lincoln County (FIPS 35027). https://abierto.us/counties/lincoln-county-nm-35027
- City: Ruidoso. https://abierto.us/cities/ruidoso-nm-3565210
- First posted: September 4, 2024
- Last posted: September 19, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d06dd503709e463e904a77ba2087a71d/view

## Description

Long-term drought and high fuel loading in southwest forests have led to prolonged and extreme fire conditions. Wildfires cause flooding post-burn, by altering the ability of soils to absorb water and the capacity of watersheds to process post-fire precipitation events. This is particularly apparent in Southwest ecosystems where wildfire is commonly followed by a monsoon season characterized by intense summer thunderstorms.

Powerful precipitation events after wildfire triggers runoff, flooding, erosion, and debris flows. Like fire, these secondary events threaten human life, property, and natural and cultural resources on all lands. They negatively impact water quantity and quality, reservoirs, and infrastructure, threaten wildlife, decrease ecosystem function, dangerous conditions such as flooding and debris flows for downstream communities, and destruction of natural and cultural values.

The Purpose of this project is to implement an emergency seeding and mulching application to restore soil productivity in critical High and Moderate Soil Burn Severity areas of the South Fork Fire and allow for vegetation recovery to provide coverage to denuded or depleted burn areas on National Forest System lands. The majority of work is expected to be completed aerially due to the elevation and roadless terrain of the project areas.

This emergency action must be accomplished so that vegetation can begin to grow at the end of the monsoon season and into autumn in the high country in September through October. Areas will be treated with a designated seed mixture and an application of wheat straw. Application will be done aerially on slopes between 20 to 65%.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Corvus, LLC (UEI XYY8ET1P8921)
- Contract: 127EAX24C0056, definitive contract
- Obligated: $607,404.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 3 offers received
- Link: award number 127EAX24C0056 equals the contract number; same sub-agency 12C2 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_127EAX24C0056_12C2_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- September 4, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due September 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 88cc10fdf5f34bf4a575af1c636a22b2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/88cc10fdf5f34bf4a575af1c636a22b2/view
- September 5, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due September 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice b58024cc90024c7a9e3fd3b3aee917da. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b58024cc90024c7a9e3fd3b3aee917da/view
- September 5, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due September 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice d66e998990d74763b59a13bf23d6d9a9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d66e998990d74763b59a13bf23d6d9a9/view
- September 19, 2024: Award notice. Notice d06dd503709e463e904a77ba2087a71d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d06dd503709e463e904a77ba2087a71d/view

## Points of contact

- MCCULLOUGH, TROY A, troy.mccullough@usda.gov

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